A top executive with Verenium Corp. said Tuesday that plans are going forward to build a $300-million biofuels plant in Highlands County. ...more

March 18, 2009

Parkway Food Ministries in Sebring was providing food to about 50 families a month when it opened in October 2007. With the recession hitting people harder, the ministry now gives food to 300 families monthly. ...more

January 26, 2009

A Massachusetts-based company committed Thursday to building the country's first cellulosic ethanol plant in Highlands County. ...more

January 16, 2009

The Highlands County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday on measures that move forward plans for a security training center that could employ up to 200 people and a cellulosic ethanol plant that will create an estimated 140 jobs in the southern end of the county. ...more

December 24, 2008