SBAC approves $300K budget amendment
May 3, 2022
The School Board of Alachua County (SBAC) discussed the Idylwild construction and a potential project to add bleachers at Buchholz’s field at its regular meeting on […]
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SBAC approves $300K budget amendment
The School Board of Alachua County (SBAC) discussed the Idylwild construction and a potential project to add bleachers at Buchholz’s field at its regular meeting on […]
Florida literacy initiative garners $50 million
Apr 29, 2022
Florida’s New Worlds Reading Initiative hit $50 million in corporate donations after the Legislature offered dollar for dollar tax credits to companies that support the effort […]
FHP conducting criminal probe into Levy bus crash
Apr 28, 2022
Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) investigators are conducting a criminal probe into the March 30 bus crash that sent five Levy County students to the hospital, including […]
ACPS starts technology survey, aims for ARPA funds
Apr 26, 2022
The Alachua County School District launched a home technology program to assess district needs and capitalize on a federal program, the Emergency Connectivity Fund, approved through […]
Tebow will speak at UF commencement ceremony
Apr 25, 2022
Former UF quarterback and philanthropist Tim Tebow plans to speak at the UF’s commencement ceremony scheduled for Friday. The ceremony will take place from 7 to […]
UF announces advisors for presidential search
Apr 15, 2022
Morteza Hosseini, chair of the UF Board of Trustees, announced the 13 advisors who will assist UF’s Presidential Search Committee in a Friday announcement. While not […]
SF College launches new scholarships
Apr 15, 2022
Santa Fe College will be adding $500,000 in scholarships for underserved, non-traditional students. The money will be in addition to the SF Foundation’s $1.5 million awarded […]
SF College receives state apprenticeship grant
Apr 13, 2022
Santa Fe College received $568,860 in state funding to expand the college’s registered apprenticeship programs. In an SF press release sent Wednesday, the college announced the […]
Buchholz math team wins 15th state title
Apr 13, 2022
The Buchholz High School math team won its 15th state championship over the weekend and will compete for its 14th national title in July. BHS defeated […]
McGraw campaigns for former school board seat
Apr 11, 2022
Former Alachua County School Board member Diyonne McGraw will run for a seat on the dais once again after Gov. Ron DeSantis removed her for living […]
Santa Fe College unveils Blount Hall
Apr 8, 2022
A four decade transformation from Gainesville’s Old Train Depot to the Santa Fe College’s Blount Hall became official Friday morning during a ribbon cutting ceremony on […]
Biden extends student loan freeze
Apr 7, 2022
For the third time, the president has extended a pause on student loan payback that started in March 2020. Debt payments and interest rates will remain frozen […]
SBAC votes on grant, UF research project
Apr 5, 2022
The School Board of Alachua County (SBAC) met on Tuesday evening for a regular meeting, the first since March 16 due to spring break. The meeting […]
ACPS students score top honors in competitions
Apr 5, 2022
After putting in the hard work, students from Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) are collecting awards from state and national competitions. This week, the school district […]
Judge: DeSantis right to remove McGraw from SBAC
Apr 4, 2022
An Alachua County judge ruled Monday that Gov. Ron DeSantis was within his rights to remove Alachua County School Board member Diyonne McGraw last year. “The […]
Florida Finds: Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo
Apr 2, 2022
It’s all happening at the zoo, the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, that is—the only zoo on a college campus in the United States accredited by […]
UF, Scripps Florida complete integration
Apr 2, 2022
UF Health and Scripps Research announced the completion of an integration more than eight months in the making. The transaction aims to “accelerate the pace of […]
Video: Watch the Levy County school bus crash
Apr 1, 2022
A dashcam video posted to Facebook appears to show a tractor-trailer traveling at 72 miles per hour when it plows into the back of a stopped […]
School bus crash sparks shipping company scrutiny
Apr 1, 2022
The Florida Highway Patrol’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE) unit is investigating the company operating the tractor-trailer that slammed into a Levy County school bus on Wednesday, […]
UF College of Medicine receives elite rankings
Mar 30, 2022
The University of Florida College of Medicine retained its spot as the state’s top-ranked medical school and remains among the nation’s premier institutions, according to new […]
UF names presidential search committee
Mar 29, 2022
The University of Florida announced a 15-person presidential search committee on Tuesday. “With these distinguished and dedicated committee members in place, we can now begin our […]
Research finds fish sounds important to ecosystems
Mar 27, 2022
Cows moo. Wolves howl. Birds tweet. And fish, it turns out, make all sorts of ruckus. “People are often surprised to learn that fish make sounds,” […]
Study looks at insecticide-resistant cockroaches
Mar 27, 2022
Scientists studying insecticide resistance in German cockroaches, a major pest, have made a surprising discovery: The insecticide-resistant roaches used in their study had lower amounts of […]
Lincoln Middle School team wins MATHCOUNTS
Mar 20, 2022
The Lincoln Middle School team won the statewide MATHCOUNTS competition for the fifth time in the past six events on Wednesday. According to an Alachua County […]