Pasco County officials will seek $4.5 million in federal help this week in hopes of filling nearly three dozen firefighting jobs, the majority of them cut from the county budget Oct. 1. ...more

December 16, 2009

Pasco County commissioners have hired an Orlando-based law firm specializing in labor negotiations to handle future contract talks with the county's unionized firefighters. ...more

October 22, 2009

The long-awaited television transition from analog to digital signals did not go smoothly for all viewers today. ...more

June 12, 2009

Friday, the nation fully switches from analog to digital broadcast television. WFLA, Channel 8, plans on unplugging its analog broadcast about 5 a.m., WTSP, Channel 10, sometime before noon, WTVT, Channel 13, about 1 p.m., others throughout the day. ...more

June 11, 2009

Concerned that large numbers of television viewers will be dazed, confused and left in the dark when TV stations go totally digital, broadcasters in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area are planning more analog cutoffs in January and February. ...more

December 19, 2008

TAMPA -- Concerned that large numbers of television viewers will be dazed, confused and left in the dark when TV stations go totally digital, broadcasters in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area are planning more analog cutoffs in January and February. A three-minute test Wednesday evening resulted in just over 1,000 calls, according to representatives of the major network affiliates here. ...more

December 18, 2008

The price of gas could continue to slide, but not by much. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced Wednesday in Algeria it would cut crude oil production by more than 2 million barrels per day. ...more

December 18, 2008

Not many months ago, West Pasco motorists were paying around $4 a gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. As of Thursday morning, the price had plummeted as low as $1.99 at one New Port Richey-area gas stations. ...more

November 15, 2008

As Hurricane Ike lumbered across the Gulf of Mexico two weeks ago, many of the people who live along the Texas coast packed up and headed inland, anticipating the worst. ...more

September 20, 2008

With complaints of rocketing gas prices burying the state's price-gouging hot line, Attorney General Bill McCollum on Sunday issued subpoenas to four fuel companies that raised prices dramatically in recent days. ...more

September 15, 2008