The National Weather Service office on 25th Avenue Southeast is South Shore's eyes and ears when it comes to hurricane preparation. ...more

July 16, 2008

TAMPA - A batch of bogus bucks is being passed in the Tampa Bay area, counterfeit $100 and $50 bills that can pass the pen test cashiers frequently use to detect fakes. ...more

July 15, 2008

Judy Genshaft, provost and vice president for academic affairs at the State University of New York at Albany, knew what she wanted when she applied for the presidency of the University of South Florida in 1999. A major research university in an anti-ivory tower, urban environment. A place young enough — 40-something — to still be making its mark. A place where community synergy and economic partnership could be more than idealistic aspirations or trendy buzz words. Then throw in the unique, semi-tropical locale that is the Tampa Bay region. ...more

July 15, 2008

The Tampa Bay Water desalination plant was shut down for about four days last week after an internal pipe burst, but that doesn't signal a return to the troubled days of a sputtering facility, officials said. ...more

June 28, 2008

During the 2007 legislative session, the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority was created. ...more

May 22, 2008

TAMPA - Continued job losses helped propel the Tampa Bay area's economy to last place in a ranking of six Southern cities, according to a new report by the Tampa Bay Partnership. ...more

May 19, 2008

A top real estate economist offered shell-shocked Tampa Realtors a hint of optimism Wednesday, saying the Bay area housing market should begin to improve in the second half of the year. ...more

May 8, 2008

Some help could be coming soon for Tampa Bay customers frustrated with choppy wireless Internet access. ...more

May 8, 2008

TAMPA -- A top real estate economist offered shell-shocked Tampa Realtors a hint of optimism today, saying the Bay area housing market should begin to improve in the second half of the year. Home sales and prices, which have been battered in recent months, should stabilize and then begin to rise in 2009, predicted Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors. ...more

May 7, 2008

The future of the Tampa Bay doesn't belong to any one entity. Rather, it is the responsibility of all of us to guide the type of future we want. ...more

April 16, 2008