County commissioners today were dumping on trash haulers for dragging their feet on changes to the way they operate Pasco officials first suggested during a workshop in February. ...more

December 2, 2008

The conflicting claims over Highlands County's longstanding past practice of dumping unneeded fill materials collected by the Road and Bridge department on private properties won't be settled until the end of this year or early 2009. ...more

November 6, 2008

After a yearlong halt due to budget restrictions, Highlands County got back into resurfacing local roads Thursday morning. ...more

October 17, 2008

The city will change the way it determines how much to increase water, sewer and sanitation rates each year if the city council approves an ordinance up for debate on Monday. ...more

October 5, 2008

Saddlebrook Resort was honored Monday by the Florida Department of Environmental Services, earning the Florida Green Lodging Program's "One Palm Certification." ...more

September 20, 2008

Two years ago, local environmentalist Mariella Smith asked Hillsborough County to consider buying a piece of property to connect wetlands near the Little Manatee River with a rare scrub habitat and creek system near Manatee County. ...more

August 20, 2008

Day after day for the past two years, trucks full of chopped up yard waste dumped their loads on a piece of land that included a sensitive wildlife habitat in south Hillsborough County. ...more

August 11, 2008

RESORCE, the private group that is trying to get more Pasco County residents interested in recycling, held a telephone directory recycling effort that collected more than three times the tonnage its leaders were expecting. Now, county officials need to do more to encourage people to recycle, the RESORCE leaders say. "Why shouldn't Pasco County become a leader in recycling?" Lew Corvene, the club's president, told The Suncoast News this week. ...more

August 2, 2008

Being forced to lay-off 18 city workers has been a difficult and heart-wrenching task for City Manager Rob DiSpirito. ...more

July 19, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Recycling that stack of newspapers just became easier. The Pasco County School District and county government have teamed up to improve newspaper recycling programs, providing drop-off points for the public at 35 schools across the county. ...more

July 12, 2008