Gainesville awards $200,000 in grants as part of national project
Six local organizations will get the phase 2 funding.
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Gainesville awards $200,000 in grants as part of national project
Six local organizations will get the phase 2 funding.
North Florida springs restorations projects receive more than $13M
Gov. Ron DeSantis announces grant funds for recovery and restoration projects.
GRU Authority plans for more meetings in first workshop
Manager said more meetings needed to deliver business transformation.
Man drowns in Duval Park pond after fleeing police
Gainesville Police officers attempt traffic stop of stolen scooter.
Eastman’s housing proposal next heads to Gainesville City Commission
Proposal would lower minimum lot sizes for single-family homes.
Alachua County allows social media comments in 30-day trial
County shut down comments during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Paynes Prairie plane crash kills pilot
Small single-engine plane located late Tuesday afternoon.
Community maintains issues with proposed school rezoning
Several parents express dissatisfaction with current plans.
Small plane goes down in Paynes Prairie
Search crews locate wreckage around 5:15 p.m.
Alachua County Commission selects Alford as next chair
Commissioner Chuck Chestnut will serve as vice chair.
Newberry to go ahead with bidding, request traffic circle on SW 15th Avenue
City also to save $127,000, 120 days on water main change.
Gainesville’s finance director resigns after putting city audits on track
Wang will leave the city in December.
Sasse announces $5.4 million for strategic funding awardees
Funding initiative designed to advance interdisciplinary scholarship and student experience.
Alachua Conservation Trust receives $25M from USDA
Funds go toward Lake to Lagoon project in partnership with Volusia, Lake and Flagler counties.
Gainesville man dies in State Road 24 head-on crash
Three people injured in second vehicle.
Gainesville to transition defunct utility board into sustainability advisors
Board no longer needed after GRU transition.
Alachua Lions Club breaks ground on expanded Boy Scout building
Current cabin built in 1984.
UFPD arrests student for vandalizing pro-Israel sign
24-year-old faces 3-year ban from campus
Alachua County bed tax hits record $8.2 million
Visitors represent 26% of spending activity.
High schoolers compete at UF in AI utility challenge
Students tasked to design an AI smart grid.
Alachua County Public Schools to lower magnet acceptance requirements
Half of students will be chosen through lottery system, up from 25%.
Windsor Court Apartments fire damages four units
No injuries reported in Thursday morning blaze.
Cantore’s live reports in Cedar Key delivered lesson on storm surge danger
The Weather Channel meteorologist reported from UF/IFAS building during Hurricane Idalia.
Micanopy students take home 100 laptops
AT&T and Human IT to donate another 100 to Hawthorne students next week.