More travelers plan to fly during December's holidays this year than last, with about the same number flying over Thanksgiving, a TripAdvisor survey of 1,300 people found. ...more

November 7, 2009

Southwest Airlines is offering a sale through Thursday, with one-way fares as low as $25 between Tampa and Fort Lauderdale; $50 between Tampa and Birmingham, Ala.; $75 between Tampa and Philadelphia; and $100 between Tampa and Boston. ...more

October 28, 2009

Motorists traveling on interstates 275 and 175 through St. Petersburg tonight, Thursday and early Friday morning will encounter lane closures, the Florida Department of Transportation said. ...more

October 28, 2009

Today's TECO Streetcar Fest offers 5-cent rides on the downtown streetcar line, along with free lunch certificates for children at Centro Ybor, tours of the Ybor Station streetcar barn and other activities. ...more

October 10, 2009

The federal government has awarded a $5.3 million grant for dredging 70 miles of channels in Tampa Harbor and $472,000 to widen a portion of the main Tampa channel to create a passing lane for ships through the Port of Tampa, U.S. Rep Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, said Friday. ...more

October 3, 2009

The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority has installed a record 104 shelters at bus stops this year throughout the county and has plans to add another 50 in the coming months. ...more

September 22, 2009

I didn't care much for the Senator's politics, but in all fairness, my eulogy of him would sound something like this: ...more

September 6, 2009

The number of overnight visitors to Pinellas County in June dropped 8.3 percent, compared with the year-ago figure, to 510,300, the county's tourism consultant reported. ...more

September 2, 2009

A four-lane divided highway opened to the public Tuesday morning along the eastern boundary of Tampa International Airport. ...more

August 26, 2009

Hotel and motel tax collections in Hillsborough County continued to decline in June, falling 21.4 percent compared with year-ago figures to about $1.2 million. ...more

August 7, 2009