UF, in addition to the county, are investing in both community education and smart recycling technologies to help prevent pollution and reduce environmental impact.
The Cold Night Shelter program is made available by the City of Gainesville and normally runs between Nov. 1 and March 31.
The Gainesville chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation organized a protest in front of Bo Diddley Plaza Sunday morning — a demonstration in response to the killing of U.S. citizen Alex Pretti by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota on Saturday.
Millhopper Family Dentistry will host its free dental clinic, Care to Share, Feb. 28 beginning at 8 a.m. for the first 100 people on a first-come, first-served basis. Free dental services include fillings, extractions and cleanings, according to the Care to Share flyer.
With their route to school now blocked, the family has faced some challenges.
Brock will go on to represent Alachua County in the statewide Teacher of the Year program, which is normally held in late July.
After he caught word of the lesser nighthawk sighting in Alachua County, Tim Hardin went to see it for himself. It took him three days to finally catch a glimpse of the speckled bird, with its small pointed beak and sharp eyes, against the backdrop of Sweetwater Wetlands Park Dec. 19.
The Alachua County School Board dismissed rumors of a school closure and addressed Immigration and Customs Enforcement policies at a meeting Tuesday.
The state-run facility drew in a crowd of protestors Sunday afternoon
Organizers held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the reopening of the renovated Martin Luther King Memorial Garden.
From young environmental enthusiasts to retirees, the Florida Master Naturalist Program has spent 25 years educating citizens.
On a breezy Saturday morning, Earl P. Powers Park buzzed with the sounds of people chatting, children playing and dogs barking as over 75 volunteers came to celebrate Arbor Day in Alachua County.
National immigration policy under the Trump administration has left Florida law firms overloaded and overwhelmed — including in Alachua County.
The board is responsible for overseeing more than 400,000 students across Florida’s 12 public universities.
A Gainesville woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with murder after allegedly drowning her 7-month-old.
The authority board filed complaints against the city for both the 2024 and 2025 Local Public Utilities referendums, and the 2024 case is still pending an appellate court decision. Oral arguments for the appeal in the 2024 case will be heard on Feb. 10 at the First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee.
The Alachua County Commission announced at Tuesday’s meeting that the state removed restrictions from a plot of county-owned land, making it a possible location for a long-awaited new animal shelter.
About 35 people gathered at Gainesville’s Albert “Ray” Massey Park at noon Sunday to protest U.S. military action in Venezuela and Immigration and Customs Enforcement across the country.
The Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization approved plans for two new crosswalks: a raised crosswalk in front of the Publix at University Village Market on Northwest Third Avenue and a regular crosswalk farther down the street by Northwest Fourth Place.
Around 75 protesters sported matching shirts and signs outside Melrose Heritage Park to oppose a proposed 270-acre event space.
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