A Miami area man who is fluent in Spanish and, according to his resume, is able to speak conversational Japanese, French and German, has been tapped to be the next executive director of the Highlands County Economic Development Commission. ...more

November 4, 2008

Will target new industry. ...more

October 22, 2008

James Adkins says if he doesn't win a county commission seat this time, he's hanging up his political aspirations for good. ...more

October 19, 2008

By the year 2050, the population of the seven-county Tampa Bay region is expected to double to 7 million people. To protect our economic vitality, sense of community and natural resources, we have a shared responsibility to participate in shaping future growth within the region. ...more

September 8, 2008

County Government Offers No Sympathy, Common Sense Re: Hernando County budget. ...more

July 17, 2008

OUR VIEW ...more

June 11, 2008

Our county government is a mess. They change committees to suit their agenda. If the results are not to their paradigm, they change the rules or committees. Example, they first decided that a new "CEO" a.k.a. county administrator, should be hired after his or her staff has been hired. What a colossal error. I can only think of one reason for this. They wanted to be sure that their special people were promoted to these higher-paying jobs. But when the committee sent the second selection of the new directors' jobs, they were not all that happy. So they just changed the rules and the next ones will be a group of finalists. ...more

February 20, 2008

Alarmed by slipping support for free trade even among Republicans, President Bush is arguing that protectionism will cut Americans out of chances for more - and better - jobs. ...more

October 14, 2007

Your Oct. 5 editorial left readers with the mistaken impression that the school district has done nothing to address the health needs of our students and the loss of funding for health programs. ...more

October 11, 2007