Florida Board of Governors delays UF presidency vote
Postponement comes amid governance concerns by the chair.
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Florida Board of Governors delays UF presidency vote
Postponement comes amid governance concerns by the chair.
8 Alachua County athletes head to Special Olympics for Team Florida
Special Olympics USA Games held in Minneapolis.
Waldo hires new city manager as Kim Worley says goodbye after 25 years
Former Bradford County assistant manager Amanda Brown voted in.
Gainesville open to purchase, partnership bids for Ironwood Golf Course
Options to return this fall.
Construction of downtown Gainesville’s The Streatery hits major milestone
First phase scheduled to reopen by end of June.
Lake City Police seek attempted murder suspect in June 14 shooting
Arrest warrant issued for Jonathan Mahorian.
Alachua County School Board bails on Citizens Field, returns to drawing board
Staff to evaluate all other options.
Alachua County Tax Collector’s Office awarded for continued high-level service
Office handles 550,000 transactions annually.
Federal jury: Levy County Sheriff’s deputy violated Fourth Amendment rights
Deputies entered Bronson home without consent.
Newberry Community School Board approves $5.9M operating budget for 2026-27
Board also approved quote to reprogram school radios and tabled election of officers.
GRU Authority: 39 months from audit to creation to preemption
A full timeline of Mainstreet stories.
Frazer School files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid financial issues
School attributes financial problems to former owner.
Alachua County grand jury indicts 3 people in separate homicide cases
Cases included child drowning in January and fatal drive-by shooting in 2022.
Woodside Villas Apartments fire claims 2 pets
Blaze occurs on Sunday evening.
Orlando man, 46, dies in 2-vehicle collision north of Williston
Archer woman injured in Saturday crash.
Car hits, kills Alachua woman, 68, walking on County Road 241
Collision occurs on Friday afternoon.
9 Gainesville candidates on ballot for 2026 elections
Three races on August ballot.
DeSantis signs bill that preempts GRU Authority with 24-word amendment
Amendment applies only to Gainesville’s utility.
Single-vehicle crash on I-10 in Suwannee County kills 2
Man and woman from Fayetteville, North Carolina, die in accident.
Eastman earns second term representing Gainesville’s District 4
Gainesville Commissioner Bryan Eastman will return to the dais for a second term after no one filed to run against him. Eastman represents District 4, which consists of much of […]
Petition gains traction to revive Krishna Lunch at UF amid university’s silence
Owner aims to clear up misinformation.
Gainesville electric rates to stay flat, water to increase in next fiscal year
Utility to pay $128 million in debt.
Newberry’s Dallas Lee wins statewide Excellence in Leadership award
Lee started as unpaid intern.
Santa Fe River Conservation Corridor expands with protection of 40 additional acres
Alachua Conservation Trust acquires Gilchrist County property.