Does Christmas come in May? Yes! At least Betty Abshire and other Briar Patch Village residents might have been tempted to say so after Progress Energy Florida this week steered clear of Pasco County for possible routes for new transmission power lines. ...more

May 24, 2008

TRINITY, Fla. -- Rotary Club of Trinity played host Friday to a Rotary exchange group from Italy. Stefano Piola, Germana Casaccia, Elisa Fois, Silvia Caffa and Maria Carola Morozzo spoke about their time in West Pasco this week. ...more

May 23, 2008

Rotary Club members in West Pasco will play hosts to five visitors from Italy through Saturday. ...more

May 21, 2008

Residents were relieved to learn this week that Progress Energy will bypass Pasco County in its plans for 200 miles of high-power transmission lines to carry electricity from a proposed nuclear power plant in Levy County to their customers through the region. ...more

May 20, 2008

Residents were relieved to learn this week that Progress Energy will bypass Pasco County in its plans for 200 miles of high-power transmission lines to carry energy from a proposed nuclear power plant in Levy County to their customers through the region. The company announced Tuesday it will expand its power grid along existing corridors in nine other counties including Pinellas, Polk, Hillsborough and Hernando counties. Energy will be channeled through lines already standing in Pasco, but the company will not require additional equipment or property, Progress officials said. ...more

May 20, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. -- Feedback from residents convinced Progress Energy Florida that power lines it is planning to build to meet a growing demand for electricity on the Suncoast should follow existing corridors, company officials said in a press release this morning. ...more

May 20, 2008

Instead of packing it in, PACK is hoping businesses and individual donors will make up for the loss of a $50,000 state grant for an annual summer camp for youths with disabilities. ...more

May 13, 2008

Instead of packing it in, PACK is hoping businesses and individual donors will help make up for the loss of a $50,000 state grant for an annual summer camp for youths with disabilities. ...more

May 10, 2008