Nearly every day, burly dump trucks filled to the brim with leftover pizza, soiled diapers and discarded egg cartons roll into an expansive metal warehouse and eject their contents onto the concrete floor. ...more

November 16, 2009

I was out on George Boulevard near the weathered sign angled into the ground proclaiming "Future site of the sheriff's administrative center." ...more

March 23, 2009

Residents are battling a proposal for a borrow pit between U.S. 92 and Interstate 4, worried the heavy truck traffic could jeopardize students at five local schools. ...more

February 4, 2009

Nearly two dozen drivers wrecked their cars on the eastern half of Prospect Road last year, compelling state highway officials to improve the narrow country road in rural northeast Pasco County. ...more

November 14, 2008

Divers are removing debris, algae and muck from the Weeki Wachee springhead. ...more

November 4, 2008

The mermaid stage is in the middle of a makeover. The Weekiwachee River springhead is the target of a half-million dollar restoration project to remove debris and algae and to replant the natural botanical bounty that will help keep the water clean. ...more

November 4, 2008

The sound of tinkling glass is ringing in the air again at county recycling stations and transfer centers. ...more

October 10, 2008

Residents who live along Wildlife Lane on the county's eastside are mobilizing to prevent a company from putting a construction and debris landfill near their homes. ...more

September 19, 2008

A proposed construction and debris landfill earmarked for about 26 acres on the county's eastside has residents there upset. ...more

August 22, 2008

After the 2004 hurricane season, when Florida communities needed a place to dump tons of yard waste, the state agreed to let rural landowners spread up to two feet of chopped-up debris across their property without getting a permit for solid-waste disposal. ...more

August 15, 2008