Plummeting property values and falling state funding have blown a $30 million hole in Pasco County's budget for next year, county officials said last week. ...more

February 22, 2009

With talent and experience up and down their lineup, the professionals took the early lead and never looked back in winning the annual Highlands County Ryder Cup competition against the amateurs over the weekend at Sun 'N Lake Country Club. ...more

November 18, 2008

With a solid group of experienced players, the professionals extended their lead over the amateurs in the Highlands County Ryder Cup competition on Saturday at Sun 'N Lake Country Club. ...more

November 17, 2008

Taking advantage of ideal scoring conditions, the professionals took the early lead over the amateurs in Saturday morning's Highlands County Ryder Cup competition on the Deer Run course at Sun 'N Lake Country Club. ...more

November 15, 2008

With two of their top qualifiers not playing, the amateurs face an uphill task against the professionals in the annual Highlands County Ryder Cup competition. ...more

November 15, 2008

Florida's property appraisers are demonstrating they are more committed to reducing property taxes than Gov. Charlie Crist and lawmakers, who failed in their promise to substantially cut them. ...more

September 11, 2008

Perhaps a typical Pasco County resident might stifle a yawn and glance for a moment or two at a notice of proposed property taxes before stashing the document in some file folder. ...more

August 20, 2008

Perhaps a typical Pasco County resident might stifle a yawn and glance for a moment or two at a TRIM notice of proposed property taxes before stashing the document in some file folder. But as TRIM notices arrive in mailboxes this week, Property Appraiser Mike Wells urges taxpayers to take a closer look because of the impact from Amendment 1 reforms. ...more

August 20, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS -- Late last Saturday afternoon, the Yianni Patterson Memorial Snook Tournament was being heralded as a success with bittersweet overtones. One tournament competitor, Nick Gerakios, was a cousin of the late Yianni Patterson. Patterson was a homegrown guy and avid fisherman, Gerakios said. Like Gerakios, many of the tournament's anglers took a moment or two from the day's excitement to remember their late friend. ...more

July 26, 2008

The news on property values in Pasco County isn't good. Year to year they have dropped 10 percent and are expected to decline more in the coming year. ...more

July 9, 2008