A proposed plan to build a nuclear power plant near Levy County has a small group of Alachua County residents in an uproar over the potential environmental and safety hazards, despite assurances by company officials that the plant will be closely regulated.
An American cyclist’s controversial decision to step down from his position at the Livestrong Foundation sparked mixed reactions in Gainesville on Wednesday.
Government agents arrested a Gainesville man early Wednesday morning on accusations of illegally importing and selling dinosaur fossils stolen from Asia.
Users of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader may get some cash back if a judge approves legal settlements between three major publishers and the attorneys general of mostof the United States.
A therapy organization is going to do some horsing around this Sunday.
About 3,500 people strolled throughout the gardens at the 25th annual Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Fall Festival.
Dottie DeBruhl sat with her walker at her side, carefully smoothing the edges of a colorful tapestry featuring Cinderella- and strawberry-print fabrics and an American flag.
Michelle Dunlap has a soft spot for what many people consider vicious, ugly killers.
To combat the rising number of homeless people, the Gainesville/Alachua County Office of Homelessness will raise money through grants and organize community events to increase awareness, said Theresa Lowe, office director.
The Alachua County Fair starts at 5 p.m. Friday at the Alachua County Fairgrounds, 3100 NE 39th Ave., with a concert and will run through Oct. 27.
When Aaron King longboards through Gainesville, many people don’t realize he’s riding an electric board.
The Alachua County Office of Sustainability, Florida Organic Growers and Citizen’s Co-op were some of the local organizations that collaborated for the Fall Planting Event.
More people know Wayne Wheeler by his pets than by his name.
One month after the Alachua County Health Department found two Gainesville chickens that tested positive for West Nile virus, Anthony Dennis, county environmental health director, said the county is buzzing with surveillance and precautions.
The 31st Downtown Festival & Art Show packed downtown with about 100,000 people Saturday and Sunday.
Governors Reubin Askew, Bob Graham, Bob Martinez, Buddy MacKay and Charlie Crist spoke to each other — and an audience of about 500 people — as part of the 2012 Allen L. Poucher Legal Education Series.
About 100 people stumbled in and out of the Hippodrome State Theatre Saturday to see Violet, a 21-year-old bat, and Edgar, a Rodrigues fruit bat, for an event hosted by the Lubee Bat Conservancy.
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Occupy Gainesville, a protest movement inspired by Occupy Wall Street, a group of movement members marched from Bo Diddley Community Plaza to 13th Street, holding signs and wearing black T-shirts that displayed the phrase, “We are the 99 percent.”
About 210 students, alumni and Gainesville residents filled the Murphree Commons Courtyard to enjoy an inflatable obstacle course, live music, a chance to pie residential assistants in the face and, of course, 90 pounds of sausage.
Brian Pope, director of the Lubee Bat Conservancy, will bring two bats to the theatre’s cinema from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday to raise awareness for bat extinction at the first “Go Batty” event.
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