City employees have not received pay raises for two years, but they all will get a nice little stocking stuffer in their next paychecks. ...more

December 10, 2009

He's asked City Commissioners to approve a $250 Christmas bonus for all full-time employees; part-time workers would get $125. The bonuses would cost the city $20,750. ...more

December 7, 2009

He won't be dressing up in a red suit, but City Manager Billy Poe hopes to play Santa this year for employees who have gone two years without a pay raise. ...more

December 5, 2009

The summer doldrums are fading as retailers see more shoppers and hire extra workers for the anticipated holiday and seasonal surge later this month. ...more

November 3, 2009

McClatchy Co. is shearing another 1,600 jobs in a cost-cutting spree that has clipped nearly one-third of the newspaper publisher's work force in less than a year. ...more

March 10, 2009

The long-awaited vote on the emergency center is finally going to happen tonight. ...more

February 25, 2009

General Motors Corp. says its "jobs bank" program will end Monday. The program gives union workers at the Detroit automakers most of their pay and benefits while they are laid off. ...more

January 28, 2009

With donors tightening their purse strings and investments hurting, the local chapter of the American Red Cross has laid off 22 employees, almost half its staff. ...more

December 14, 2008

With donors tightening their purse strings and investments hurting, the local chapter of the American Red Cross has laid off 22 employees, almost half its staff. ...more

December 13, 2008

Publix will be opening its largest store in Highlands County this week. ...more

October 26, 2008