The state's lead environmental agency agrees with many points that Hernando County expects a judge to consider in the approval process for Progress Energy's proposed power lines. ...more

September 23, 2008

Following concerns raised by the state, more money is being poured into the cleanup of the county's contaminated former public works compound, raising the bill to more than $2 million. ...more

September 23, 2008

Community activist voices concerns. ...more

September 23, 2008

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection will hold a community meeting from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday about the landfill Angelo's Aggregate Materials wants to build outside Dade City. ...more

September 20, 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

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

September 17, 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

Department of Public Works Director Charles Mixson, suspended without pay the last two weeks after a scathing disciplinary notice, returns to work today. ...more

September 16, 2008

An effort by residents here to spoil the county's plan to dump thousands of cubic yards of slurry, dredged from the bottom of the channel onto a parcel on Eagle Nest Drive, appears to have worked. ...more

September 13, 2008

The Legislative Budget Commission on Wednesday approved a $1.7 million appropriation to run Weeki Wachee Springs for the remainder of this fiscal year after the attraction becomes a state park on Nov. 1. ...more

September 11, 2008