Civic activist Janey Baldwin drove home her point at Tuesday's debut of the budget and finance standing committee that the entire affair was a waste of time. ...more

March 4, 2009

The Issue: Limiting Citizen Input And Reducing The Number Of County Commission Meetings Each Month. Our Opinion: Bad Ideas. ...more

February 19, 2009

The monthly meeting of the Highlands County Homeowners Association on Monday morning will feature three guest speakers. ...more

November 9, 2008

The lines were long as voters turned out in droves Tuesday to vote in one of the most historic elections of all time. ...more

November 6, 2008

Dave Brown, whose years of patiently but persistently pestering county officials paid off with a Moral Courage Award, warned county commissioners Wednesday they haven't seen the last of him. ...more

October 16, 2008

The two candidates for the District 5 seat on the Highlands County Board of Commissioners spoke at this week's meeting of the Highlands County Homeowners Association. ...more

September 11, 2008

There will soon be a new way to tune into local government. County commission meetings will be streamed live on the Web now that the commission has agreed to share the cost of new software, hardware and training to make it happen. ...more

August 20, 2008

Republican Matt Matey is taking on 24-year incumbent Ann Hildebrand and community activist Wil Nickerson in the party primary for the District 3 county commission race. The winner faces whoever prevails in the Democratic primary between Terri Conroy and Nicholas Planck. ...more

August 16, 2008

County Commission meetings could soon be coming live to a computer near you. ...more

August 15, 2008

Video archive of meetings would be searchable ...more

August 15, 2008