Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan was one of 80 mayors the White House invited to attend the Copenhagen Climate Conference in December, and she almost missed her chance to attend the international summit.
The Alachua County health program Choices (Community Health Offering Innovative Care and Educational Services), which provides health care services to the county’s working uninsured, got a new director Monday afternoon.
Judy Kenne has been teaching women how to put makeup on and face the day for the past five years.
Hidden within the health care legislation passed by Congress Thursday was a big bonus for college students — more money.
For five bucks, you can have a fake Facebook boyfriend.
Organizers estimate the event raised $815,000.
The money was raised from donations leading up to the event and donations made during it.
Seven members of Protect Gainesville’s Citizens Inc. met Thursday at Wild Iris Books to discuss their next move in the 27-year-long battle for a cleanup of the Cabot-Koppers Superfund site.
According to a study done by USA Today, Florida has the highest percentage of pedestrian and cyclist deaths.
County officials investigated the Dove World Outreach Center after receiving an anonymous complaint the church was violating tax-exemption laws.
The Keira Grace Foundation is hosting a fundraiser at the Hippodrome State Theatre Saturday at 6:30 p.m. to raise money for children with cancer in the Dominican Republic.
Tanning salon-goers seeking bronzed bods will have to pay more for a sun-kissed look this summer.
Long before he was a window cleaner and Gainesville mayor candidate, Don Marsh played chess.
A local man cut his neighbor in the face with a razor Wednesday afternoon after a disagreement over audio volume.
The City of Gainesville’s Possum Creek Park is getting a makeover.
Before the semester’s end, students taking bus trips from Gainesville will be able to sit back — or lie down — and enjoy the ride.
The Gator Nation just got a little bit greener.
At a public forum Tuesday, Dan Rua told a group of about 30 people why Google should give a gig for Gainesville.
Florida’s inventors now have the opportunity to earn a little more cash to fund their creations.
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