K-BAR RANCH - Mobley Homes has altered its plans for K-Bar Ranch. The developer has dropped its bid to build a 500-unit residential and retail town center complex on the west end of the ranch. Instead, Mobley plans 200,000 square feet of commercial and light office space at the intersection of Kinnan Street and Oak Preserve Boulevard, the back entrance of Live Oak Preserve. ...more

January 26, 2008

More water will be conserved and natural vegetation preserved under a stricter county landscaping ordinance approved Tuesday. ...more

January 16, 2008

Pasco County officials are investigating about 170 cases in which coastal homeowners are suspected of violating federal flood regulations by maintaining living space on their first floors. ...more

December 24, 2007

Ronna Metcalf, director of the Life Enrichment Center, and her assistant, Dell Baker, went for a drive Nov. 27 to find additional locations for the nonprofit organization's programs for adults. ...more

December 10, 2007

SEBRING — Highlands County commissioners need to find one more person, with the right credentials, to appoint a state-mandated citizens advisory committee on affordable workforce housing. At stake is the county's ability to keep receiving about $900,000 per year in state funding for housing assistance programs. Ten of the 11 seats on the committee have been tentatively filled, but commissioners are waiting to appoint the committee until the 11th position is filled. That person must be a county resident "who is actively engaged as a for-profit provider of affordable housing," according to state law. "Generally, that would be a contractor or a developer," said Jim Polatty, the county's development director. ...more

December 1, 2007

At least 15,000 families are expected to register for the annual holiday food and toy distribution that begins today at Metropolitan Ministries. ...more

November 15, 2007

At least 15,000 families are expected to register for the annual holiday food and toy distribution that begins Thursday at Metropolitan Ministries. ...more

November 12, 2007

At least 15,000 families are expected to register for the annual holiday food and toy distribution that begins Thursday at Metropolitan Ministries. ...more

November 10, 2007

At least 15,000 families are expected to register for the annual holiday food and toy distribution that begins Thursday at Metropolitan Ministries. ...more

November 10, 2007

At least 15,000 families are expected to register for the annual holiday food and toy distribution that begins Thursday at Metropolitan Ministries. ...more

November 8, 2007