Four Port of Tampa businesses will get $10 million in federal stimulus money for infrastructure improvements, said U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa. ...more

July 18, 2009

Four Port of Tampa businesses will get $10 million in federal stimulus funds for infrastructure improvements, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., said. ...more

July 17, 2009

My husband and I moved to Sebring several years ago. We wanted to help the local economy so we decided to use Sebring companies when possible. Unfortunately we had some disappointments with some companies like when we bought window treatments for the entire house and had problems with the blinds not working properly, only to find that the company was no longer in business. ...more

May 22, 2009

Lacoochee Elementary School students took part in the school's Touch a Truck event Friday in Stanley Park near the school. ...more

April 29, 2009

Joseph Dionne, director of Highlands County Veterans Services, said Thursday the claim by the Highlands County Builders Association that no local subcontractors are working on the new Veterans Services building is wrong. ...more

April 24, 2009

Are local vendors getting a fair share of the city's business? City council members want to know and are discussing the possibility of changing the city's procurement policies to give a competitive edge to local companies vying for government work. ...more

March 2, 2009

Are local vendors getting a fair share of the city's business? ...more

February 26, 2009

Cash isn't the only thing drying up in this economy. The historically steady flow of blood to the Tampa Bay area's primary blood bank is dwindling, the victim of layoffs at a number of major local companies. Some companies have seen donations drop 10 percent to 20 percent; others have canceled bloodmobile visits all together. ...more

February 17, 2009

We are in the deepest recession in the last 20 years and the Hernando Board of County Commissioners is having trouble defining the meaning of "local." ...more

December 21, 2008

It appears that Highlands County Administrator Michael Wright and Purchasing Director Jed Secory have come up with a winning proposal for county commissioners to consider on Tuesday. Their plan is a well thought-out policy that gives local companies an edge when it comes to doing business with the county. ...more

September 21, 2008