Kier Cooper, who has an engineering firm in St. Petersburg, is nearly 28 years removed from the days when he roamed Dad's Stadium as a defensive back for the Plant Panthers. It seems like a long, long time ago. But in some ways, it was yesterday. ...more

December 20, 2008

In the last five years, the county has made 43 Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) to engineering and consulting firms seeking to tackle a project in Hernando County. ...more

December 12, 2008

Charity begins at home. ...more

November 28, 2008

It wasn't as big a turnout, but "20 people is still a very nice turnout for this type of an event," said Robert Cohn, director of planning for Keith and Schnars, the city's planning and engineering firm. ...more

November 9, 2008

Mayor David Pugh Jr. admits he's had a rough first term on the council. ...more

November 3, 2008

A private firm may be asked to run the city's sewer treatment plant in light of much-needed infrastructure improvements to the plant and a possible loss of key staffers. ...more

October 20, 2008

They trained, mapped out, plotted, trained some more, dieted, worked out, planned and continued training. ...more

September 17, 2008

The operator of a collapsed Utah mine violated safety protocols by cutting coal pillars that should have been left standing to prevent cave-ins, federal regulators said Thursday. ...more

July 25, 2008

After decades of relying on its larger and more prosperous neighbor for much of its drinking water, this tiny waterfront city has declared aquatic independence. ...more

June 28, 2008

Business As Usual Re: County and the dredge scheme. ...more

June 20, 2008