"Very deserving" was said more than once Thursday night during the Greater Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce awards banquet at Placid Lakes Country Club. ...more

October 5, 2008

When Bill Blanchard was through speaking to officials with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, more than 100 people, many of them wearing red "Vote NO Landfill" T-shirts, stood and applauded. ...more

September 25, 2008

When Florida's housing market was surging a few years ago, city leaders began bracing for the demands that would come with 3,000 new homes. ...more

September 25, 2008

Rancher Robert Thomas' life is deeply rooted in the land his family has worked for four generations. ...more

September 21, 2008

The county is sailing full steam ahead with plans to place the slurry dredged from the bottom of the Hernando Beach channel on an alternate site. ...more

September 17, 2008

There are problems there, too, owner of first site says. ...more

September 17, 2008

Alwyn Purkis reads Playboy in front of his wife and kids. At 94, the retired beekeeper does as he pleases. Always has. ...more

September 14, 2008

Big plans for growth are afoot at the Sebring Regional Airport. The Sebring Airport Authority and Highlands County Economic Development Commission hope to expand and create a global airport and much-expanded industrial campus. ...more

September 5, 2008

The county may once again consider a different course for a controversial facet of the planned channel dredge project here. ...more

September 3, 2008

Delays from opposition to spoil site could take years. ...more

September 3, 2008