Horticulturist offers advice on how to identify trees that might not last in the event of a hurricane. ...more

June 22, 2008

Nearly 70 percent of the crashes on the main route through Istachatta involved motorists leaving the road. A majority occurred on a tricky curve that killed a motorcyclist three weeks ago. ...more

June 21, 2008

WORK TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK ON ISTACHATTA ROAD ...more

June 20, 2008

Fred Stumpf of Hudson, a former police officer, says the one small sign warning motorists of the red light cameras at U.S. 19 and Ridge Road in Port Richey raises questions about the city's motives for installing the automatic enforcement system. ...more

June 14, 2008

Saturday's drowning of a 23-year-old man at the City Pier Beach should alert us to the potential dangers lurking in our lakes due to their present low lake levels. ...more

June 12, 2008

SEBRING — When Bobby Clark, 23, drowned at 3 p.m. Saturday, he stepped from shallow water into a 12-foot deep dredge hole, diver Preston Colby told city, county and state officials in a meeting Tuesday morning at city hall. Fire Chief Brad Batz, who was asked to investigate the Lake Jackson incident, said the hole used to be in a no-swim zone several hundred feet from City Pier Beach. The lake has lost so much water from two years of drought, however, the hole is now a few dozen feet from the beach. The hole was probably dredged in the 1960s to fill a park area behind the Civic Center park, City Manager Bob Hoffman said. "I think it's a man-made hole." Batz said Clark knew the hole existed. ...more

June 10, 2008

Before they sign off on a request to dredge miles of silt- clogged canals here, state and federal regulators must approve a plan to replace about an acre of seagrass beds that would be uprooted when the project gets under way. ...more

June 8, 2008

If scientists are correct about global warming, the outlook for Florida is grim: Rising seas will wash away beaches, flood marshlands and leave coastal communities exposed to storm surge; saltwater intrusion will ruin municipal water supplies; higher water temperatures will kill corals and spread marine diseases. ...more

June 6, 2008

Residents need more notification before workers at the Babe Zaharias Golf Course spray a pesticide to kill worms, city council members said Thursday. ...more

June 6, 2008

A lawsuit alleges that the makers of a pet door and pool safety gate are responsible for a 2-year-old's drowning death two years ago. ...more

May 31, 2008