The year about to pass has presented everyone in our nation and state more than enough challenges. That said, better times will come, whether sooner or later. So we wish all of our readers a Merry Christmas and a day of joy and togetherness. ...more

December 23, 2009

The state's transportation future will be shaped this week by one clear, difficult choice. If modern passenger rail service is to come to Florida any time soon, the Legislature must pass a new law in special session that sets up a statewide structure to oversee and help pay for regional and city-to-city trains. ...more

December 6, 2009

When work began in 2004 to build the world's tallest tower, Dubai's confidence was sky high, with a host of megaprojects on the drawing board or rising from the sands. ...more

December 4, 2009

When the sprawling residential-commercial development project that was to be known as Serenova was still on the drawing board, one of the people involved in the project suggested that the center of economic activity in the county was even then shifting from West Pasco to Central and East Pasco. The U.S. 19 corridor would become economically "blighted" and have to be redeveloped, this person suggested. Serenova never got built and the 6,500 acres it would have occupied ended up in the hands of the Southwest Florida Water Management District. The U.S. 19 prediction, alas, is still looking viable. ...more

November 14, 2009

Be honest. Ever catch yourself in a fit of excitement, pumping your fist or swaying back and forth to the music in your head after a major accomplishment? ...more

January 29, 2009

Michael Mizok Jr. of Holiday says Florida is a natural place for solar energy-generating farms. The people planning to buy electric cars will need them. ...more

January 24, 2009

Every parent, grandparent and every adult should be up in arms at our county for the planned cuts in the amount of teachers for our middle and high schools. ...more

December 27, 2008

Trial was delayed yet again Wednesday for two suspects charged with attempted first-degree murder. ...more

December 4, 2008

Trial was delayed yet again Wednesday for two suspects charged with attempted first-degree murder in connection with the severe beating of a man known as "The Walker." ...more

December 4, 2008

The School Board of Highlands County continues to ponder the issues of student safety, the need for new classrooms and tough budget times as it grapples with construction plans for new classrooms at the Lake Placid middle and high schools. ...more

November 25, 2008