Taxpayers shouldn't have to pay the highest price possible to transfer Cone Ranch from one county department to another, a member of a county commission-appointed panel on the ranch's future contends. ...more

December 23, 2009

The 12,800-acre Cone Ranch will someday be part of Hillsborough County's conservation lands program, county commissioners decided Wednesday. ...more

December 17, 2009

Four years ago, Pasco County commissioners let Florida turnpike officials put off planning for a link between the Suncoast Parkway and the county's planned Ridge Road extension. ...more

December 11, 2009

Two upcoming events in Pasco County will challenge residents to explore their artistic sides while having fun and supporting worthy causes. ...more

November 21, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Saying the county animal shelter's adoption rate is "alarmingly low," a local veterinary group wants to reduce the number of animals euthanized each year. ...more

November 21, 2009

Pasco County commissioners on Tuesday formally will accept a $4.2 million federal grant aimed at helping the county use energy more efficiently. ...more

November 14, 2009

Pasco County officials say they will protest plans to create a private water utility serving thousands of acres in northeast Pasco and Hernando counties. ...more

November 5, 2009

Highlands County still doesn't have the $1.65 million asphalt plant grant that was promised by Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and county commissioners were furious because they just found out during a meeting Tuesday. ...more

November 4, 2009

The speed limit on Meadow Pointe Boulevard is going up. Pasco County commissioners Tuesday morning approved a plan to raise the speed limit for the two-lane road to 45 mph between State Road 54 and Sheringham Way and to 40 mph south to Beardsley Drive. ...more

November 4, 2009

Ejay Metayer drove from the University of South Florida area Friday morning to take a law enforcement test at the Fred B. Karl County Center downtown. ...more

October 31, 2009