There won't be a mental health center built in the Seven Oaks community, according to what developer Craig Weber told Pasco County commissioners last week. ...more

February 15, 2009

Saturday was a day of firsts for East Pasco Habitat for Humanity. For the first time, Bank of America fully funded and provided volunteer staff for an East Pasco Habitat home, one of six Habitat homes the Bank of America Charitable Foundation is sponsoring across the country as part of a $6 million commitment to Habitat for Humanity International. ...more

February 13, 2009

One more night of freezing temperatures is ahead for West Central Florida, though forecasters don't expect the frigid air to extend as deep into the state as this morning. ...more

February 5, 2009

The major banks are a mess. Housing construction has nearly stopped. A flood of foreclosed homes has driven prices to rock-bottom levels. ...more

January 30, 2009

Freezing temperatures could return to the Tampa Bay area Friday night and there's a slight chance for a second round Saturday night. ...more

January 28, 2009

About half of the Tampa Bay area's count circles have logged the species they spotted in the most recent Christmas Day bird count. ...more

January 14, 2009

No site has been located and there is no money set aside to build a new YMCA in Wesley Chapel. ...more

January 11, 2009

The potential approval of a household-waste landfill in southeastern Pasco County created a flurry of last-minute letter writing by environmental groups opposed to the proposal. ...more

January 10, 2009

The potential approval of a household-waste landfill south in eastern Pasco County created a flurry of last-minute letter writing by environmental groups opposed to the proposal. "This landfill represents an absolutely unacceptable risk to the region's water quality, not just in Pasco County, but throughout Tampa Bay and Florida's Nature Coast," Manley Fuller, president of the Florida Wildlife Federation said in a written statement. ...more

January 9, 2009

Regarding "State Agency Slaps Public During Landfill Debacle" (Our Opinion, Dec. 19): ...more

December 26, 2008