The start of 2022 graduation season is underway and in Pinellas County, a pair of Palm Harbor University High School sisters will walk across the stage and earn their diplomas on May 20th, despite both being younger than their peers.That’s because Janet Liu, age 16, skipped 12th grade and Melinda Liu skipped 2nd, 4th and 12th grades!The sisters are best friends. They hang out in the same group at school.Older sister Janet said they often get mistaken for twins. “My sister caught up to me when I was in 5th grade," she said. "Since then, we’ve always taken all of our classes together, went to sc ..read more

“All of a sudden, within the past 10 days or so, the testing has really ramped up,” said Dr. Nicolette Mathey, Pharmacist and Owner of Palm Harbor Pharmacy.Vaccines, booster shots, COVID-19 tests, and at-home tests — Palm Harbor Pharmacy has been doing it all.“Multiple days this week, we’re much busier than we ever were during delta,” said Mathey.That’s all thanks to the omicron variant.“Unfortunately we’ve been seeing a lot more positives within the past 10 days,” said Mathey.RELATED: Health experts believe omicron has mutated to be less severe to surviveLIST: Where can I get tested for COVID ..read more

A Palm Harbor Rescue Firefighter who was seriously injured after she was hit by a speeding pickup truck in September while on the job is the department's 2021 Firefighter of the Year. Lieutenant Ashley White, who was also awarded the Purple Heart, was helping two other drivers the morning of September 22 on U.S. 19 when she was hit. The driver who struck her died following the crash. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Palm Harbor firefighter hit by pickup truck while responding to crash on US 19, fire rescue says'It's a miracle': Palm Harbor firefighter released from hospitalPalm Harbor firefighter gives upda ..read more

Palm Harbor Pharmacy is one of the places in the Tampa Bay area that has finally received a shipment of Pfizer's child vaccine for families who are interested in getting their younger children vaccinated.“We kind of just announced that we have it so we have quite a few kids coming in this week whose parents have decided they want to get their kids vaccinated," said Dr. Nicolette Mathey, Pharmacist and Owner of Palm Harbor Pharmacy“We’re prepared. We have some treasure box toys and that kind of thing just to help the kids,” she added.It’s been about two weeks since the Centers for Disease Contr ..read more

Palm Harbor Cares, a non-profit, is finding a way to help other non-profits in Tampa Bay. Jenny Goad started the non-profit last year, in the midst of the pandemic, to help others. It all starts with a giving circle — 100 members donate $100. Together, a $10,000 award is given out quarterly to a local non-profit. Three organizations present to the Palm Harbor Cares members and the organizations determine who will receive the full award. Jenny Goad, Founder & Managing Director at Palm Harbor Cares said, "We wanted to figure out how to support these local nonprofits, because there seemed to ..read more

At ABC Action News, we know it's the combination of all the communities that make Tampa Bay great to live in. That's why we've started a new series of reporting highlighting good things happening around town, discovering cool gems you may not know about, and uncovering the big news events impacting those areas.On Friday, the Good Morning Tampa Bay team focused on Palm Harbor. Complete Coverage: GMTB Local SpotlightPalm Harbor library sees increase in online visitorsThe Palm Harbor Library features a lot of unique things to do from books to children's classes to a maker studio. More than 100 vo ..read more

The Palm Harbor Library features a lot of unique things to do from books to children's classes to a maker studio. More than 100 volunteers give back here and make sure the library succeeds. Since Palm Harbor is unincorporated it gives them a little flexibility in programming. "They're involved in just about every aspect of the library, which gives it more of a family community feeling. I guess that's one of the reasons why we don't have a self-checkout, because people like to talk to other people," Gene Coppola with the Palm Harbor Library said. "We do have those people, those volunteers at th ..read more

Palm Harbor is home to the Innisbrook Golf Resort, also the site of the Valspar Tournament. They have four courses, including the famous Copperhead Course, for all skill levels. It's not just for the professionals here at Innisbrook either, they offer lessons for kids and adults. "It's just a really special place. You know, as you can see if you can see behind me there's a lot of undulation, a lot of rolling hills here," Bobby Barnes, Director of Golf at Innisbrook Golf Resort said. "Typically people consider Florida very flat. We get compared to Pinehurst a lot because of the rolling hills th ..read more

A small business in Palm Harbor is starting a non-profit to help foster families in the area. Little Explorers is an indoor play and educational area for kids under 6 years old. Recently, the owner Caroline Sakla decided to turn things she was already doing as a business into an official non-profit called Heart of Little Explorers. "From the beginning, we said specifically the Heart of Little Explorers was very in love with the foster community, and just the sacrificial things that they do for our foster family, for our foster children, you know, opening their homes up and being opposed to but ..read more

On any given day, you can bet Suncoast Animal League's Rick Chaboudy is on a mission to care for a dog, cat or maybe even a deer. "We want to do things, we want to help," said co-founder Chaboudy. The volunteers go above and beyond to make sure their call of service is taken of care. From rescuing dogs and cats who can't be treated by local shelters to driving out of state to help other shelters who may be faced with a hurricane. The Suncoast Animal League started in 2006 and continues to grow. Chaboudy ran an animal shelter in Pinellas County for more than 20 years and afterward, started the ..read more