The Obama administration is open to discussions with Iran over its nuclear ambitions despite protests questioning the legitimacy of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election, U.S. officials said Sunday. ...more

June 29, 2009

It shouldn't surprise anyone that voter registration in Highlands County is at an all-time high. There is a lot of unrest throughout the country, including our own county. We should take voter interest as a good sign. ...more

July 16, 2008

BEIJING - China's official news agency says that Beijing will hold a new round of talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama in July. ...more

June 29, 2008

Exceptionalism, we citizens are frequently told, is no longer the credo of our country and its people. ...more

June 3, 2008

A former Iranian president has said exporting violence to other countries is "treason" against Islam and Iran's 1979 revolution, an apparent accusation that the country's hard-line rulers are engineering unrest abroad. ...more

May 4, 2008

Heavily armed federal police swarmed an Amazon town and seized more than 500 truckloads of illegally cut hardwood that were confiscated but abandoned last week when rioting residents and loggers drove out environmental authorities. ...more

February 24, 2008

When Mike Rampino returns from vacation, he will have a lot waiting for him. The third in command at Spring Hill Fire Rescue became second in command when Chief J.J. Morrison resigned last week. ...more

February 23, 2008

In a country strangled by anger and fear, it is taking armed escorts and emergency airlifts to make sure Kenya's most warmhearted export - the rose - arrives in time for Valentine's Day. ...more

February 13, 2008

The Peace Corps said Tuesday that it has suspended operations in Kenya after weeks of postelection violence, another blow to confidence as business leaders voiced concerns over the turmoil's effect on the economy. ...more

February 6, 2008

When county commissioners today interview the three candidates applying for the job of county administrator, what will they be looking for? ...more

January 22, 2008