City Manager Billy Poe announced late Tuesday that he hired Mike Sherman, a planner from Tallahassee, as the city's new community development director. ...more

December 16, 2009

Almost two decades into collecting a tax to foster a nearly nonexistent tourist industry, Pasco County keeps plugging away. Its latest attempt to use the portion of the revenue for that tax earmarked for the construction of tourism-related facilities could be in danger of foundering like previous attempts. ...more

December 9, 2009

Which state has the smartest student when it comes to geography? The answer will be revealed today as 10 students, including one from Florida, head to the final rounds of the National Geographic Bee in Washington. The winner gets a $25,000 college scholarship. ...more

May 20, 2009

Hundreds of students at Turkey Creek Middle School were given the opportunity to "visit" 27 countries in celebration of Earth Day. ...more

May 13, 2009

Net migration from Mexico, mainly to the United States, plunged by more than 50 percent in late 2008 compared with a year earlier as fewer Mexicans left their country in search of work, the government said Thursday. ...more

February 20, 2009

An evening of steak tasting helps changed the way she sees, tastes and feels about beef. ...more

November 14, 2008

With a big aloha to Hawaii, a new generation of coin collectors will soon shut their books on the U.S. Mint's popular 10-year state quarter program full of fond family memories and a fun dose of history. ...more

October 14, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - A high school under construction in Holiday now has a name. The Pasco County School Board voted Tuesday to name the school Anclote High, citing its proximity to the Anclote River. ...more

September 3, 2008

A high school under construction in Holiday now has a name. The Pasco County School Board voted Tuesday to name the school Anclote High, citing its proximity to the Anclote River. The school, being built next to Smith Middle on Sweetbriar Drive, is scheduled to open in August 2009. The school district solicited suggestions from the community and received dozens of ideas. Among ...more

September 2, 2008

Las becas son para los grupos que reciben menos representación en las ciencias, como las minorías, las mujeres y los discapacitados; deberá estudiar en el programa de Environmental Science, Policy and Geography de USF. ...more

June 25, 2008