Youth livestock show wraps up with live auction
Carson Willis of Alachua left the show ring on Saturday with her market steer and a grand champion blue ribbon. Now that 1,222-pound steer is up […]
Outdoors
Elected officials compete in goat costume show before ribbon cutting
It wasn’t the goat in the rainbow tutu or the one dressed like a sailor that stole first place in the celebrity show featuring the costuming […]
Primping in high gear at the youth livestock show
They don’t call it a show for nothing. While Newberry 4-H member Bryer Boyd, 8, was preparing her lionhead rabbit on Saturday with a checklist of […]
Weigh-ins begin, livestock arrive at Alachua County youth fair
The first rule of raising a market swine for the 2021 Alachua County Youth Fair and Livestock Show: Don’t give it a name. Eleven-year-old Eli Surrency […]
County seeks your parks and open spaces photos
The Alachua County Parks and the open space department is looking for original photos of county parks and open spaces for print and digital pieces and […]
UF canine blood bank program benefits pets and owners
When Kenzie the 6-year-old greyhound is done with her procedure at the University of Florida’s Small Animal Hospital (SAH), she gets a can of food, a […]
County sets in motion scenic designation of Tuscawilla Road
There are centuries of history packed into the mile-long stretch of road that connects historic downtown Micanopy with U.S. Highway 441, making it a candidate for […]
Triggerfish season, new flounder regulations start March 1
The recreational gray triggerfish season reopens to harvest in Gulf state and federal waters March 1 and will remain open through May 31. It will close […]
Gainesville gets grant to restore Tumblin Creek
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) has awarded $512,073 to Gainesville to repair damage Hurricane Irma inflicted on Tumblin Creek in 2017. The DEO funds […]
FWC moves to repel 16 high-risk invasive reptiles in Florida
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) on Thursday approved new rules to address the importation, breeding and possession of high-risk invasive reptiles—overruling the objections […]