On Tuesday, the Highlands County commissioners will hear a company's request for permission to build and operate a construction and demolition (C&D) landfill. ...more

January 19, 2009

Scientists have long known that the nitrogen that makes your lawn green also chokes the oxygen out of water, making it hard for fish, crabs, shrimp and other marine life to breathe. ...more

January 11, 2009

The Department of Defense has zeroed in on growth of Highlands County and surrounding areas, as uncontrolled development could affect the military's ability to carry out its mission at the Avon Park Air Force Range. ...more

January 8, 2009

Hillsborough Television's "County Connections" program will feature local experts talking about the mounting housing foreclosure crisis. ...more

January 3, 2009

An ongoing conflict in Zephyrhills, Pasco County's second-largest city, provides yet another example of why local governments need to control growth and work closely with transportation officials. ...more

December 31, 2008

A woman employed by a Washington lobbying firm with a Tampa connection has filed a $27 million defamation lawsuit against The New York Times for an article about her and Sen. John McCain. ...more

December 31, 2008

State Cuts Funding For Community Organizations Community organizations hoping to cash in on state funding will have to look elsewhere, members of the Pasco County Legislative Delegation have warned. ...more

December 31, 2008

When New York Gov. Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered a commencement address at Oglethorpe University in May 1932, the economic crisis that had befallen the United States three years earlier had already morphed into the Great Depression: One in four Americans was out of work, banks were failing at a rate of 10 per week and the gross national product was at half its pre-crash level. ...more

December 27, 2008

The City Council unanimously voted to temporarily suspend all Community Redevelopment Agency activity until state redevelopment agency officials answer questions about some legal issues. ...more

December 24, 2008

After a challenging 2008, Highlands Today asked some government officials their assessments of the budget situation for next year. ...more

December 23, 2008