Only one citizen took advantage of the required 15-day comment period regarding the proposed Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) up for discussion at Tuesday's special commission meeting. ...more

March 29, 2009

With hundreds of homes currently in foreclosure in Hernando County, it didn't take much impetus for county commissioners to green-light a program designed to help alleviate the situation. ...more

March 11, 2009

Miles from shore in the open Caribbean Sea, cruise ships are dumping ground-up glass, rags and cardboard packaging. But vessels in other waters such as the Baltic and North seas are prohibited from throwing any solid waste overboard other than food scraps. ...more

February 28, 2009

The average cost of nursing home care in Hernando County is on a par with other facilities throughout Florida and the nation. ...more

January 6, 2009

As expected, county commissioners on Tuesday rejected a committee recommendation to create a separate governmental division dedicated to affordable housing. ...more

December 17, 2008

Health and Human Services Director Jean Rags is confident Hernando County will get a chunk of the federal block grant money earmarked for housing relief, even though the county does not meet certain population parameters. ...more

October 10, 2008

"Help, I need somebody!" The opening lyrics of the famous Beatles song may well apply to County Commissioner Jeff Stabins' economic stimulus package, also called HELP. ...more

September 18, 2008

As our country "goes green," I ask myself, "What happened to good old-fashioned thriftiness?" When I was a young college student, my husband and I were older than our counterparts and we put each other through school with two preschoolers. We were so glad to have something on the table to feed our children; I became very adept at stretching bologna, macaroni and cheese, hamburger, or whatever else was on hand into multiple meals. ...more

July 5, 2008

For some three dozen local Muslim physicians, calling Hernando County home means more than living and practicing here. ...more

June 12, 2008

Pinellas County Sheriff's Office detectives said Wednesday that the death of a man in a Seminole home is unrelated to a nearby home invasion. ...more

June 12, 2008