SEBRING After a Labor Day break, Highlands County commissioners will have heavy lifting to do on three issues at their 9 a.m. today. ...more

September 8, 2009

Until we manage our water more effectively we'll never have enough. Ending development today isn't the answer. ...more

March 8, 2009

Land-use planner Linda Pearson, a former county official who is now in private business, has filed to run for the Hillsborough County Commission seat held by Ken Hagan. ...more

March 4, 2009

It could be the ugliest spot on the Carrollwood Day School campus, but students in the school's new environmental club plan to make over a mucky, trash-clogged retention pond. ...more

February 4, 2009

A road project that started in June may be completed this month. Since June 30, 30th Street Southeast has been closed between 19th Avenue and a quarter of a mile north of State Road 674. ...more

October 8, 2008

Tampa and Hillsborough County public works crews are "pumping like crazy" to lower pond levels in north Tampa and avoid the kind of flooding that hit the area after Hurricane Frances in 2004. ...more

August 18, 2008

The nine-year nightmare is over for Sandra Tyrell and Spring Lake Improvement District. ...more

July 26, 2008

The city has postponed a mail-in referendum to determine whether waterfront homeowners are willing to pay a special tax for dredging the canals in their backyards. ...more

June 28, 2008

City council members are planning to increase street-lighting fees this year by about 22 percent to keep Pasco County's largest city illuminated at night. ...more

June 17, 2008

Bollards or a chain-link fence? The city needs an answer from residents before finishing the excavation and landscaping of an L-shaped drainage area at 52nd Street and 32nd Avenue. ...more

June 7, 2008