HOLIDAY -- Gasoline prices are up. Food prices are up. What's next? A boat launch fee is in the works at Pasco County's Anclote River Park. ...more

June 11, 2008

DADE CITY -- County commissioners are continuing to research hiring only nonsmokers in the future and considering a program to help current workers kick the tobacco habit. ...more

June 10, 2008

SEBRING — Blame it on gasoline or ethanol, but shopping for food these days is just as unpleasant as gassing up your car. Fruit prices have gone bananas, and poultry isn't quite the paltry budget choice it once was for the thrifty shopper. With the sharpest increase in food prices since 1990 and a troubled economy, Highlands County businesses and residents are doing what they can. ...more

June 8, 2008

Dallas Dunlap's letter to the editor in the June 1 edition of Hernando Today gave us a lesson in "Supply-Side Whackonomics" and its impact on the price of gas. The hairs on the back of my neck are still vibrating! ...more

June 7, 2008

Diane LaRusso of New Port Richey says America's current woes are the fault of President Bush. ...more

June 7, 2008

SAYS MOVE WOULD BRING DOWN FUEL PRICES ...more

June 5, 2008

For presidents and premiers at summits, delicacies washed down by fine wines are part of the agenda. ...more

June 4, 2008

It's the economy, stupid," James Carville famously said during the 1992 campaign, when a young Bill Clinton was running against the other President Bush. ...more

June 1, 2008

A special section on hurricane preparedness is included in today's newspaper, as June 1 marks the official start of the Atlantic season. We hope the section is read and will not be tossed in the recycle bins — at least not right away. It contains a lot of useful information that will come in handy in preparing for a storm. Another way to prepare is to be informed, and the Highlands County Emergency Management staff is doing its part by sponsoring the annual Highlands County Hurricane Seminar this Tuesday. It will start at 6:30 p.m. at the Agri-Civic Center, located at the corner of George Boulevard and U.S. 27, in Sebring. As Bill Nichols, director of the Highlands County Emergency Operations Center, said, "I don't think you need to be afraid. The more you prepare, the less you're afraid. The more you know, the less you fear." ...more

May 31, 2008

Most Americans are waking up to understand that cheap gas prices are a thing of the past. No matter what we do, how we fuel our homes, cars and industry, the prices just won't go down anymore. It's the new reality that most of the world has been experiencing for decades. ...more

May 30, 2008