Each day, supply officer John Luecke takes stock of the Pasco County Fire Rescue reserves and distributes life-saving medications to ambulances and firetrucks. ...more

July 13, 2008

County leaders took another step this week toward building a multipurpose sports complex in Pasco. ...more

June 14, 2008

Three Pasco County recreation centers will close early on Saturdays and shut down on Sundays to reduce costs. ...more

June 13, 2008

DADE CITY -- County commissioners are continuing to research hiring only nonsmokers in the future and considering a program to help current workers kick the tobacco habit. ...more

June 10, 2008

A health department representative is slated to discuss smoking-cessation programs for Pasco employees at a county commission meeting today. ...more

June 10, 2008

With limited funds and growing demands for ball fields, Pasco County officials are looking at new ways to operate parks. ...more

June 7, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- Pasco County officials and law enforcement leaders might still be far apart on how much cuts might become necessary in the next Sheriff's Office budget, according to several comments today. Both Commissioner Jack Mariano and a Sheriff's Office spokesman, Doug Tobin, hailed the spirit of cooperation between the two sides in the wake of Amendment 1 property tax reforms. ...more

June 5, 2008

What a difference a year makes. In 2007, while still in the dark before changes to the state's property tax system had been finalized and home values plummeted, Sheriff Bob White released a tentative fiscal 2008 budget asking for an extra $11.2 million to $94.7 million. With the 13.4 percent increase, White wanted to hire an extra 109 more employees. ...more

June 4, 2008

Some 2,000 Pasco County workers will get a financial break this fall in the form of lower health insurance costs. ...more

June 4, 2008

A hiring policy that excludes smokers, now being considered by Pasco County commissioners, is legal and has been implemented in at least one other Florida county. ...more

June 3, 2008