A $4.1 million taxpayer-funded dredging project along with Weeki Wachee River in Hernando County could have been avoided if state officials better enforced rules on the water, a local ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Wednesday approved a new rule creating a Springs Protection Zone along a 5.61-mile stretch of the river from the springhead in Weeki Wachee ...

New Weeki Wachee River rules begin, so don’t beach your kayak. Locals say the rules will ruin the fun, but the state says they are needed to stop the rapid decline of the river’s health. ...

According to the data, from January 2025 through April 2025, just six citations were issued for violations of the new Spring Protection Zone rules, and just 30 warnings were issued.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The mermaids at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park are leaving their post this Saturday night as cave divers take over — the same cave divers that discovered a new section of ...

Less than an hour’s drive from Tampa is a gushing first-magnitude freshwater spring with water so clear it’s like liquid glass. But that’s not the only sight to behold at Weeki Wachee Springs.

Neighbors living along the Weeki Wachee River spent another day cleaning up after Hurricane Helene. Some neighbors saw nearly 6 feet of water inside their homes.

Steve Knapp, 54, left, his wife, Deanna Knapp, 53, and their dog Minnie stand in flood waters outside their home along Ramada Street in the Weeki Wachee Gardens area Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.

Weeki Wachee's once luscious banks along the crystal clear, spring-fed river continue to erode. Trees are being undermined, and eel grass on the river bottom is being trampled.

At Weeki Wachee Springs State Park in Florida, see mermaids swim underwater, joined by manatees, turtles, and fish; or head out on kayaks, a river boat cruise, or down one of the slides at the ...