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E-Verify process not a hit with everyone

Adopting a program that protects Hernando County government from hiring illegal aliens was not met with open arms at Tuesday's workshop on E-Verification. ...more

March 3, 2010

Airport security greets Greyhound passengers

On Wednesday, the Greyhound station in downtown Tampa was more like an airport terminal. Passengers had to pass through a magnetometer. They were frisked. And canines were checking buses for explosives. ...more

February 17, 2010

County EMS gets federal grant

SEBRING Highlands County Emergency Medical Services has been awarded a $128,000 Assistance to Firefighter Grant. The Department of Homeland Security was the result of an application submitted by Paramedic Training Officer Lynda Schock. ...more

February 8, 2010

Brown-Waite's contentious attitude may cost her at polls

What is her problem? Is U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite so involved with political posturing that the unemployment rate in Hernando County, currently 14.9 percent with no indication the upward trend will reverse itself anytime in the foreseeable future, is secondary to some flimflam notation that a hometown community leader should dare initiate dialogue that could create or redistribute jobs in the county? ...more

January 27, 2010

National Guard meets to discuss disasters

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina showed just how ill-prepared the country was for a massive natural disaster. Since then, U.S. National Guard units have gathered every year to hash out hurricane plans and make improvements. ...more

January 23, 2010

Haitians illegally in U.S.get amnesty

Haitian nationals illegally living in the United States before or on the day of last week's earthquake can stay here and work for 18 more months without fear of deportation. ...more

January 21, 2010

Temporary amnesty granted to Haitians in U.S. illegally

Haitian nationals illegally living in the U.S. before or on the day of last week's earthquake can now stay here and work for another 18 months without fear of deportation. ...more

January 20, 2010

'Here to stay,' teen is 'OK now'

Her world was in shambles. Most of the buildings were pulverized, so 15-year-old Darline Blanchard Williams slept on the side of the road, in the open air tainted with the stench of decay. ...more

January 20, 2010