The Tarpon Springs siren, who fought to save local wildlife and preserve Weeki Wachee’s history, worked at the park for 37 years. Culture and Nostalgia Reporter The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a ...

There's been an admirable effort to rename the Weekiwachee Preserve after an admirable human being, Arline Erdrich. Erdrich, a nationally known artist from Aripeka who died last year, was better known ...

SPRING HILL, Fla. — A 150-acre wildfire in the Weeki Wachee Preserve is almost fully contained, Florida Forest Service reported in a tweet. Fire officials reported the wildfire, which started off ...

WEEKI WACHEE GARDENS, Fla. — Is the Florida Department of Environmental Protection doing enough to preserve the Weeki Wachee State Park portion of the Weeki Wachee River? A recently filed complaint ...

WEEKI WACHEE — Hernando County needs the Weeki Wachee River. The river’s headsprings host, in non-pandemic years, the most popular tourist attraction the county provides, the legendary Weeki Wachee ...

WEEKI WACHEE, Fla (WFLA) — A 155-acre fire in the Weeki Wachee preserve is now contained, but is still burning inside containment lines. The Florida Forest Service and Hernando County Fire Rescue ...

HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. — A drone helped locate a mother and son who got lost in the Weeki Wachee Preserve last Friday. The Hernando County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) said deputies were sent to Linda ...

HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A brush fire broke out Wednesday morning in the Weeki Wachee preserve, according to Hernando County Fire Rescue. Officials said the fire covered roughly three acres of ...

While some residents say the area needs to adapt to its growing population, others want to keep the area as it is. When you look around the preserve, you see a lot mature trees and waterways. Some ...

On Friday, the Governor visited Weeki Wachee Springs State Park to address actions he's taking to help those efforts. He said the springs of Florida are what make Florida, well, Florida. He said he is ...

WEEKI WACHEE – The state has offered the city of St. Petersburg $6.3 million to buy and preserve Weeki Wachee Spring and take over the lease for the popular City of Mermaids tourist attraction. The ...

HERNANDO BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office rescued a lost mother and her son in the Weeki Wachee Preserve Friday afternoon. The sheriff’s office said at about 2:24 p.m., ...