The city has discovered dozens of leaks in its troubled water system. ...more

January 16, 2008

Pop quiz: What is karst and why is it important to drinking water? A hint: You're walking above it, and the aquifer is below it. ...more

January 2, 2008

Tampa Bay Water's desalination plant is finally up and running, four years late. ...more

December 22, 2007

A fire that destroyed a $900,000 home Monday apparently started when the occupant walked away from a barbecue grill after turning up the burners to clean it. ...more

December 11, 2007

A Manatee County hazardous material crew, along with personnel from the Department of Environmental Protection and the Southwest Florida Water Management District, is on the scene of an early morning fuel spill. ...more

December 10, 2007

Low levels in the Peace River are threatening drinking water supplies for tens of thousands of people in Southwest Florida. ...more

November 11, 2007

Are you tired of developers leaping over the local comprehensive land use plan with the approval of county commissioners and building larger and higher and covering more wetlands and wildlife habitat? ...more

October 21, 2007

The state officially dropped its challenges to the Wiregrass Ranch development Wednesday, allowing plans for future residential phases to proceed. ...more

October 18, 2007

Regarding 'Bracing For Boom, Bridges On Alafia' (Metro, Oct. 8): Fifth-graders know when a council allows zoning changes at the beck and call of developers, infrastructure has to be considered in advance. Simple things like water supply, power, environmental problems and traffic movement must be considered. I know warnings were given repeatedly by the Tribune on all these subjects and were ignored by the 'first-graders' on the commission. ...more

October 12, 2007

A polio outbreak in Nigeria was caused by the vaccine designed to stop it, international health officials say, leaving at least 69 children paralyzed. ...more

October 6, 2007