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In a nearly four-hour meeting Tuesday, the Alachua County School Board discussed the modified elementary and high school rezoning maps.
The Florida House voted to approve a bill on Tuesday that would give the state control over any utility authority created by the legislature after Jan. 1, 2023. The move would nullify the Gainesville vote asking for power over utilities to return to the city’s commissioners.
Melby, a 410-pound manatee, is on his way toward recovery after UF rescue teams, Melbourne Beach fire units and wildlife authorities came together to save him from a storm drain Feb. 9.
The Alachua County School Board requested new rezoning maps for local elementary and high school levels at a workshop Thursday.
Months after the city voted to shutter Beaten Path Compost, Jackson DeWitt still sees yellow compost buckets on doorsteps around Gainesville.
Placards of local history and a stone lion listened to conversations on local politics Friday evening in the Matheson History Museum. About 70 people nibbled on Germain’s Chicken Sandwiches and chatted with local representatives to kick off Mayor Harvey Ward’s reelection campaign.
The Gainesville City Commission unanimously approved a Gainesville Regional Utilities authority board resolution granting its CEO and Chief Financial Officer the power to carry out financial negotiations at a Thursday meeting.
The Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday clarifying that the board’s CEO and chief financial officer can negotiate and carry out financial arrangements.
Gainesville has a long history of showing up when local democracy is threatened. Last November marked the third time residents went to the ballot to reclaim control of Gainesville Regional Utilities.
Over 50 members of the East Gainesville community gathered at DaySpring Missionary Baptist Church Monday to discuss Alachua County Public Schools’ rezoning plans.
The city of Gainesville converted several streets near UF’s main campus into one-way pairs in January.
After six hours of debate, the Alachua County Commission approved a temporary use permit for the WildFlowers Music Park festival at its Tuesday meeting.
Gainesville residents have taken to social media over the last months to express disdain for surveillance cameras installed throughout the city.
During a Jan. 26 meeting, the Alachua City Commission unanimously voted to close Precinct 53 at the Cleather Hathcock Community Center ahead of the April 14 municipal election.
Despite pushback from Alachua County Public Schools, Newberry Elementary School is transitioning into a charter school.
Despite wavering community opinions, the Alachua County Commission voted Tuesday to partner with UF on the location for a new animal shelter in Gainesville.
The Alachua County Board of Commissioners voted to use UF property to build a new county animal shelter at its regular meeting Tuesday.
Inside the Matheson History Museum, eight quilts hang on the walls, their patterns subtle but deliberate. The quilts tell the stories of the 47 people lynched across Alachua County, their legacies memorialized by community members reckoning with the county’s history of racial violence.
Bundled in coats and scarves, hundreds of people filled Gainesville’s streets on Monday morning to honor the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with banners and cheers.
Parade participants carry a sign for The Martin Luther King, Jr., Commission of Florida as they lead Gainesville's MLK Day Parade, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026.
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