Official test results show that wells sampled for aldicarb in the Desoto City area showed no presence of the pesticide, according to a Highlands County Health Department press release. ...more

March 15, 2010

SEBRING The Highlands County Health Department has been notified that approximately one year ago, the pesticide Aldicarb was misapplied to one section of a citrus grove off of County Road 17 South just south of U.S. 98 in the DeSoto City area. ...more

March 8, 2010

There is no shortage of rainfall. Any given year, we could sustain the level of the aquifers with the volume that falls on our area. The problem is we discharge 60 percent of that water (our storm water) to the ocean and deep-water wells, where we can no longer use it. ...more

December 28, 2009

The past three years have been disappointingly dry for fish, flowers and farmers. ...more

January 7, 2009

It's not too early to start thinking about next Christmas, and some Pasco County government officials and environmentalists are. They're eyeing the 12,500-acre Cross Bar Ranch in the central part of the county, east of U.S. 41 and north of State Road 52, for preservation and continued public ownership. ...more

December 26, 2007

The U.S. Navy prepared Friday to deliver much-needed food and medical supplies to hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis stricken by Cyclone Sidr, a top U.S. military commander said. ...more

November 24, 2007