The pain from state budget cuts was apparent Wednesday morning as Highlands County's three state legislators spent nearly three hours listening to requests from local officials and social service agencies at the annual legislative delegation meeting in the county commission chambers. ...more

January 22, 2009

The school board will know this week if the district is one step closer to a search for a new superintendent. ...more

January 13, 2009

Superintendent may be finalist for new job; finance director leaves Friday. ...more

January 12, 2009

James Yant won the primary with nearly a 20-point lead over the next-closest opponent, Gene Magrini. ...more

November 5, 2008

In at least two local races, there is much riding on the votes earned by those who won't progress to the general election. ...more

August 28, 2008

It can't hold as many screaming fans as the football stadium in Denver, where Sen. Barack Obama is to address an expected crowd of 75,000 on Aug. 28. Nor is it conveniently located near the scenic Mississippi River, like the arena in St. Paul, Minn., where Sen. John McCain is to take the stage a few days later. But the 3,000-seat auditorium at pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., does have one notable advantage: It's a stage that Obama and McCain recently agreed to share, at least for a little while, on Aug. 16. ...more

August 3, 2008

Amendment 5 Is Taxpayers' Only Hope ...more

July 31, 2008

SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE MAINTAINS NO INTENTIONAL WRONGDOING ...more

July 31, 2008