NEW PORT RICHEY -- County leaders are enduring the monetary equivalent of a root-canal operation as they contemplate shrinking the budget by 19 percent to reflect the downturn in the economy. ...more

July 15, 2008

Each day, supply officer John Luecke takes stock of the Pasco County Fire Rescue reserves and distributes life-saving medications to ambulances and firetrucks. ...more

July 13, 2008

Despite a sluggish economy, possible cutbacks in county services and delays in securing the site, the University Area Partnership Library is a go. ...more

July 9, 2008

UNIVERSITY AREA - Despite a sluggish economy, possible cutbacks in county services and delays in securing the site, the University Area Partnership Library is a go. ...more

July 2, 2008

Hillsborough County leaders met in the neighborhood last week to celebrate a new day for the community's children's services campus. ...more

June 28, 2008

Carrollwood Village residents have plenty to say regarding traffic-calming measures under way in their neighborhood. ...more

June 28, 2008

The Tampa Bay Rays will abandon ambitious plans to build a $450 million baseball stadium on the downtown waterfront in four years and instead get more people involved in assessing other locations, the team announced Wednesday. ...more

June 26, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG — The Tampa Bay Rays announced this afternoon that they will abandon their ambitious plans to build a $450 million stadium on the downtown waterfront by 2012. Rays President Matt Silverman said at a news conference the team will no longer seek a November referendum on the new ballpark the team proposed seven months ago for the site of Progress Energy Park, home of Al Lang Field. ...more

June 25, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- West Florida Young Guns got a sendoff today from Pasco County commissioners before the youth baseball team competes in a national tournament next month. ...more

June 24, 2008

During the past seven years, Pasco County officials have collected more than $1 million from developers trading houses and asphalt for trees. ...more

June 22, 2008