After more than two years of local and national advocacy, the Gainesville Loves Mountains organization has taken the next step in an attempt to end Gainesville Regional Utilities’ purchase of mountaintop-removal coal.
The Alachua County Commission passed the wage recovery ordinance during a special meeting Tuesday night.
Randy Wells says he needs three more years to get the job done.
Every Friday for the past 25 years, W. E. “Mac” McEachern has been meeting with friends at breakfast restaurants around Gainesville.
Gainesville city election candidates discussed transportation needs, the closing of a former jail and building renovations during a forum Saturday afternoon.
Underneath a massive, blue Americas Best Value Inn sign, streaming below a bridge on Southwest 13th Street, there is a narrow creek with an unusually green color.
The Gainesville City Commission voted Thursday afternoon to revamp the neighborhood parking decal program in neighborhoods around the UF campus area.
UF building construction junior Alfredo Espinosa announced his candidacy today for the District 4 City Commissioner seat.
Gainesville Commissioner Randy Wells will run for reelection after he submitted paperwork Monday to the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections.
When Dean Cheshire was a student senator at UF, he never thought he would actually run for political office.
Charles “Chuck” Chestnut was born and raised in Alachua County and doesn’t plan on leaving.
K. Siva Prasad is used to being at a disadvantage.
Editor’s note: This is part of a series that profiles candidates running for state and local offices.
Jean Calderwood knows the City of Alachua the way some people know their families.
Gainesville doesn’t seem like the place for someone who went to the University of Georgia, Clemson and the University of Tennessee.
John Martin doesn’t mind dancing to his own beat — especially at Gator basketball games.
The Gainesville City Commission voted 4-3 Thursday to send a proposed price hike for roam towing rates back to the Public Safety Committee. The same committee recommended earlier this year that the commission pass the measure.
The county held a community meeting Wednesday at the fairgrounds to discuss residents’ opinions and concerns about the current plan.
The Alachua County Health Department plans to hold a candy-flavored tobacco task force meeting at 3 p.m. Sept. 27 in its main building.
The Gainesville City Commission voted 4-0 Thursday night in favor of a new ordinance that would prevent bars with underage drinking violations from selling alcohol outdoors during game days.
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