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  1. Hillsborough plans utility rate hikes for next four years
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Hillsborough County's water treatment plant in Lithia. The county's south-central utility system serves 465,000 people.
  2. Sniffing and sneezing season is here as pollen peaks in Tampa Bay
    Yesterday• Health
    A cyclist rides beneath a heavy canopy of trees along a street in Tampa's Hyde Park area on Friday. Pollen levels are peaking in the Tampa Bay area.
  3. Medical marijuana is booming in Florida, but the industry is nervous. Here’s why.
    Yesterday• Politics
    A worker at a San Francisco medical cannabis clinic prepares packets of marijuana buds for sale. The industry is booming in Florida. [Associated Press File Photo]
  5. Endangered right whale found dead off South Carolina beach
    Mar. 1• Environment
    A critically endangered North Atlantic Right whale like the one pictured here was found dead over the weekend off the coast of South Carolina.
  6. Secretive eastern black rail added to Florida’s endangered species list
    Mar. 1• Environment
    Some of the eastern black rail's preferred habitat in Florida has been converted to homes and golf course communities.
  7. Vacancies block Florida board from meeting on land preservation grants
    Mar. 1• Environment
    Brad Husserl, 60, of Tarpon Springs, left Don Richter, 64, of Palm Harbor, second from left, Kay Carter, 68, Tarpon Springs, second from right, listen as Kay's husband Tex, 68, speaks Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020 in Tarpon Springs. The group formed a nonprofit called WK Preservation Group Inc. in March in order to save the approximate 14 acres of land located along Klosterman Road in Tarpon Springs.
  8. Disappearing seagrass hurting manatees along Florida’s Indian River Lagoon
    Mar. 1• Environment
    An egret wades in the Indian River Lagoon, where nutrients from fertilizer, septic tank and road runoff are killing seagrass.
  9. Save the sharks, save the oceans, scientists say.
    Feb. 28• Environment
    In this 2019 file photo, a female shark swims in shallow water near Little Bahama Bank nicknamed Tiger Beach because of the numerous tiger sharks found in the area.
  10. Florida lawmakers reveal their ‘most robust agenda’ on flooding, sea-level rise
    Feb. 26• Politics
    House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, unveils bill proposals dealing with sea level rise and flooding. He spoke on the campus of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
  11. Florida restricting sales of pythons and lizards amid fears of invasive species
    Feb. 25• Environment
    A black and white tegu lizard takes a drink of water in its quarters in 2013 after being confiscated from a home in Oldsmar.
  12. Dunedin accepts purchase agreement for Gladys Douglas acreage
    Feb. 24• Pinellas
    The Gladys Douglas property includes 44 acres in unincorporated Pinellas County.
  13. Water officials okay Ginnie Springs bottling plan after years-long battle
    Feb. 23• Environment
    Divers and swimmers enjoy Ginnie Springs in High Springs in August 2016.
  14. Sand buries Little Wekiva River, residents suspect I-4 construction
    Feb. 21• Florida
    The Wekiva River system, including springs, tributaries, wetlands and forest, has been crowded by metro Orlando and suburban Lake County, making it one Florida’s most costly and challenging environmental treasures to protect.
  15. From Hillsborough County firefighter to specialist in wildlife animal removal
    Feb. 20• Community News
    A squirrel explores a fallen tree near Chris Wirt, 44, of Lutz, on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Tarpon Springs. Wirt is the owner of AAAC Wildlife Removal of Tampa. He wears a large gator tooth, from a 12'8" gator.
  16. Louisiana challenges California ban on alligator products
    Feb. 20• Environment
    A small alligator sits on a log along a bank in the Maurepas Swamp in Ruddock, La. In the Trump administration’s last days, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a change to rules protecting alligators. Opponents say it's an end run around the chance that Louisiana might lose a federal court challenge to California’s ban on alligator products. The government is taking comments until March 22, 2021, on the proposed change.
  17. Texas crisis has governor facing big backer: energy industry
    Feb. 19• Local Weather
    Carlos Mandez waits in line to fill his propane tanks Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Houston. Customers had to wait over an hour in the freezing rain to fill their tanks. Millions in Texas still had no power after a historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures created a surge of demand for electricity to warm up homes unaccustomed to such extreme lows, buckling the state's power grid and causing widespread blackouts.
  18. How to help people in Texas battered by winter storms
    Feb. 18• Life & Culture
    An HEB grocery store employee hands out flowers to customers waiting in line in the snow Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in Austin, Texas. The store did not have any milk, eggs, meat or refrigerated items. Temperatures dropped into the single digits as snow shut down air travel and grocery stores.(AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
  19. Florida celebrates sea level rise planning tool after years ‘behind the curve’
    Feb. 18• Environment
    The new St. Pete Pier is shown under construction in late 2019.
  20. Thousands of cold-stunned sea turtles being rescued in Texas
    Feb. 18• Environment
    Thousands of Atlantic green sea turtles and Kemp's ridley sea turtles suffering from cold stun are laid out to recover Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 at the South Padre Island Convention Center on South Padre Island, Texas.
  21. Tampa legal advice: Run wild, run free, you chickens of Ybor City
    Feb. 17• Tampa
    A rooster hops on the railing of a resident's front porch at The Quarter at Ybor complex, where some residents complain the chickens ruin landscaping and poop at the pool.
  22. Mutilated pelicans found at Sunshine Skyway pier. All but one have been saved.
    Feb. 14• Florida
    The South Skyway Fishing Pier is the focus of concerns about Pelican mutilation.
  23. See a Tampa scientist’s views of mysterious Greenland ice holes
    Feb. 11• Environment
    Glacier researchers use crampons and fixed ropes to climb out of a 100-meter-deep moulin on the Greenland Ice Sheet.
  24. Oldsmar’s water supply attack is a warning, experts say. It could’ve been worse.
    Feb. 10• Pinellas
    The Bruce T. Haddock Water Treatment Plant is seen Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 in Oldsmar. Local and federal authorities are investigating after an attempt Friday to poison the city of Oldsmar’s water supply, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said Monday.
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