With all the talk about the stimulus creating jobs, one might be tempted to think things are getting better. ...more

November 5, 2009

Arcadia is betting that solar energy — more specifically, a cutting-edge solar plant being built in DeSoto County — will provide hundreds of jobs and an even bigger economic boost. ...more

October 27, 2009

U.S. 41 is reopened after repairs to a natural gas main, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 6, 2009

Morton Plant North Bay Hospital recently unveiled the name of its new patient wing, Starkey Medical Tower. ...more

May 3, 2009

The construction industry has been hit hard by the recession. More than 1 million jobs were lost in our industry in the last year, with 110,000 industry jobs lost in January alone. The huge infusion of money promised by the economic stimulus package was good news for the industry, but an executive order signed by President Obama on Feb. 6 will funnel those funds to his political supporters (labor unions). ...more

February 13, 2009

Jacqueline Caceres turned the corner of Rhode Island Drive and 76th Street and saw the hordes of TV news cameras, construction workers and politicians. ...more

January 28, 2009

Minutes later, the crowd clustered around Caceres as she turned the key to her new home, presented by the Warrick Dunn Foundation and Habitat For Humanity. "Words can't express how we feel right now," said Caceres, a single mother. "I can't thank you guys enough for everything that you've done for us. We are touched." ...more

January 27, 2009

Construction workers have begun breaking through the dirt and pouring cement at the future site of the Shoppes at Avalon. ...more

January 25, 2009

Construction workers have begun breaking through the dirt and laying down the concrete at the future site of the Shoppes at Avalon. ...more

January 22, 2009

Motorists need to on the lookout for construction workers along Waters Avenue between Henderson Road and the Veterans Expressway because of road work. The workers are building a deceleration and turn lane. The lane closures will be during the day and are scheduled to last until Jan. 31. ...more

November 17, 2008