UF is being investigated by its accreditor. What does that mean?
(11/17/21 6:43pm)
UF worked for years to achieve its top five status, but one verdict could cost the university everything it strived for.
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Cynthia Chestnut and Matt Howland progress to City Commission runoff
(11/17/21 4:58am)
Longtime Gainesville politician Cynthia Chestnut and City Commission newcomer Matt Howland will go head to head in a runoff election in January.
Black Voters Matter organize voter engagement event for Gainesville’s Special Election
(11/17/21 1:19am)
The Black Voters Matter organization held a special event to encourage city community members’ participation in the Gainesville City Commission special election.
Will Gainesville combat historic voter turnout lows in upcoming City Commission election?
(11/15/21 2:00pm)
As Gainesville nears a special election to replace a city commissioner, candidates and students are working to remedy record turnout lows from the spring.
Alachua County Commission postpones vote on UF’s Campus Development Agreement due to affordable graduate housing
(11/15/21 2:00pm)
Citing the UF’s lack of a plan to provide affordable graduate housing, the Alachua County Commission delayed its vote on Campus Development Agreement until December.
City plan outlines new future for downtown Gainesville
(11/15/21 2:00pm)
A new city plan focuses on improving housing, business, entertainment and safety in downtown Gainesville.
Evergreen Cemetery unveils memorial at annual Veterans Day concert
(11/12/21 6:46pm)
More than 100 attendees marveled at the carefully placed flags on hundreds of veterans’ graves as they made their way through Evergreen Cemetery Thursday morning.
Who’s running for Gainesville’s open at-large seat?
(11/08/21 2:43pm)
Registered Gainesville residents can vote for new representation starting next week following the resignation of a city commissioner.
For-profit Tom Petty festival approved for three years amid controversy
(11/08/21 2:30pm)
Honoring Tom Petty’s legacy has become more complicated after a unanimous vote at Thursday’s City Commission meeting.
Gainesville adds additional legal counsel, other cities to potential lawsuit against DeSantis’ anti-protest law
(11/08/21 2:31pm)
Gainesville has taken another step in their litigation against Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Combating Public Disorder law, an anti-protest law.
UF students hold debate for at-large City Commission race
(11/03/21 8:15pm)
The UF College Democrats and the Gator chapter of NAACP hosted an in-person 2021 special election debate Tuesday night, allowing students to ask the candidates questions about traffic safety, food accessibility, affordable housing and sustainable energy.
Gainesville City Commission to hold workshop for community input on Suburban Heights development
(11/03/21 1:00pm)
The Gainesville City Commission didn’t vote on whether to build near the Suburban Heights neighborhood after a meeting Tuesday night, faced with three hours of public comment against the development.
Local Wildlife Conservation houses more than 100 animals, hosts tours
(10/27/21 2:30pm)
For the first eight years of her life, Gaby lived in a 4-by-6-foot rolling cage within a traveling zoo — far under the legal requirements to house a tiger.
UF astronomy doctoral graduate files lawsuit for discrimination, unpaid wages
(10/25/21 1:21pm)
Dr. Sankalp Gilda was exhausted. He balanced 60-hour work weeks with a doctoral student load at the behest of his supervisor, migraines and regular discrimination from his status as an Indian international student.
New historical marker commemorates victims of racial terror in Gainesville
(10/25/21 1:00pm)
The city of Gainesville unveiled a new historical marker to commemorate Black individuals who were victims of post-Reconstruction lynching.
SG Senate gives minimal public notice for committee meetings
(10/22/21 3:09pm)
Although open to the public, standing Student Government committee meetings are often only announced on a clipboard on the ground floor of the Reitz Union. Students who do not pass the area and are not members of the committees themselves have no other means to find out SG meeting dates and times.
Gainesville Police Department to destroy guns collected through buyback program
(10/20/21 1:00pm)
The Gainesville Police Department released data and discussed updates to its “One Community” plan during a city commission meeting Monday amid increasing gun violence.
Gainesville Regional Utilities rate increase disproportionately affects low- and fixed-income residents
(10/18/21 1:02pm)
For more than a year, Estefania Torres was paying over $500 for her utility bill — almost the cost of her monthly rent. Each month, as she helplessly looked at her bill, she was driven to tears.
Gainesville residents paint seniors’ houses in Porters Quarters
(10/18/21 12:58pm)
About 15 volunteers spent their Saturday morning painting houses for four hours with a goal in mind: to beautify the Porters Quarters community.
