City Commissioner Steve Van Gorden announced Tuesday night he will resign his seat after the Nov. 10 commission meeting. ...more

October 28, 2009

With the city's crime rate plummeting the past six years - and the police department on pace for an 18 percent decrease this year - maintaining that trend could prove difficult. ...more

October 23, 2009

With the city's crime rate plummeting over the past six years – and the police department on pace for an 18 percent decrease this year – maintaining that trend could prove difficult. ...more

October 22, 2009

Gulfside Regional Hospice will open an in-patient unit at Trinity Regional Rehab Center this April. The addition to the rehabilitation center at 2144 Welbilt Blvd. will serve terminally ill patients who are no longer benefiting from curative care, yet cannot be adequately managed at home. Gulfside's staff will work in the center, which will have its own entrance at Trinity Rehab. ...more

April 1, 2009

The Tampa Downtown Rotary recently presented a check for $3,500 to the Wheels of Success program for Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties. The donation, which will be matched by the Eckerd Foundation, will help provide vehicle replacement, car repairs, related licensing services, car payments and car care classes for qualified working poor who are without reliable transportation. ...more

April 1, 2009

Highlands County will need to add 11,000 jobs by 2015 when the population will be nearing 110,000 people, according to its economic development director. ...more

March 29, 2009

Florida is flat as a pancake with minimal elevation and is all but surrounded by water. The farthest point inland from the Gulf or Atlantic is just 70 miles, while most of the population lives within 25 miles of the coast on land no more than 20 feet above sea level. We are 18 million people living on a sand bar with more at risk and more to lose from sea level rise than anywhere in the world. ...more

March 29, 2009

It's clear some of our legislators are using bad economic times as an excuse to dismantle state entities that they don't like. In state Rep. Denise Grimsley's case, that's the Department of Community Affairs. ...more

March 27, 2009

About 95 government and community leaders met at an eight-hour summit Thursday to identify the top issues facing Hernando County. ...more

March 19, 2009

Department of Transportation officials said they won't try to ram through an unpopular road project against the city's wishes. ...more

March 11, 2009