The modifications to the Memorial Elementary School roof have successfully solved the expansion problem, engineers told the School Board of Highlands County on Wednesday. ...more

July 18, 2008

SEBRING — The forensic investigation and assessment report released Friday on the Memorial Elementary School roof states minor concerns, but gives an overall approval to the roof design changes and repairs. The school board hired Principle Design and Development, Inc. to inspect the school's roof system and review documents related to its design and construction. The engineering review was called for after a number of factors apparently caused cement blocks to crack in February at the school on Memorial Drive. The school is currently under construction and scheduled to open in August. ...more

June 28, 2008

The world will have to end its growth of carbon emissions within seven years and become mostly free of carbon-emitting technologies in about four decades to avoid killing as many as a quarter of the planet's species from global warming, according to top United Nations scientists. ...more

November 18, 2007