Creating a balanced budget and attracting more diversified jobs should be the two main priorities facing county commissioners in 2010, said Hernando County Airport Director Don Silvernell. ...more

January 4, 2010

the $495 million purchase of 61 miles of track for commuter rail near Orlando. ...more

December 23, 2009

When it comes to drinking and driving, we seldom think of the unsung heroes on the road. ...more

December 23, 2009

Items of interest at the Dec. 14 city commission meeting included: •The Florida Department of Transportation has agreed to add a turn/straight lane on northbound Alexander Street at Baker Street. A survey taken in September supported the need for an extra turn lane during times of high traffic flow. ...more

December 23, 2009

Work will soon commence to resurface and re-curb the downtown Circle as part of a $750,000 Streetscape IX project. ...more

December 21, 2009

City staff's plan to bring bids for the Tarpon and Pinellas Avenue Lighting District project to the City Commission this week has been delayed until the middle of next month. ...more

December 19, 2009

As Hernando County Airport supervisor, Rob Mills said he is on-site five days a week and interacts constantly with pilots in the air and those coming in for a landing. ...more

December 17, 2009

One of the lanes leading from the Pinellas Bayway to northbound Interstate 275 was opened this morning, two days after a wreck caused the ramp to be closed. ...more

December 16, 2009

The entrance ramp from the Pinellas Bayway to Interstate 275 is expected to remain closed until Thursday as workers repair a hole created by an out-of-control cement mixer, the Florida Department of Transportation said this morning. ...more

December 15, 2009

A cement truck flipped over onto an Interstate 275 entrance ramp Monday afternoon, gouging out a huge hole and shutting down the ramp until at least Thursday evening. The damage - a hole measuring 28 feet by 6 feet by about 8 inches deep - happened when the truck hit the center guard rail exiting on 54th Avenue South and flipped over onto the entrance ramp. The Department of Transportation hopes to have one lane open by late Thursday. The truck's driver, 58-year-old Stanley Smith of Bradenton, suffered minor injuries. ...more

December 15, 2009