clocks are set back one hour - which means the sunrise occurs at 6:38 a.m. and sets at 5:45 p.m. ...more

November 2, 2008 |

Bay News 9 viewers on the Bright House cable system might notice some changes by next month with the scheduled departure from the airwaves of long-time Pasco reporter Michelle Kay. ...more

September 24, 2008 |

The last-quarter moon phase occurred Saturday night at 11:50 p.m., which means we enter into the "perfect week" of the early morning bite at its best. ...more

August 24, 2008 |

Tampa Bay is Florida's largest open estuary and as such plays an important role in the fishery that exists along the west coast of Florida, as well as the economic well-being of our area. Twenty-four years ago, when Frank Sargeant took up a pen at The Tampa Tribune, the state of the bay was not good. He immediately grasped the situation and used his columns to improve Tampa Bay. ...more

August 7, 2008 |

Red algae is littering some beaches along the southwestern coast of Florida. ...more

July 21, 2008 |

The best Florida summertime fishing week of the month of July is here. The week of the First Quarter Moon phase triggers the major feeding migration of the day to occur during the hours of sunrise, an hour and a half before and after. ...more

July 9, 2008 |

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer quarterback Vinny Testaverde has been cited for clear-cutting more than 40 trees on his lakefront property. ...more

June 13, 2008 |

Bruce Robie was in the Florida Panhandle on business four years ago when he made a side trip to visit Cape St. George Lighthouse, knowing he might not get a chance to see it again. ...more

June 9, 2008 |

KEYSTONE The Environmental Protection Commission has cited former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Vinny Testaverde for ripping out mature cypress trees from the shoreline of his Lake Keystone home. The trees were in protected wetlands, the county said. "Three or four weeks ago I was getting all these calls from people who saw the trees being ripped up right on the shoreline," said Keystone resident Jim Swain, president of the Lake Keystone Property Owners Association. He said Testaverde removed between 40 and 50 trees altogether. Testaverde has been ordered by the EPC to replace 20 of those trees, some as tall as 40 feet. "We sent an inspector to the site and some of the trees were removed from wetlands," said Bob Owens, a supervisor with the EPC. He said complaints from neighbors began coming into the department April 22. On April 24, Bill Inch, environmental scientist for the county, visited the property and cited Testaverde for violations of the wetlands division code. By April 30, Testaverde called Inch and told him all tree removal had stopped. He asked if the already-cut debris could be removed from the property. Inch said it could. A third visit on May 1 documented 19 cypress tress and one dahoon holly tree removed from protected wetlands on the shoreline. ...more

June 7, 2008 |

The Environmental Protection Commission has cited former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Vinny Testaverde for ripping out mature cypress trees from the shoreline of his Lake Keystone home. ...more

June 7, 2008 |