Many Pasco road projects might skid into a ditch when it comes to qualifying for the first phase of the federal economic stimulus. Nobody quite knows for sure just yet since the ink isn't dry on the stimulus legislation before Congress, according to Donald Skelton, the District 7 secretary for the Florida Department of Transportation. Skelton, based in Tampa, spoke at today's meeting of the Pasco Metropolitan Planning Organization. ...more

February 12, 2009

Pasco County could get $20 million for transportation projects from the federal stimulus package now making its way through Washington, county commissioners learned Tuesday. ...more

February 11, 2009

In a game crying out for a moment of brilliance, Durant's Freeman Bass and Billy Fanning provided one. ...more

February 11, 2009

Pasco County could get $20 million for transportation projects from the federal stimulus package now making its way through Washington, D.C., county commissioners learned Tuesday. To take advantage of the stimulus money, the county officials must sendthe state Department of Transportation by the end of the week a list of what they plan to spend the federal money on. That list is due to the DOT's Tampa office Friday. ...more

February 10, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Investment firm T. Rowe Price has won another round of state incentives, further sweetening the pot county officials hope will lure the company to State Road 54. ...more

February 4, 2009

Bargain hunters looking to stretch their dollars as much as possible will find they can kill two birds with one stone by shopping at the New To You thrift store. ...more

February 4, 2009

People who missed Randy Sparks' concert in 2008 will have two chances to see the folk legend when he returns next week. ...more

January 31, 2009

County commissioners Tuesday approved the 10th alteration to the plans for the Ridge Road extension, adding nearly $500,000 to the cost of the controversial project that would add a third link between western Pasco County and U.S. 41. ...more

January 28, 2009

at long last - kill the Ridge Road extension boondoggle. Doing so would benefit taxpayers and the environment. ...more

January 26, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - As model airplanes buzzed overhead, a hundred or so people braved the blustery wind blowing from the north Friday afternoon to celebrate the opening of Conner Preserve, the newest addition to Pasco County's roster of public lands. ...more

January 17, 2009