Live blog: Updates throughout Hurricane Helene from WUSF.
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CEO Joe Handy said the drastic cost-cutting effort comes after last year's storms caused extremely low attendance numbers, which provide "the lion's share" of the aquarium's revenue.
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About 40 housing providers set up shop at the Coliseum in downtown St. Petersburg to attend the hurricane recovery rental housing fair. The city partnered with the Bay Area Apartment Association to host the public event on Jan. 22.
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The city manager gave detailed answers to resident questions at Tuesday’s city commission meeting.
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A nine-foot-tall, 500-foot-long AquaFence will soon guard Lift Station 85, a wastewater treatment plant that services St. Petersburg’s downtown waterfront.
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The federal farm bill was last updated in 2018. Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson wants state lawmakers to allocate around $50 million to help farmers impacted by the hurricanes.
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The county said it is in the "early planning stages" of figuring how to spend the federal money.
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A deadline is fast approaching to get money to pay for damages from hurricanes Helene and Milton. The Small Business Administration is offering loans to businesses and people who had losses in the storms.
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It's a look back on an earthshaking storm season as people across the greater Tampa Bay region rebuild their lives from Hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton.
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The Southern Arts Relief and Recovery Fund is awarding flexible grants to artists who were impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
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The proposals would lead to customers seeing increases in their monthly bills starting in March and continuing for a year.
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Because Florida was hit by two hurricanes weeks apart, experts say there is a lot of possible overlap when it comes to invasive plants and animals.
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From radioactive tuna to red tide impacts on the sea floor, we explore the ocean research done by five Eckerd student scientist groups this past year.