Three years after a diesel fuel line ruptured near railroad tracks west of Plant City, contaminating a dozen residential and commercial properties, the cleanup is still under way. ...more

September 17, 2008

After the 2004 hurricane season, when Florida communities needed a place to dump tons of yard waste, the state agreed to let rural landowners spread up to two feet of chopped-up debris across their property without getting a permit for solid-waste disposal. ...more

August 15, 2008

Day after day for the past two years, trucks full of chopped up yard waste dumped their loads on a piece of land that included a sensitive wildlife habitat in south Hillsborough County. ...more

August 11, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Green Iguana, at 9202 Anderson Road, is working to reduce sounds coming from its bar and grill in an effort to quell noise complaints. ...more

August 6, 2008

Crematory owners who received permits last year to operate units for human and animal remains want permits for two more animal cremation units and one additional human cremation unit. ...more

August 6, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - In an effort to quell noise complaints, the Green Iguana, 9202 Anderson Road, is working to reduce sounds coming from its bar and grill. ...more

August 6, 2008

Before Maria Smith of Riverview, jumped off the 30-foot platform at Red Bull Flugtag on Saturday, her mind was racing. ...more

July 24, 2008

Local environmentalists admit they were worried but say they are largely satisfied with Hillsborough County's yearlong effort to revise its wetlands rules. ...more

July 19, 2008

Hillsborough County commissioners stirred a hornet's nest last year by proposing to eliminate local protections for wetlands. Public outcry made them back off, though they ordered a review of developers' complaints that county rules were arbitrary and extreme. ...more

July 17, 2008

Here we are once again replaying last year's fiasco with special interests trying to weaken the regulation and enforcement of the Hillsborough County's wetlands protections. ...more

July 16, 2008