Pinellas County and the City of St. Petersburg will receive a combined $973.7 million in federal storm recovery funding – provided officials meet strict criteria and...
Pinellas County officials have touted the local tourism industry’s resiliency amid back-to-back hurricanes. Recently released metrics underscore their point. Area lodgings collected $96.76 million in bed...
Back-to-back storms brought billions of dollars in damages to Pinellas County’s coastal communities; local and state officials believe the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deserves some...
Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority drivers completed nearly 570,000 emergency trips before and after Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated the area. The organization celebrated its unsung first...
Pinellas County’s critically eroded beaches are now ground zero for a longstanding impasse between the nation’s coastal communities and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Kelli...
Hurricane Milton explosively intensified from a Category 1 to Category 5 storm in just 10 hours Monday, with sustained winds reaching a historic 185 mph. While...
Pinellas County officials extended a local state of emergency for seven days Tuesday morning as the area slowly recovers from what Administrator Barry Burton called the...
Low-lying areas around Pinellas County – including St. Petersburg’s Shore Acres neighborhood, the City of Gulfport and beach communities – are already experiencing flooding Thursday morning...
St. Petersburg, Pinellas County and Tampa Bay Rays officials took a moment to celebrate what Mayor Ken Welch called a “providential day” Wednesday morning. The meeting...
In January 2023, Mayor Ken Welch compared a proposed partnership between St. Petersburg and the Tampa Bay Rays to an engagement. He also hoped Pinellas County...