Amtrak lost money on 41 of its 45 train lines in 2008, including a $145.23 per passenger loss on the Silver Star that serves Tampa on its New York-Miami run, a Pew Charitable Trusts research group reported Tuesday. ...more

October 28, 2009

Amtrak lost money on 41 of its 45 train lines in 2008, including a $145.23 per passenger loss on the Silver Star that serves Tampa on its New York-Miami run, a Pew Charitable Trusts research group reported Tuesday. ...more

October 27, 2009

Between the hours of 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. Monday, Feb. 23, Meadors Construction will be making waterline improvements on Eldridge Road in front of the Eldridge Water Plant. ...more

February 14, 2009

Local singers, dancers, actors and musicians who star in Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center productions are rallying to keep the center alive and kicking. This year the city's Cultural Services Department found its state grant support for public events cut by $5,000, to slightly less than $9,000, said Gen Haley, city cultural and civic services marketing assistant. Next year looks even bleaker, she said. ...more

January 31, 2009

Although regional water supply levels are low, city residents continue to violate outdoor water use restrictions, Tampa Water Department officials say. Water enforcement officers have written an average of six water-use violation citations a day since the beginning of January. Violating Tampa's water-use restrictions could result in fines ranging from $100 to $450 and a mandatory court appearance. ...more

January 21, 2009

Northbound Ashley Drive between East Whiting Street and East Kennedy Boulevard will be closed until Friday for road repairs related to a broken water main. ...more

January 13, 2009

Hernando County government leaders say it is difficult to speculate on how much money if any Hernando County will receive as part of President-elect Obama's proposed multi-billion dollar economic stimulus package. ...more

January 6, 2009

County Administrator David Hamilton said Wednesday the investigation into a utility department worker's job absences has nothing to do with racial harassment. ...more

December 11, 2008

The Florida Department of Transportation may reverse itself on making Gall Boulevard a one-way road. ...more

December 10, 2008

The Florida Department of Transportation may reverse itself on making Gall Boulevard a one-way road. "The issue is not dead yet," Mayor Cliff McDuffie said at Monday's city council meeting. McDuffie and City Manager Steve Spina met with DOT District 7 Secretary Don Skelton and other department officials in what may have felt like a last-ditch effort to convince the state agency that improvements to U.S. 301 should not include making Gall Boulevard a one-way street ...more

December 8, 2008