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(09/15/23 9:39pm)
Sitting directly next to Student Recreation and Fitness Center at 244 Fletcher Drive, a new dining hall on UF property might just become the go-to for post-workout grub as students and staff scurry to the nearest spot to satisfy their hunger.
(09/15/23 2:07pm)
Since its opening 50 years ago, the Hippodrome Theatre has become an integral part of the Gainesville artistic community. What once was a small mail processing room nestled in a post office decades ago has become a fully renovated and functioning cinema at the Hippodrome Theatre for the first time in about 45 years.
(09/13/23 5:18pm)
Stormwater Management has installed 4,600 feet of permanent piping and four permanent pumps which have helped alleviate flooding in “legacy flooding” areas. These areas were built prior to stormwater regulations; there are nine total in Alachua County.
(09/13/23 1:00pm)
With the recent tensions brought forth by campaign season and a new apportionment map, recent Senate meetings have fallen short of being considered productive. Senators have taken public comment as an opportunity to vent their frustrations into the mic — calling one another corrupt and disorganized.
(09/12/23 1:27am)
A parking lot across from the Santa Fe College Gymnasium will soon be home to a new institute for skilled trades commemorating Ralph Wilson Cellon Jr., who has dedicated both time and money to the college.
(09/11/23 2:00pm)
For the past six months, Rachel Smith and her team of conservationists at Disney Conservation loaded into their ATVs at first light and ventured along the scruffy sands and past the warm waters of the Disney Vero Beach Resort.
(09/05/23 9:31am)
This past week the City of Gainesville, along with many other cities and counties across the coastal south, dealt with the effects of Hurricane Idalia. Gainesville and Alachua County were fortunate to miss the worst of the storm, but the sound of chainsaws could be heard across the city as fallen trees and limbs were cleared from roads, lawns and, yes, homes.
(09/05/23 10:15am)
While some young children arrive to school every morning ready to learn, others sit at their desks with their heads down all day.
(08/31/23 5:24pm)
The first plane David Flagg ever flew in, he jumped out of. That’s just the kind of person he was, said his wife Christina Flagg, 76.
(08/23/23 11:00am)
The Gainesville City Commission voted 4-3 to consider reverting the city’s open container ordinance back to how the city regulated alcohol prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This bans open-canned alcohol outside businesses, as well as parks and streets.
(08/07/23 11:00am)
Several members of the UF Board of Trustees donated more than $1.3 million to Never Back Down, a super PAC funding Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2024 presidential bid.
(08/01/23 12:00pm)
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(07/31/23 11:45am)
When Tina Days, a 44-year-old mother of four, drives through Gainesville to deliver DoorDash orders, she is always taken aback by the increasing number of lavish apartment complexes cornering UF's campus.
(07/31/23 11:31am)
Some reptiles crawl, some slither and some are prohibited in the state of Florida.
(07/31/23 11:00am)
It’s just after dawn, and the woods are drowsily still. The sunlight filters through the trees, and the croon of the mourning dove gently shakes the world awake. There’s movement in the tall grass up ahead. With a breath and a bang, Missie Schneider has her dinner.
(07/24/23 10:00am)
On a typical Friday night, the High Springs community would line up, clamoring to catch the premiere of the latest local love story while listening to the distinct pop of everyone’s favorite movie snack. But now, scarfing down buttered popcorn as the lights dim on a Friday night is another piece of fiction.
(07/24/23 10:30am)
Gainesville City Commission approved the construction of a Tesla car center and a dance cultural center by unanimous decision.
(07/17/23 11:30am)
Tired of settling for crumbs, Gainesville residents shared their dreams for the developing Eastside sports complex with city staff during the project’s first public engagement effort last week.
(07/10/23 11:00am)
Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration sued the U.S. Department of Education and top federal officials June 21 for delaying Florida universities from switching accreditors, which are agencies ensuring higher education institutions.
(07/03/23 11:45am)
With the flood of state legislation reshaping areas like education and gun control that took effect July 1, political tensions in Florida have reached a boiling point.