The overture to what could be a hot issue for months to come made its debut Aug. 27, when the city council voted to establish a committee to review the city charter and make amendment recommendations. ...more

September 10, 2008

The overture to what could be a hot issue for months to come made its debut Aug. 27, when the City Council voted to establish a committee to review the city charter and make amendment recommendations. ...more

September 6, 2008

Through decades of ups and downs, the city of Port Richey has had one thing going for it: almost everyone has feelings, for good or ill, about the coastal hamlet and its civic affairs. That was evident again in recent days as the city conducted an admittedly unscientific poll on its Web site. ...more

August 13, 2008

With energy costs rising, city officials here are considering the latest trend in city government: a four-day workweek. ...more

August 7, 2008

PORT RICHEY -- In a year in which all economic news seems to be bad, cities everywhere have been holding their collective breath in anticipation of the release of budgets for the next fiscal year. So there was a nearly giddy sigh of relief July 24 when City Manager Richard Reade presented the City Council with his fiscal 2009 budget proposal. ...more

August 2, 2008

It has been a major source of municipal revenue for nearly a half-century. ...more

July 24, 2008

Port Richey council members repealed the 10-percent utility tax that had been on the books since the 1960s. ...more

July 23, 2008

Port Richey council members will vote tomorrow whether to repeal a utility tax. ...more

July 21, 2008

After decades of relying on its larger and more prosperous neighbor for much of its drinking water, this tiny waterfront city has declared aquatic independence. ...more

June 28, 2008

With a few days to go before the last stretch of the bloated Mississippi River reaches its crest, people toiled around the clock Monday to reinforce levees already strained and saturated from the pressure of the rising water. ...more

June 24, 2008