Safari Lodge By The Numbers $3.5 Cost in millions 17,000 Size in square feet ...more

December 15, 2008

Civic leaders join officials from the Salvador Dali Museum to break ground on a new home for the surrealist painter's works on the waterfront just south of Mahaffey Theatre. ...more

December 12, 2008

With 4,200 homes proposed, the Sunrise residential development proposed for the eastside would be the largest subdivision to ever hit Hernando County. ...more

December 11, 2008

County approves rezoning of 4,200 homes. ...more

December 10, 2008

Ikea, the mammoth furniture retailer known for Swedish designs and Swedish meatballs, may begin recruiting workers by January. ...more

December 9, 2008

TAMPA About 40 people, many retirees, rode a school bus downtown today to oppose a professional soccer stadium planned for a site near their homes in Town 'N Country. They could have skipped the trip and saved the $400 they paid to rent the bus. ...more

December 9, 2008

Barbara Stewart, chairman of the Highlands County commissioners, called for greater emphasis on planning, efficiency, accountability and oversight in county government as she spoke to the Highlands County Homeowners Association Monday morning. ...more

December 9, 2008

It's the American dream but owning a home is something many of us took for granted as children. Either our parents owned the homes we grew up in or we were too young to know the difference. ...more

December 5, 2008

The centerpiece of a project dreamed up eight years ago opens to the public today. Town 'N Country Commons, an $11 million complex, includes a sprawling library, a senior center and a Head Start center. It's a big change from the old site, which housed Head Start in portables and the old West Gate Regional Library. The West Gate library, at 14,000 square feet, was torn down in May 2007 and temporarily moved to an office park on West Waters Avenue. The library closed in October to prepare for its permanent move. ...more

December 3, 2008

Two developers are proposing a 26-story apartment building at Tampa and Tyler streets downtown. ...more

December 3, 2008