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(07/18/25 7:59pm)
Emerging from a parking lot piled with cars, people tucked signs protesting President Donald Trump’s administration underneath their armpits. They held them in the air, shouting as cars whizzed by. Some drivers honked their horns in passing, eliciting cheers from the protesters.Around 200 community members gathered in East Gainesville’s Fred Cone Park to participate in a nationwide protest Thursday. Titled “Good Trouble Lives On,” the event was organized by the 50-50-1 movement. The local group held other major demonstrations, such as June 14’s “No Kings Day” protest.
(07/16/25 1:38am)
After months of negotiations, the University of Florida and the University of Florida Police Department agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement.
(06/18/25 7:45pm)
The Gainesville City Commission and Alachua County Board of County Commissioners discussed the future of the Hoggetowne Medieval Faire and transit options for GRACE Marketplace at a joint meeting Tuesday.
(06/04/25 7:22pm)
On May 22, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget reconciliation bill proposing significant changes to the Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
(04/30/25 12:16pm)
After forgetting to reapply her parking decal after a windshield replacement, Lark resident Abby Hatton returned home to find her car booted by Superior Towing, the company that patrols the popular apartment complex.
(04/14/25 11:00am)
After more than 18 months at the bargaining table, UF’s graduate student union said it's still waiting for what it sees as a fair deal — and a livable wage.
(04/12/25 1:56am)
The Gainesville City Commission unanimously voted to identify funding sources, look for new partners and fully explore alternative locations for the Hoggetowne Medieval Faire at Thursday’s General Policy Committee meeting.
(04/09/25 4:41pm)
Voting for the Newberry municipal election ended April 8, filling three open seats.
(04/07/25 6:00pm)
The upcoming Newberry municipal election puts three open seats on the ballot.
(03/12/25 11:00am)
Loud. Dirty. Expensive. Those are some ways Devin Kinnally described off-campus housing.
(02/28/25 11:00am)
For most of the year, the Forster’s tern lives on the coast. But on an afternoon in the middle of February, the sleek, black-capped bird could be seen at Depot Park’s pond in downtown Gainesville.
(02/17/25 11:42pm)
Around 50 members of the Gainesville community gathered on Sunday to witness the exhibit introduced as“A Seat at the Table: Food, Poetry and Art,” at the A. Quinn Jones Museum.
(02/20/25 11:00am)
Florida’s book banning problem is rising — with no end in sight.
(02/13/25 11:00am)
When Tucker Nee bought a fake ID for his first semester at UF, he didn’t realize that in two months, he’d be spending a night in the Alachua County Jail. What followed was 11 months of court proceedings and attorney fees, resulting in a mark on his permanent record.
(02/07/25 11:15am)
After spending over a decade in downtown Gainesville, Bill Bryson said he felt a call to nature. Now, surrounded by train tracks and a 300-acre blueberry farm, Bryson said he’s found a sense of peace after moving to Waldo in 2009.
(01/27/25 11:30am)
Between stalls selling prosthetic elf ears and wood-carved staffs decorated with crystals, 37-year-old Brandon Breedlove encouraged Faire-goers to fight. He and 33-year-old Ashley Shelhon joked it was the “only free thing” at Hoggetowne Medieval Faire.
(01/17/25 5:38pm)
Just two months after facing a narrow loss, former Alachua County Sheriff Emery Gainey sat in the U.S. Senate chambers’ intense, two-hour-long hearing Thursday, to testify on behalf of Pamela Jo Bondi — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Attorney General.
(01/17/25 5:06pm)
Around 50 residents of Alachua County, varying from directors, volunteers and participants, gathered on Wednesday at the Westminster Presbyterian Church for the Human Rights Coalition’s monthly ID Fair.
(10/29/24 9:39pm)
The Alachua County Supervisor of Elections is responsible for setting up polling locations, educating voters, maintaining voter registration and verifying election results.
(10/27/24 8:11pm)
Walk to End Alzheimer’s participants created a field of color as they held up orange, yellow, blue and purple flowers. Looking around at one another, they noticed dozens of people scattered around the field holding the same color flower.
