Breaking News: County Commission drops face mask mandate
May 19, 2020
The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 at a special emergency meeting today to drop the mandatory face mask order, instead making it strongly […]
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Breaking News: County Commission drops face mask mandate
The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 at a special emergency meeting today to drop the mandatory face mask order, instead making it strongly […]
Alachua County and Gainesville virtual joint commission meeting includes COVID-19 response and recovery efforts
May 19, 2020
The Alachua County Commission and City of Gainesville Commission will hold a Virtual Joint Meeting today at 3 p.m. The meeting includes a COVID-19 Update and […]
Florida’s reopening Phase 2 marks end of daily state issued COVID-19 updates
May 19, 2020
As Florida reopens and increases activity, the COVID-19 dashboard launched on March 16th to keep Florida citizens, researchers and media informed of case trends is set […]
Breaking News: Gainesville to reopen skate park
May 18, 2020
As skaters continued on Sunday to defy an emergency order that has closed playgrounds and parks in Gainesville due to the COVID-19, Gainesville City Manager Lee […]
Breaking News: Fleeing driver crashes into concrete barrier in Newberry
May 18, 2020
An automobile travelling west on Newberry Road at the intersection of Highway 27 collided into two concrete barriers in a commercial parking lot, and caught fire […]
Alachua County issues Order to match State’s Phase 1 revision
May 17, 2020
Alachua County has issued Order 2020-25 in response to and cooperation with the Governor’s Executive Order 20-123. Highlights include all businesses the Governor is allowing to […]
National media descends on Alachua County to cover drive thru weddings
May 17, 2020
Hours before the second round of drive-thru weddings kicked off on May 14th in Downtown Gainesville, Alachua County Clerk of the Court Jess Irby had a […]
DeSantis says Florida can ‘find a place’ for all professional sports to resume seasons
May 16, 2020
The Center Square — Florida says it can fill the black hole in many Americans’ lives caused by the COVID-19 suspensions or postponements of professional basketball, […]
Alachua County introduces new COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard
May 16, 2020
As the recovery continues, the County Commission is looking at information from many diverse sources and indicators as they make decisions on what the recovery in […]
Alachua County Supervisor of Elections, Property Appraiser offices to reopen May 18th
May 15, 2020
The Josiah T. Walls Builidng, home to the offices of the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections and Alachua County Property Appraiser, will reopen May 18. […]
DeSantis opens gyms, doubles occupancy rates for retail, restaurants starting May 18th
May 15, 2020
Florida restaurants and retail businesses can allow twice as many customers in starting May 18th. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivered the news during a briefing at […]
Alachua County Rural Collection and Hazardous Waste Collection Facilities return to normal operations next week
May 15, 2020
Effective Monday, May 18, 2020, the Hazardous Waste Collection Facility (5125 N.E. 63rd Avenue, Gainesville) will re-open to the public and commercial customers. The Hazardous Waste […]
Gainesville sends out surveys that includes COVID-19 response questions
May 15, 2020
The City of Gainesville has selected 1,000 neighbors across its four districts to fill out a survey on how the city has handled the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Initial unemployment claims in Florida increase 30% over previous week
May 15, 2020
The Center Square – In the week when some Floridians started returning to work, initial unemployment claims for the week ending May 9 jumped 30 percent […]
DeSantis adds Broward and Miami-Dade Counties to Phase 1 re-opening on May 18th
May 14, 2020
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and elected officials from Miami-Dade and Broward counties announced today they will be joining the other 65 counties in the state’s Phase […]
The COVID-19 Prayer: Alachua County Commissioner Chestnut delivers prayer addressing coronavirus
May 13, 2020
Commissioner Charles Chestnut asked viewers and his colleagues to bow their heads and then delivered the invocation at the beginning of the Alachua Board of County […]
Newberry exits State of Emergency Order then walks right back in
May 12, 2020
The Newberry City Commission voted 3-2 to lift the State of Emergency order status put in place on March 17th by letting a motion for its […]
Florida building network of ‘COVID-designated facilities’ for recovering assisted living residents
May 11, 2020
The Center Square – Florida is going to create a statewide network of “COVID-designated facilities” where nursing home, assisted care (ALF) and long-term care (LTC) residents […]
Alachua County re-opens public pools
May 9, 2020
The Alachua County Commission has released Emergency Order 2020-23 alternaizing the limited reopening of public pools. Below are the highlights of the order: View Full Order: […]
Drive-thru COVID-19 testing coming to Levy County
May 9, 2020
The Florida Department of Health in Levy County with the assistance of the Levy County Board of County Commissioners will be conducting free, community COVID-19 drive-thru […]
Phase 1: Hair salons, barbershops, and nail salons re-opening on May 11th
May 8, 2020
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis posted a video on his official Facebook page announcing the opening of hair salons and barber shops in Florida this Monday. In […]
The Friday Editorial: Are face masks really where you want to stand your ground?
May 8, 2020
I don’t like face masks. They’re uncomfortable, hard to breathe through, annoying, and I am continually making re-adjustments because I’m not used to having a string […]
Multiple Gainesville Fire Rescue crews respond to afternoon house fire
May 7, 2020
Crews from Gainesville Fire Rescue (Stations 1, 5 and 8) responded to a residential building fire in the 2500 block of NW 34th Boulevard this afternoon. […]
Florida Department of Health launches new COVID-19 mobile app to help flatten the curve
May 7, 2020
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, the Florida Department of Health announced the launch of a new mobile app, StrongerThanC19. The free app, available for iOS and Android devices, complements the […]