Pasco County

With Hurricane Helene flooding Pasco’s coastline, and Milton dumping over 15 inches of rain on the county’s interior, officials said the situation was especially inviting for Aedes aegypti.

The land was bought by Pasco County in July, and was initially planned as a place to provide temporary housing for people experiencing homelessness.

In Hernando County, the Withlacoochee River is finally starting to go down, but it’s going to take some time for floodwaters to recede. Last week, the river crested at almost 20 feet.

We talked to residents of Aripeka and Hernando Beach who shared their experiences after Helene ripped through their communities and destroyed their homes.

Despite the threat of significant storm surge, some residents and visitors at Anclote River Park were fishing and checking on their tied-up boats.

The 17-mile state project between Polk and Pasco counties will cost nearly $270 million and take four years to complete.

Justices upheld a 2019 decision that said Pinellas County could be taxed on 12,400 acres it owns in Pasco County.

Investigators say the suspects faked signatures during campaigns to put Amendment 4 on the ballot in Florida and allow the centrist No Labels party to put candidates on the Kansas ballot. Neither drive appears to have depended on the forgeries.

Commissioners hope the project, at Interstate 75 and State Road 52, will become an economic gateway to the county.

Bradford was midway through his first term as a commissioner, representing the western and central parts of Pasco County.

State law restricted the use of public funds for Diversity Equity and Inclusion Programs on college and university campuses. Several higher education institutions have begun phasing out those initiatives.