I do want health care reform, but not like what has been voted on in Congress. This hurts most of us. Taxes will go up, no doubt. Medicare suffers. That hurts disabled persons and the elderly — those we are entrusted to care for. ...more

November 17, 2009

Help has finally arrived, at least for two people. County commissioners Wednesday approved bid awards paving the way for rehabilitation work to get under way for residents Barbara Coral and Curtis Niles to get improvements done on their houses. ...more

January 15, 2009

The Hernando County Housing Authority issued a press release recently saying it is accepting applications for providing housing repair and rehabilitation funding assistance to homeowners with "very low income." ...more

January 4, 2009

Habitat for Humanity's Highlands County operation announced that it will acquire the assets of Rebuilding Together Highlands County Inc., a move described by both of the organizations' chief executives as a logical merger of the two corporate missions. ...more

December 26, 2008

HUDSON -- A new bus service catering to riders with disabilities will provide a cross-county link for the first time. The nonprofit Center for Independence is offering New Freedom Transportation, supervisor Roberta Cleland explained Friday. The service will make three trips each weekday in a loop between its Hudson office and Dade City. ...more

June 13, 2008

High fuel prices are driving many West Pasco leaders and residents up a wall. ...more

May 21, 2008

Two weeks ago the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its first report on the worst of the nation's 16,400 nursing homes. ...more

December 11, 2007