Hopes for the fledgling economic recovery got a boost Monday from better-than-expected news on manufacturing, construction and contracts to buy homes. ...more

November 3, 2009

A rift has developed on Hillsborough County's Cone Ranch advisory committee over a meeting between county officials and a private group of investors who want to sell a large swath of the 12,800-acre, county-owned ranch. ...more

November 3, 2009

In a memo sent to his colleagues on the board, Hernando County Commissioner Jeff Stabins expressed his displeasure with holding a workshop at a place other than county commission chambers. ...more

February 11, 2009

There is no bigger sports stage than the Super Bowl, so those in the Gridiron Greats organization figure there is no better platform to highlight the needs of those who it says have been forgotten by the league they helped to build. ...more

January 27, 2009

Massive amounts of nitrogen flowing into area waterways need to be reduced, speakers at a Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission meeting said Thursday. ...more

January 16, 2009

The City Commission voted Tuesday night to determine whether Wal-Mart's city-approved plan to develop one of its Supercenter retail complexes near the Anclote River has lapsed and will have to be reconsidered. ...more

October 8, 2008

Most Shells Seafood restaurants shut down Wednesday as the Tampa-based chain gave up its quest to stay open, according to a bankruptcy court filing. ...more

September 25, 2008

Wall Street, meet Sesame Street. Bulls, bears and Nobel laureates are talking a lot about letters as they try to predict the shape of the charts that will describe the economy's downturn and recovery. ...more

August 26, 2008

RESORCE, the private group that is trying to get more Pasco County residents interested in recycling, held a telephone directory recycling effort that collected more than three times the tonnage its leaders were expecting. Now, county officials need to do more to encourage people to recycle, the RESORCE leaders say. "Why shouldn't Pasco County become a leader in recycling?" Lew Corvene, the club's president, told The Suncoast News this week. ...more

August 2, 2008

GOLF Redesigned Brooksville Country Club at Majestic Oaks features unique challenges for any golfer. ...more

July 27, 2008