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A pedestrian hit and killed in Alachua on Highway 441
By Anna Wilder | Mar. 11, 2021A 47-year-old man was killed in a crash in Alachua around midnight Thursday after being hit by a car.
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40th Annual Alachua County Youth Fair and Livestock Show Held in Newberry
By Ben Crosbie | Mar. 11, 2021The event featured shows where children ages 8 to 18 presented animals they raised.
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Gainesville City Commission responds to traffic safety concerns
By Jack Prator | Feb. 22, 2021Commissioners believe there are a number of immediate changes that can be made to stretches of the state highway inside the city, such as lowering the speed limit, equipping sidewalks with better lighting and increasing traffic enforcement. In order to move forward with some of these changes, the commission is wrestling for control over the road with the Florida Department of Transportation.
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Is a new Florida county likely? Here's Springs County explained
By Jack Prator | Feb. 19, 2021If residents successfully secede, Springs would form the first new Florida county in almost 100 years. The last time it happened was in 1925, when Gilchrist County split from Alachua.
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Alachua County awarded $8.1 million in rent relief through CARES Act
By Jack Prator | Jan. 27, 2021The Alachua County Commission voted unanimously at a meeting Tuesday to accept the rent relief funds, which will help county residents who have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic or are at risk of homelessness.
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Biden Administration extends eviction moratorium until March
By Michelle Holder | Jan. 22, 2021Even though President Biden extended the moratorium through March, some renters are still struggling to understand and make use of the federal rent relief.
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The path to reconciliation: How Alachua County confronts its history of lynchings
By Alan Halaly | Jan. 19, 2021Since June 2018, County Commission Chair Charles Chestnut has led a county-wide effort to recall Alachua County’s legacy of racial violence with Truth and Reconciliation. Heading into the first few months of 2021, Alachua County is prepared to continue hosting commemorative events to remember victims and continue to reconcile with stories like Jim Dennis’.
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More than 140 ACPS students and staff in quarantine following winter break
By Daniella Sevares | Jan. 12, 2021After the first week of spring classes, 144 ACPS students and staff were in quarantine. These cases have been attributed to recreational activities and gatherings, not campus spread.
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Two teenage boys dead and a woman critically injured in Hawthorne shooting
By Anna Wilder | Jan. 4, 2021Two adolescents were shot and killed Saturday evening in what ACSO believes to be a murder-suicide. A woman was also shot and transported to the hospital with critical injuries.
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Alachua County sees reduction in food inspection violations
By Samantha Chery | Dec. 14, 2020This year’s county inspection violation rate has decreased about 23%, according to data from the Department of Business & Professional Regulation’s (DBPR) Division of Hotels and Restaurants, which oversees public food service establishments.
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Alachua County voting demographics from the 2020 presidential election show increases in turnout
By Steven Walker | Nov. 30, 2020Voting numbers increased in many demographics, and decreased in others
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Alachua man accused of homicide arrested Wednesday night
By Asta Hemenway | Nov. 19, 2020William Matthew Ford was arrested and charged of first-degree homicide Wednesday
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Alachua County Public Schools swears in historic school board
By Sophie Feinberg | Nov. 17, 2020For the first time, three Black women will sit on the School Board of Alachua County
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Alachua County Public Schools cases slow this week despite nationwide surge
By Sophie Feinberg | Nov. 13, 2020District totals are at 152 student and 91 staff cases
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Women win big in Alachua County, Florida and national politics
By Alan Halaly | Nov. 8, 2020Alachua County to be represented by women on the county commission, in Congress and in the White House
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Biden’s victory shows us that normalcy triumphs chaos. Amendment 2’s victory shows us that the youth vote matters
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 7, 2020It is easy for a young person to feel frustrated with a system that only occasionally listens to their voice. However, the passage of Amendment 2, serves as a silver lining: a reminder that the youth vote mattered.
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As U.S. awaits final election results, Alachua County students overwhelmingly supported Biden in mock election
By Sophie Feinberg | Nov. 6, 2020More than 63% of students supported Biden, mirroring election trends in Alachua County
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Live results: National and local election updates
Nov. 3, 2020As of Thursday at 2 p.m., Biden sits at 264 Electoral College votes, according to The Associated Press. The AP called both Michigan and Wisconsin for Biden late Wednesday afternoon after a surge of mail ballots swung the states in his favor.
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No president-elect: Trump takes Florida, Biden wins Alachua County
By Steven Walker | Nov. 3, 2020The fate of the presidency hangs in the balance of the Midwest and Georgia
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Gainesville Regional Transit System to offer free rides to polling locations for Election Day
By Steven Walker | Nov. 2, 2020All RTS bus rides will be free on Nov. 3
