While many people are still on the job hunt in Gainesville, some of their fellow unemployed peers have landed paid positions that have contributed to a nearly one-point drop in the area’s unemployment rate in February.
Against many citizens’ wishes, Paynes Prairie will no longer have living, breeding herds of bison and horses.
Professors might want to rethink how their students perceive them. In a study published in the March issue of Learning, Media and Technology, researchers found that professors who reveal a bit of their personal lives are viewed as being more credible and more caring by students.
About 600 participants attended the Eco-Artwalk, an event celebrating art focusing on earth’s natural beauty.
Protestors felt their governor wasn’t listening to them, so they broke out their megaphones on Friday.
This debate is about a number, a simple three digits. That number is 130, the legal amount of meals Gainesville soup kitchens can give out every day.
Eric Conrad and Bryan Griffin go head-to head in the Gainesville City Commission run-off election.
For Gainesville residents who missed out on the fun of drive-in dining for the past three years, it’s time to rejoice.
The thought of going to therapy may not sound appealing to students. That is why the Satvatove Institute, a nonprofit corporation based in Alachua County, is bringing a different approach to therapeutic seminars to Gainesville. According to UF graduate Maria Carter, college students should not wait for the empowered experience that can be provided to them by David Wolf and Marie Glasheen.
Despite the economic malaise that has grabbed hold of everyday life, Gainesville is still a great place to call home, commission candidates from two separate races said at a forum Tuesday.
Driving home is unnerving for John Banks. County Road 231 is in such disrepair, he said, that he sometimes has to drive in the oncoming traffic lane to avoid the potholes.
Rob Zeller and Susan Bottcher admit that they don’t agree on everything.
After 10 years and tons of free midnight breakfasts, GatorNights is still going strong.
If you planned on eating Hooters’ famous wings anytime soon in Gainesville, think again.
A police traffic service that cut down car crashes may be coming back after a lack of funding took it off the books.
Gainesville residents searching for ways to make their routines more green can educate themselves by attending the Cinema Verde Environmental Film and Arts Festival.
After all the votes were tallied and all the precincts accounted for, one candidate gets to go back to work as a winner, while four others have more work to do.
To get the budget season started, the Alachua County Commission decided Tuesday to ask County Manager Randall Reid to create a possible budget for 2012.
After all the sign-waving, door-knocking and hand-shaking, election day has finally arrived.
Stephon Lewis brought $650 of his own money when he met the UF student hoping to sell his iPhone 4, but Lewis’ friend brought a gun.
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