Lloyd Sowers

The “WE ARE OPEN" signs are up on Clearwater Beach. There's still lots of washed up sand and debris, but the mayor said it’s critical to the local economy to get the hospitality industry back up and running after the hurricanes.

A fleet of machines is sifting through mountains of sand that were left behind after Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Their primary job is to sift out all kinds of things that were buried in the sand during the storms.

Bay Area beaches are pairing technology and machinery to help recover from Hurricanes Milton and Helene.

Ice and snow in Florida have always been rare, but the headlines announced a blizzard in Tampa about 65 years ago and an ice company started spraying real snow.

TAMPA, Fla. - Flugtag, which means "Flying Day" in German, is making its return to Tampa – flying and plunging into the water at the Tampa Convention Center this Saturday.

Unfortunately, for many people in our area, much of what they owned ended up on the curb ruined by recent hurricanes.

ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. - Some Tampa Bay area residents lost so much during the hurricanes this year that they don't know where to start building back. Now, there's a support group for beach business people to talk about what's happened to their businesses, their lives and their futures.

At MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, KC-135 Stratotankers fly around the world refueling warplanes in midair, but one takeoff had a different purpose.

U.S. Army Green Berets used horses in the early days of the war in Afghanistan, just after the September 11, 2001, attacks. Their story became a movie called "12 Strong," but for some of the Horse Soldiers the question was: What to do after the Army?

TAMPA, Fla. - A new art structure at Harvest Hope Park that honors veterans was a collaboration between two generations.