Area shutterbugs submitted more than 400 Pasco County nature photos for a contest to illustrate the 2009 calendar of Gulfside Regional Hospice. ...more

January 7, 2009

Federal environmental officials have given Pasco County a checklist of 10 items to complete in hopes of moving forward with the permitting of the county's long-sought eastern extension of Ridge Road. ...more

January 4, 2009

Area shutterbugs submitted more than 400 Pasco nature photos to a contest to illustrate the 2009 calendar of Gulfside Regional Hospice. ...more

January 3, 2009

A new year brings a fresh spirit to West Pasco Habitat for Humanity, which is celebrating the completion of its first eco-friendly Habitat home, the hiring of an executive director and the redesign of its Web site. ...more

January 3, 2009

DOT Announces Pasco 5-Year Plan The Department of Transportation plans to spend $53.7 million in Pasco County next year, the bulk of it on expanding the eastern end of Ridge Road to four lanes. ...more

December 24, 2008

Widening the County Line Road that runs between Pasco and Hernando counties would, at least initially, mainly benefit Hernando residents. So Pasco County officials haven't fallen over themselves helping their Hernando counterparts get money to widen the congested two-lane east-west route. That appears to be changing. ...more

December 20, 2008

County commissioners Tuesday created a list of seven road projects they hope will qualify for federal funding under a prospective economic stimulus plan proposed by President-elect Barack Obama. ...more

December 17, 2008

The Department of Transportation plans to spend $53.7 million in Pasco County next year, the bulk of it on expanding the eastern end of Ridge Road to four lanes. ...more

December 12, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY The Department of Transportation plans to spend $53.7 million in Pasco County next year, the bulk of it on four-laning the eastern end of Ridge Road. State transportation officials were scheduled to reveal their proposed five-year transportation budget for Pasco at 10 a.m. today, when the county's metropolitan planning organization was to meet at the historic Pasco County Courthouse in Dade City. ...more

December 11, 2008

Last week, Corey Smith, a River Ridge Middle School student, went before the Pasco County Commission and asked the county to build sidewalks or bicycle paths along Moon Lake Road. That was not all that unusual. Most of the time, however, the young person merely makes the request, the adult government leaders respond with smiles and a verbal pat on the head and that's the end of it. ...more

December 10, 2008