ST. PETERSBURG (FNN) – Governor Ron DeSantis provided an update on the red tide phenomenon on the state’s coasts and new ways to monitor and prevent it, during a round table with Florida officials at the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg. The roundtable came due to a new blooming of red tide…
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MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (FNN) – Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried addressed the Piney Point reservoir water leak in a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, saying she was informed that “the emergency has de-escalated” over the last 24 hours, but warned that this situation could have been prevented were it not for what she called…
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MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (FNN) – Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 21-82 declaring a state of emergency in Hillsborough, Manatee, and Pinellas counties due to their proximity to the Eastport Terminal Facility – Piney Point Phosphate Processing Plant reservoir. The reservoir holds 480 million gallons of a mix of seawater, remnant process water from the…
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TAMPA (AP) – The Toronto Raptors’ issues with the coronavirus have worsened, prompting the NBA to call off their game scheduled for Sunday night against the Chicago Bulls. The league said the Raptors are dealing with positive test results, without disclosing how many, and that combined with ongoing contact-tracing issues meant they would not have…
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs held their virtual media conferences today. A common theme involved questions about other players and coaches, in what often sounded more like a “love fest,” rather than trash talking. Bucs Head Coach, Bruce Arians commented on Chiefs S Tyrann Mathieu, whom he coached in Arizona. Arians called…
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers held a virtual media confernce this Groundhog Day. While Tom Brady was nowhere to be found, his name came up quite often in conversation. As Coach Bruce Arians said, “He’s just one of the guys. Tom does such a great job working with the younger and older players, it’s like having another…
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden is making his first trip to Florida as the Democratic presidential nominee, while his campaign is acknowledging concerns about his appeal with Latinos, a voting bloc likely to prove pivotal against President Donald Trump in one of the nation’s fiercest battleground states. On Tuesday, the former vice president will…
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TORONTO, Cn. (FNN SPORTS) – The Tampa Bay Lightning had an auspicious performance versus the Florida Panthers in the exhibition game last week and some of the momentum carried over to their red robin game against the Washington Capitals. The Bolts are a skilled unit and Cooper is a logistical coach, a combination which takes…
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