Regarding "Landfill a Good Deal for Pasco," (Other Views, Dec. 26) Bill Newton is only telling part of the story about the landfill proposed for Pasco County. The issue is not the need for a hi-tech way to dispose of garbage. The reason many of us oppose it is that the developers want to put the landfill close to the Green Swamp, which supplies all the water for the Hillsborough County watershed. ...more

December 31, 2008 |

Recently the Tampa Bay Water (TBW) board voted to initiate litigation against HDR and others regarding an issue with the C.W. (Bill) Young Reservoir. Although we certainly understand the concerns about the cracking in the soil cement, we believe proceeding with litigation at this time is not the best course of action, particularly in light of the following: ...more

December 27, 2008 |

250,000 Number of people forced from their homes since the rebel offensive began in August ...more

November 3, 2008 |

The latest recipient of Hillsborough County's Moral Courage Award wants to know why Apollo Beach and Sun City Center homeowners are getting a disproportionate number of citations for backflow valve violations. ...more

October 16, 2008 |

Two Sebring men were free on bail Wednesday, after sheriff's investigators say their fingerprints and palm prints were found inside of separate marijuana grow houses taken down in June and July by the sheriff's Special Investigations Unit. ...more

September 4, 2008 |

Georgia received another setback Tuesday in its water feud with Alabama and Florida as a judge said he must decide whether the Atlanta region has authority to continue using Lake Lanier as its main water source. ...more

August 13, 2008 |

County officials say a routine check of the County Road 579 bridge turned up some rotting supports, and the bridge will be closed to traffic for at least two months for further inspection and repairs. ...more

July 5, 2008 |

A 42-year-old chimpanzee who is toilet-trained and can eat with a knife and fork - and whose owner was nearly killed in 2005 by fellow apes - is believed to be at large in a Southern California forest after escaping his cage. ...more

July 1, 2008 |

RIVERVIEW - An old pipeline threading through Riverview to link Mosaic Fertilizer's processing plant to its water source at Lithia Springs has been leaking and causing headaches for motorists, including three road closures in the past month. Water from the pipeline washed out part of the road base of Riverview Drive in early June, leading to a section between Dean Street and Albyar Avenue being closed for several days. ...more

June 27, 2008 |

DUNDEE - Firefighters swam across a canal today to reach a fire at a rental resort that eventually destroyed a mobile home and a two-story wood house, Polk County Fire Rescue said. ...more

June 19, 2008 |