Steve Newborn
Steve Newborn is WUSF's assistant news director as well as a reporter and producer at WUSF covering environmental issues and politics in the Tampa Bay area.
He’s been with WUSF since 2001, and has covered events such as President George W. Bush’s speech in Sarasota as the Sept. 11 attacks unfolded; the ongoing drama over whether the feeding tube should be removed from Terri Schiavo; the arrest and terrorism trial of USF professor Sami Al-Arian; how the BP Deepwater Horizon spill affected Florida; and he followed the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition through the state - twice.
Before joining WUSF, he covered environmental and Polk County news for the Tampa Tribune and worked for NASA at the Kennedy Space Center during the early days of the space shuttle.
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Red tide had been present along the Gulf coast since shortly after Hurricane Ian swept ashore in the Fort Myers area. -
Red tide has been a scourge of the region since Hurricane Ian struck Collier and Lee counties last year. It has finally dissipated from much of the area.
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State environmental officials are saying some red tide is still lingering in southern Sarasota County.
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Medium amounts of red tide are still being reported in southern Sarasota County.
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State environmental officials on Wednesday said low amounts of red tide are still present along the Ringling Causeway and at Lido Beach. Further south, low amounts are persisting at Nokomis Beach.
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Red tide is sticking around parts of the Pinellas and Sarasota coastlines.
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Red tide is almost gone from the Pinellas beaches, but is getting worse in southern Sarasota County.
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But red tide was reported for the first time this season off the Big Bend area in northern Florida.
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Red tide is still hanging around beaches in central Pinellas County. And while it has retreated from most Sarasota beaches, it's still present in the south of the county.
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Fish kills and respiratory irritation were reported in Manatee and Sarasota counties.
