Concerned some Pasco residents are stuck in the slow lane of the information highway, a group of leaders will gather July 23 about expanding high-speed, broadband Internet access here. ...more

July 22, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a growth management bill supported by business and development interests but opposed by environmentalists and local governments. ...more

June 1, 2009

Verizon Wireless completed its $5.9 billion purchase of Alltel Wireless on Friday, merging two cellular phone companies that are significant in the South. ...more

January 10, 2009

I moved to Tampa five years ago and immediately fell in love with the Gandy Bridge Trail. I jogged and biked there almost daily. I brought family and friends there when they visited. I ran alongside dolphins. I talked to fishermen. I spoke with members of the association who saved the bridge when it was going to be torn down years ago. ...more

November 13, 2008

ConocoPhillips will sell the remainder of its gas stations in the United States, the company said Wednesday, though Conoco, Phillips 66, and 76 will continue to operate under those familiar signs. ...more

August 28, 2008

We can no longer use our property or do to it what we would like. ...more

June 26, 2008

Pasco County commissioners discussed today exclusive territories for trash haulers and a mandatory blue-bag recycling program for urban areas instead of building a recycling facility. During the discussion commissioners raised the possibility neighborhoods would no longer have several garbage trucks, from competing trash haulers, rumbling down their streets. "I think that's ridiculous," Commissioner Michael Cox commented. Three trash haulers serve his neighborhood of 122 lots, he noted. ...more

February 12, 2008

SEBRING — County and state officials have no control over when Highlands County's home building industry will recover. That depends on whether the economy keeps slumping or starts jumping. But government officials will control where the the new development occurs, and that's at the heart of the county commissioners' pending adoption of what the state calls "urban services boundaries." Commissioners laid the groundwork this week to do just that before the end of this month, with a few twists. ...more

December 13, 2007