TAMPA - Customers of Tampa Electric Co. and Progress Energy Florida, the biggest power providers in the Bay area, have been given a slight reprieve from rising electric bills next year. ...more

October 13, 2008

Bay area housing prices continue to fall, largely because a big chunk of the homes selling are sharply discounted properties in distress, a new report shows. ...more

October 11, 2008

Back in the 1990s, most of the Tampa Bay area got its drinking water supply from groundwater. The result: dried up lakes and parched wetlands. Now, state and regional water authorities are close to an agreement to prevent overpumping of groundwater well into the future. ...more

October 9, 2008

Three men were killed crossing streets in two accidents about an hour apart in Hillsborough and Pasco counties Saturday night. ...more

October 5, 2008

The Democrats are back in the state House 44 race with a candidate who already is firing criticism at Republican incumbent Rob Schenck. ...more

September 27, 2008

The Democrats are back in the state House 44 race with a candidate who is already firing criticism at Republican incumbent Rob Schenck. ...more

September 26, 2008

It's outrageous for people to treat Florida's sensitive landscape as an illegal dumping ground when authorized landfills and collection sites are available. ...more

September 19, 2008

Joe Puglia, the Brooksville Democrat who sought to wrest the District 44 House seat from Republican Rob Schenck, left the race Wednesday citing the need to give full attention to his family. ...more

September 18, 2008

Joe Puglia, the Brooksville Democrat who sought to wrest the District 44 House seat from Republican Rob Schenck, left the race today citing the need to give full attention his family. ...more

September 17, 2008

Sunset Beach doesn't have chicken wire. So noted Chuck Motta, drummer with Roadhouse. The band will play next Thursday, Sept. 18, at the monthly Sunset Beach concert. ...more

September 13, 2008