Earlier this year, the Highlands County Soil and Water Conservation District had no trouble giving out 1,100 free low-flow shower heads to help people conserve water. ...more

October 12, 2008

Fewer water use, development permits would go before Swiftmud board. ...more

September 30, 2008

The Southwest Florida Water Management District wants to streamline its permitting process by giving its staff and executive more authority to grant or deny water and land use permits. ...more

September 30, 2008

But county still must work to meet long-term goal. ...more

September 23, 2008

Hernando residents have cut the amount of water they use significantly in the last two and a half years, according to data from the county utilities department. ...more

September 23, 2008

Regional water managers are spending a half million dollars researching whether Hillsborough County should inject millions of gallons of treated wastewater into the vast underground lake known as the Floridan Aquifer. ...more

September 23, 2008

Placid Utilities will begin draining and taking the above ground water storage tank at the Tomoka Water Plant off-line for maintenance and inspection to be performed on Tuesday, July 29. ...more

July 27, 2008

At least 30,000 Progress Energy customers lost power this afternoon, mostly in the Largo area, a spokesman said. ...more

June 23, 2008

SEBRING — Trees will soon sprout on the U.S. 27 median, starting at the Sebring Parkway and continuing north for 2,800 feet. Five wild date palms and ornamental peanut sod will cover the median, which serves as a gateway to Sebring. Until last week, the median was covered with patches of brown grass. Sod Services, of Okeechobee, started work on Thursday. David Eng works for Sod Services and expected to plant trees within three weeks, followed by the plating of ground cover vegetation. A $175,000 highway beautification grant from the Florida Depart of Transportation will pay for the improvements. ...more

June 1, 2008

The economy in general, and the housing market in particular, is in less than ideal shape, forcing state and local governments and school districts to cut spending and in some cases eliminate jobs. The horrendous tragedy Cyclone Nargis inflicted on the Southeast Asian nation Myanmar is sending the Suncoast a sobering reminder that the start of the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane season is less than three weeks away. To top all that off, the price of a gallon of gasoline is near the $4 level. ...more

May 10, 2008