Locals and business owners brace for UF students’ return amid Omicron surge
By Carissa Allen | Jan. 10, 2022As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges, so do Gainesville residents’ concerns about UF students returning for the Spring semester.
As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges, so do Gainesville residents’ concerns about UF students returning for the Spring semester.
In the past two years, UF’s faculty has been called upon to share their expertise on a variety of current events and topics on respected media outlets such as NPR and the Washington Post. Major topics faculty members have contributed to include COVID-19’s impact on life expectancy, the virus’ Delta variant, the humanitarian crisis and protests in Cuba and this year’s hurricane season.
When campaigning on campus, you get the chance to talk to a lot of people. Many students are excited to get involved, to learn more and to vote. Others, not so much. Some laugh at you and actively delight in their indifference.
A semi-truck hauling construction materials tipped over driving south on Interstate 75 Friday morning.
Out of the 800 Walgreens locations in Florida, the 17 Gainesville stores no longer have cigarettes on their shelves.
A Norton Elementary fifth-grader was thrilled to get school supplies so he could color pictures and pursue his career as an artist and musician.
In an emergency incident, key Santa Fe College staff would meet in the emergency operations center, located inside the Santa Fe Police building, to discuss a plan of action.
An eastern indigo snake named Floyd was introduced to his native habitat for the first time on a sunny afternoon in Bristol, Florida.
UF alumni Matt Redinger was searching online for ways to celebrate his 10-month-old daughter Emmy’s first Independence Day when he came across the City of Alachua Fourth of July Celebration.
Navigating the county court system may be difficult without an attorney, but a new program from Alachua County aims to change that.
At 11:00 a.m. on June 23, 70 motorcycles roared their engines as they exited the parking lot of the Gainesville Harley-Davidson.
Anthony Lamb Jr., a resident who has lived in The Palms of Archer of Gainesville community for almost three years, recounts multiple times when the power was out for so long he had to throw his spoiled food in the trash.
It’s been awhile since Heavan Papendick became a sexual assault survivor. She found a way to use her experiences to help others when she started volunteering for the Alachua County Victim Services and Rape Crisis Center in 2016.
UF Health is opening three specialty medical practices within The Oaks Mall.
With several medical marijuana dispensaries now open for business, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and state and local law enforcement are warning Florida drivers, “Drive Baked, Get Busted.”
Celebration Pointe announced Monday that its newest five-story office building is fully leased.
For more than 10 years, UF has raised $1 million for local charities across Alachua County.
An hour after Sunday services let out at the Ignite Life Center, a half a dozen shoes squeaked across the newly poured pavement of a basketball court.
If the Gators score Saturday, free alcohol will flow at 101 Cantina.
Red-and-white mailboxes reading “North Pole Express” will be placed throughout Gainesville for the next week to collect letters for Santa Claus.