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Indian Rocks Beach considers loosening vacation rental regulations
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. - City officials in Indian Rocks Beach will meet on Tuesday to discuss whether they should tweak their tight regulations on vacation rentals. The meeting was motivated by seven pending lawsuits against the city, all sparked by the vacation rental ordinance. The existing rules call for things like registration with the state, rental inspections, restrictions on occupancy, and tight regulations regarding rental suspensions and revocation.
NCH may become out of network without a new agreement with Florida Blue
Florida Blue has alerted patients in second region of the state about the potential of them losing coverage Oct. 1 due to an impasse with a major health system. Florida Blue is telling patients the Naples-based NCH be out of network if a new insurer-hospital agreement can’t be reached. This would include hospitals, physician groups and other specialty care services.
Advance and NASCAR gift $10,000 to Florida vehicle repair nonprofit
Led by U.S. Army veteran Ed Rosa, Fix It Forward helps low-income residents of central Florida with free vehicle repairs. Raleigh, N.C.—Advance Auto Parts Foundation (AAPF), the philanthropic arm of Advance Auto Parts, and The NASCAR Foundation, each announced $5,000 gifts to Fix It Forward, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in DeLand, Fla. The check presentations took place at Advance’s store in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Friday, Aug. 23.
Dover woman arrested for DUI after driving on wrong way of I-75 in Tampa: FHP
TAMPA, Fla. - A Hillsborough County woman was arrested for driving the wrong way on I-75 while driving under the influence early Monday morning, according to authorities. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, at around 1:55 a.m. on Monday, a trooper was parked within a construction lane closure on I-75 South near mile marker 256 in Hillsborough County. He then was alerted to a wrong-way driver traveling north in the southbound lanes.
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Volleyball: Tampa Bay area report — Aug. 27, 2024
Check out Monday’s scores, then take a look at tonight’s top matchups and county schedules in the Tampa Bay area volleyball report. Winthrop College Prep at North Tampa Christian, N/A. Steinbrenner at Wesley Chapel, N/A. Universal Academy 3, Bayshore Christian 0. Tampa SLAM 3, Gulf Coast HEAT 1.
Abandoned puppy who spent life in wire crate never stops wagging his tail as Tampa shelter helps him make miraculous recovery
At just one-year-old, Korey has spent most of his life locked up in a small wire crate, and as if that wasn’t enough of a survival challenge for the puppy, he was then abandoned. It had been the homeowner who found Korey in her yard rushed the starving puppy to the Humane Society of Tampa Bay.
Local market standout, St. Pete Ferments, debuts first brick-and-mortar store
St. Pete Ferments (SPF) recently opened a brick-and-mortar shop at 326 Dr. MLK Jr. St. N., which they share with Queen and Colony. While there’s still work to be done, SPF is aiming for a grand opening on October 17. Currently, the shop is open on Thursdays from 2pm–7pm and Fridays and Saturdays from 11am–4pm.
Outrage grows over proposed state park development
A proposal by Florida governor Ron DeSantis’ Department of Environmental Protection to partially develop nine state parks has run into emphatic opposition from environmentalists, the public and state lawmakers. Honeymoon Island State Park is on Pinellas County’s gulf coast, near Dunedin. The barrier island consists of approximately 20 acres...
Jacksonville District publishes final GRR/EIS of Tampa Harbor Navigation Improvement Study for public review
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District, has published the final General Reevaluation Report and Environmental Impact Statement (GRR/EIS) for the Tampa Harbor Navigation Improvement Study in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties, Florida. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the GRR/EIS and related documents will be...
With deadline approaching, preservation group raising money to save 14 acres of old Florida
Four long years into an effort to save a piece of old Florida from development, Tex Carter knows his way around the land.He can point out the largest gopher tortoise burrow, or take you down an overgrown path to a rare colony of Florida rosemary that, without dedicated land management, is dying slowly in the shade of an oak tree.Why it matters: The nonprofit WK Preservation Group is just weeks away from a critical fundraising deadline in its bid to convert the parcel off West Klosterman Road just south of Tarpon Springs into a nature preserve.The odds of making it,...
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