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Gopher CEO sends letter to Tampa Bay community highlighting environmental and safety actions Gopher is getting proactive about cleaning up its act. The company is meeting regulatory targets and is still making plans for further investments. Gopher Resource is distributing an open letter to the community reiterating its commitments and investments to protecting worker and community safety after a series of Tampa Bay Times articles cast the business in a negative light. In the letter, Gopher CEO  Brian Leen said the company is already meeting regulatory targets and is still making plans for ...

Joe Henderson: Challenges continue for Florida newspapers Five years after the Tampa Tribune was shut down, newspapers throughout the state face financial peril. Five years ago, at around 3 p.m. on May 3, the costliest, bloodiest newspaper war in Florida history ended. That’s when the Tampa Bay Times bought and Times CEO Paul Tash delivered the news in front of a packed auditorium of suddenly former Trib employees. The first thing Tash did was tell everyone to put their phones down because he didn’t want a video record of his words. I thought that was strange for a news person, especial...

County will provide testing for neighbors of Florida’s lead smelter Residents who live near Gopher Resource gather in Tampa to hear from county officials in wake of Times investigation.     Neighbors who live near Gopher Resource, Florida's only lead smelter, showed up for a community meeting at Kenly Park on Wednesday to hear from local leaders. Health officials say they will offer lead testing for local residents. Wednesday, April 21, 2021 in Tampa. [ LUIS SANTANA | Times ] Published 1 hour ago The Hillsborough County Health Department will provide testing to the community arou...

The Hillsborough County Health Department will provide testing to the community around Gopher Resource, a lead smelter operating near an elementary school in Tampa. The announcement was made Wednesday evening during a town hall held at Kenly Park and organized by Hillsborough County Commissioner Gwen Myers. Dozens of community members, government officials and some workers gathered around the basketball court to hear from officials about the health effects of lead on children, ways to prevent exposure and the amount of lead in the community’s air. The health department said testing for chil...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 4.21.21 Guilty. Guilty. Derrick Chauvin murdered George Floyd, the hammer of justice sounded loudly on all three counts he faced. The video of Chauvin’s neck on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes was damning enough. There was more, though. Throughout the ordeal, the smug, superior expression on Chauvin’s face told volumes about the disregard he had for Floyd’s life. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Image via AP. This wasn’t a routine arrest over Floyd’s passing of a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin’s acti...