Commercial trash pickup will go up. ...more

October 8, 2008

Commercial trash rates will go up in the city this year, but water and sewer rates will not. ...more

October 8, 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

Time To Seriously Look At Countywide Fire Service The buzz words were "pride and cooperation" as the Hernando County Fire Rescue (HCFR) and City of Brooksville Fire Department sealed the deal on their interlocal agreement to share space for the next 25 years. This agreement has HCFR closing the Station 24 and moving in with the City of Brooksville's fire department. ...more

September 26, 2008

Highlands County commissioners said they would take one last look at more possible cuts in the county's proposed budget for next year. And all but one constitutional officer said that if they must make cuts, they will. But the harm these cuts would have on our county would far surpass any supposed benefits they would bring. ...more

September 7, 2008

Nearly a year after Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio pledged to reduce greenhouse gases and conserve energy, little of significance has been done. ...more

December 22, 2007