In an era of falling revenue, the County Commission has taken a LEAP of faith and authorized spending nearly $160,000 on strategic planning for greater efficiency. The county already has its own system, Lean Efficient Accountable Pasco, to stretch every tax dollar. But commissioners believe a firm, ICMA Consulting Services, can help them deliver services better while conserving every penny of revenue. More than 220 cities and counties already get assistance through ICMA's Comparative Performance Measurement Program. ...more

February 4, 2009

Jon Brown is finishing a room addition - and that's all the work in the pipeline for his 41/2-year-old construction company, which used to build custom homes. ...more

December 22, 2008

I am glad that Mr. and Mrs. Crail had a happy outcome to their encounter with Spring Hill Fire Department. They are truly a professional group when they arrive and will promptly deal with the situation. ...more

September 11, 2008

With homes in foreclosure, the economy stagnant and the state's unemployment rate the highest in 13 years, more people than ever are in need. ...more

September 11, 2008

Business Briefcase ...more

July 13, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY – A Pasco Sheriff's Office spokesman has been honored by his professional peers. ...more

July 1, 2008

The persistent and dramatic decline in the snowpack of the mountains of the West is caused primarily by human-induced global warming and is not the result of natural variability of weather patterns in the region, researchers reported Thursday. ...more

February 1, 2008

Alex Sink, the state's chief financial officer and the only Democrat sitting on Florida's Cabinet, is clearly enjoying the job she's had for nearly a year. ...more

December 9, 2007

These days at Pasco High School, some students are delivering their assigned book reviews not on traditional printed pages, but through podcasts - audio or video dispatches that can be broadcast over the Internet. For another assignment, one student will produce a short public-service announcement about the hazards of cyberbullying, the cruel way some children harass each other by using e-mail, cell phones or other new digital technologies. ...more

November 17, 2007