The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is investigating the county's handling of abandoned asbestos water pipes during Phase II of the Sebring Parkway Project. ...more

October 29, 2009

If you've never heard of My Safe Florida Home, the state's free hurricane inspection program, chances are you soon will. ...more

January 19, 2009

If you've never heard of My Safe Florida Home, the state's free hurricane inspection program, chances are you soon will. ...more

January 14, 2009

Six months after accepting its last applications for grants and free home inspections, the My Safe Florida Home program has yet to reimburse thousands of homeowners for making hurricane-safety improvements. ...more

December 20, 2008

Six months after accepting its last applications for grants and free home inspections, the My Safe Florida Home program has yet to reimburse thousands of homeowners for making hurricane-safety improvements. Why the delay? ...more

December 19, 2008

El Capitan Crossings was supposed to be a place where needy families could realize the American dream of home ownership. ...more

November 30, 2008

A large, white cross was lifted by a 60-foot-tall crane Oct. 15 onto the top of the church building being constructed at a second campus of St. John the Divine Episcopal Church on East Del Webb Boulevard. ...more

November 19, 2008

In a time of dwindling budgets, Pinellas County Sheriff Jim Coats has salvaged two inmate rehabilitation programs by rolling them into one and having his staff do the work rather than outside contractors. ...more

October 27, 2008

The county's streamlining tendrils have snaked into yet another department and entwined the emergency management department. ...more

July 22, 2008

Steamlining would eliminate director's title. ...more

July 22, 2008