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Pinellas County
Part two: hiking the West Klosterman Preserve
Just 1,000 feet from the Gulf of Mexico, in Tarpon Springs, sit the 14-acres of sand scrub that make up the Klosterman Preserve. The West Klosterman Preservation Group is raising money to buy the property....
Part one: hiking the West Klosterman Preserve
One of the last remaining sand scrubs in Pinellas County is at risk of being destroyed. The group trying to buy and protect the land has six months left to raise over $3 million for...
Funds needed to save the West Klosterman Preserve
The last one percent of Pinellas County scrub wilderness remains in danger of disappearing forever, if funds aren't raised in time to save Klosterman Preserve.
More opportunities to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Pinellas, including at your worksite
A list of several COVID-19 vaccine outreach opportunities in Pinellas County, including at workplaces, via DOH-Pinellas.
Pinellas County has its first COVID-19 death
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources The Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County says that a 67-year-old Pinellas resident who was diagnosed with COVID-19 passed away Monday. It’s the first COVID-19 death...
Worried about red tide on Pinellas beaches? “Plan ahead and call ahead”
High concentrations of the organism that causes red tide are being found on virtually all of the beaches in Pinellas County barrier islands; Pinellas County Environmental Management measured high concentrations of Karenia brevis cells Monday...
Students organizing March for Our Lives in Pinellas
This Saturday, students from across the country are converging in Washington, D.C. for what they’re calling a March for Our Lives to draw attention to gun violence and school safety; dozens of local marches are...
How Tampa Bay residents should prepare for Irma
As Florida prepares for Hurricane Irma, several Tampa Bay area school districts have announced school closings. Here are the districts that are closed Thursday and Friday: Hillsborough County Pinellas County Hernando County Here are the...
Pinellas has high drug possession arrest rate: report
Pinellas has a higher arrest rate for drug possession than just about any other county in Florida. A new report from Human Rights Watch and the ACLU puts Pinellas in the top five counties in...
Faith leaders call on Hillsborough & Pinellas to halt death penalty
Dozens of faith leaders are calling on Hillsborough and Pinellas County prosecutors to stop calling for the death penalty; this comes after the two Tampa Bay area counties were counted by a Harvard study as outliers...
Charlie Justice challenged by Mike Mikurak in Pinellas
Democratic Pinellas County Commissioner Charlie Justice is facing a challenge to his countywide seat from Republican Mike Mikurak; the two answered questions Thursday afternoon at a Suncoast Tiger Bay Club meeting in the Gateway area of...
Jolly and Crist differ on guns, campaign money & Clinton
A closely-watched race for Congress in Pinellas County, Florida could be an opportunity for Democrats to pick up a House seat; Republican Congress member David Jolly faces an uphill battle in his newly-redrawn district against former Florida Governor Charlie...
