The district's current interim superintendent, a current and a former Hernando High School principal are among 28 applicants for the Hernando County Schools superintendent position and the only local candidates. ...more

November 4, 2009

The district's current interim superintendent, along with the current and a former Hernando High School principal are among 28 applicants for the Hernando County Schools superintendent position and the only local candidates. ...more

November 2, 2009

Local unemployment is 12.7 percent. ...more

March 27, 2009

County Commissioner Jim Adkins is proposing a short-term moratorium on impact fees to jumpstart the economy and put builders back to work. ...more

March 12, 2009

Adkins says it would create jobs. ...more

March 11, 2009

Second-worst in Florida; numbers are highest since 1976 ...more

March 6, 2009

In response to your Feb. 16 editorial ("State Lawmaker's Bark Aimed At Wrong Tree"), you failed to realize the huge costs that euthanizing dogs and cats have on local governments. ...more

February 21, 2009

We all know there is a need for cutbacks in the budget, nationally, on the state level, and even in our own homes, but I feel the State of Florida has gone too far in their budget cuts. I attended the District School Advisory Council meeting at the Highlands County School Board for January and came away disheartened at how little our children seem to mean to the State of Florida. According to the paperwork I received there, our state ranks 50th in school spending and the budget just keeps getting cut further. ...more

January 19, 2009

In an orange grove east of here, rows of tree stumps mark the hard reality of an endemic disease that growers fear could cripple Florida's $9.3 billion citrus industry. ...more

December 21, 2008

For years, the Housing and Education Alliance has helped prepare low-income residents to buy their first home, teaching a mandatory class for anyone seeking down-payment assistance. ...more

November 16, 2008