Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.

Donate Now

Newsletter

We inform. You decide.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Metro: Alachua County

Florida Alligator

Metro

Ginnie Springs shuts down following state’s COVID-19 stay-at-home order

By AJ Bafer | Apr. 7, 2020

People with April reservations are being offered full refunds

Changweng Deng, one of the donation organizers, unloads boxes of PPE from the back of a pickup truck on Thursday to donate to UF Health Shands Hospital. Everyone present at the donation observed social distancing guidelines by standing six feet apart and wearing facemasks to protect themselves from COVID-19, they told The Alligator.

Metro

Members of Chinese community donate medical supplies

By Kaelyn Cassidy | Apr. 5, 2020

Thousands of masks have been donated.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Metro

Alachua County’s COVID-19 cases reach 115; Florida cases jump to 11,000

By Alex DeLuca | Apr. 4, 2020

Gainesville has a total of 88 cases

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at C.B. Smith Park, Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. The park will be used for a drive thru COVID-19 testing facility. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Metro

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issues COVID-19 30-day stay-at-home order

By Alyssa Feliciano | Apr. 1, 2020

Florida’s stay-at-home order due to COVID-19 will go into effect Thursday at midnight. Florida has almost 7,000 cases of COVID-19.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Metro

Tuesday COVID-19 updates: Alachua passes 80 cases; public schools closed until May

By Sarah Mandile and Valentina Botero | Mar. 31, 2020

UF fraternity and sorority members have also been directed to leave campus

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Metro

Alachua County COVID-19 cases nearly reach 80

By Alex DeLuca | Mar. 30, 2020

The latest cases are all Florida residents

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Metro

LIVE BLOG: Gainesville and Alachua County joint telephone town hall

By Grethel Aguila | Mar. 26, 2020

City and county officials collaborated to answer citizen's questions about the local effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic in a telephone town hall Thursday. The live tweets of the town hall by city commission reporter Grethel Aguila are as follows:

school kids

Metro

Alachua County community to offer free lunches for children and young adults

By Samantha Chery | Mar. 24, 2020

The grab-and-go lunches will be given out until March 27

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Metro

Alachua County Commission discuss how stay-at-home order will be applied

By Sarah Mandile | Mar. 24, 2020

The emergency meeting was conducted over Zoom

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Metro

Alachua County has 35 positive COVID-19 cases

By Alex DeLuca | Mar. 22, 2020

44 percent of the county’s cases are in their 20s

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Metro

25 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alachua County

By Alyssa Feliciano | Mar. 21, 2020

There is now community transmission occurring in the county

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Metro

Friday COVID-19 updates: Alachua County has 15 cases; restaurants and RecSports fitness centers close

By Alex DeLuca , Valentina Botero and Grethel Aguila | Mar. 20, 2020

The four latest cases are all Florida residents

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Metro

Thursday COVID-19 updates: four new county cases; postponed graduation date announced

By Chasity Maynard , Anna Wilder and Grethel Aguila | Mar. 19, 2020

The three latest cases are all younger than 60

A woman votes in the presidential primary election at the the Summit View Church of the Nazarene Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in Kansas City, Mo. The polling place served two precincts as voters who were scheduled to vote at a nearby senior living facility were directed to vote at the church after the facility backed out due to coronavirus concerns. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Metro

2020 Primaries and City Commission Election Guide

Mar. 17, 2020

Election day is March 17. Here's what Alachua County and Gainesville voters need to know.

A voter makes her choice during the Democratic Presidential primary voting Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Metro

Polling location moved after Sunday evening church fire

By Alex DeLuca | Mar. 16, 2020

Election Day voting and procedures will be unaffected by the building change

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Metro

Fourth case of the coronavirus confirmed in Alachua County

By Stephany Matat | Mar. 15, 2020

It is a 65-year-old female from New York

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Metro

Alachua County confirms third case of COVID-19

By Alex De Luca | Mar. 13, 2020

The patient is a non-Florida resident visiting from Europe

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Metro

Alachua County has its second case of COVID-19

By Sarah Mandile and Grethel Aguila | Mar. 12, 2020

The 24-year-old female recently traveled to Europe

Alachua County residents show up to vote in the Florida primaries at the Reitz Union Sunday evening.

Metro

Early voting sites taking extra measures in midst of coronavirus

By Anna Wilder | Mar. 11, 2020

4,700 people have voted early so far this year

Harry Jones, a 61-year-old formerly incarcerated Alachua County resident, registers to vote Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, at the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections office. Jones, who has been out of prison for 13 years, had his right to vote restored after Amendment 4 passed in the 2018 midterm election. Tuesday was the first day Amendment 4 was put into effect. About 50 people registered to vote in Alachua County, said TJ Pyche, the elections office spokesperson.

Metro

Voter registration deadline hits Alachua County

By Hope Dean | Feb. 16, 2020

Tuesday is the last day you can register before the presidential primaries

Powered by

Solutions by The State News

All Content © 2026 The Independent Florida Alligator and Campus Communications, Inc.