Commuters passing through the junction of Interstates 75 and 275 may have noticed something missing recently. The state Department of Transportation has been busy clearing acres of trees and other vegetation as it prepares to build two new off-ramps for traffic destined for State Road 56. ...more

November 16, 2009

Commuters passing through the junction of Interstates 75 and 275 may have noticed something missing recently. ...more

November 15, 2009

When the sprawling residential-commercial development project that was to be known as Serenova was still on the drawing board, one of the people involved in the project suggested that the center of economic activity in the county was even then shifting from West Pasco to Central and East Pasco. The U.S. 19 corridor would become economically "blighted" and have to be redeveloped, this person suggested. Serenova never got built and the 6,500 acres it would have occupied ended up in the hands of the Southwest Florida Water Management District. The U.S. 19 prediction, alas, is still looking viable. ...more

November 14, 2009

A Pasco County grand jury has indicted a Spring Hill man accused of killing his estranged wife and her boyfriend. ...more

November 11, 2009

Those young and young at heart enjoyed Halloween festivities Friday in central and east Pasco. ...more

October 31, 2009

Jan Slater's family life has changed drastically since she was hired as executive director of the Zephyrhills Chamber of Commerce in 2006. ...more

October 28, 2009

I'm contacting you in response to the article in Wednesday's Tribune about the Tourist Development Council's funding of events and particularly the Pasco Bug Jam. As a former Tribune reporter, I would have thought you would have contacted Bug Jam officials for comment before printing the claims by Pasco County Commissioner Michael Cox. No attempts were made to do such. ...more

October 25, 2009

This year more than ever, organizers say, east Pasco's children need help with school supplies. ...more

August 12, 2009

Pasco County government offices, courts, community centers and libraries will be closed Monday 5/25 for Memorial Day. ...more

May 23, 2009

With a $28.8 million drop in revenue expected in the next fiscal year, Pasco County officials are asking the public to weigh in on the county's future during a series of two-hour meetings beginning today. The meetings will address ways to make local government more efficient, while touching on future planning, economic development and other issues. "Some of these decisions are being heightened by the [property tax] shortfall," said Mike Nurrenbrock, director of the county's office of management and budget. "Some of the questions are: If we need to reduce services, which ones? And what affect will that have? ...more

March 30, 2009