Florida Supreme Court rules in favor of BOCC
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously handed down a ruling siding with the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) against Sheriff Clovis B. Watson […]
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Florida Supreme Court rules in favor of BOCC
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously handed down a ruling siding with the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) against Sheriff Clovis B. Watson […]
GNV commission abruptly fires GRU chief
The Gainesville City Commission fired Ed Bielarski, general manager of Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU), at its General Policy Committee on Thursday in an unplanned motion by […]
Archer clerk cleared on ethics allegation
Florida’s Commission on Ethics announced Wednesday that it had found no probable cause against Deputy Clerk Deanna Alltop during a recent investigation. Last May former Archer […]
Federal Reserve to raise interest rates
Chairman Jerome Powell announced Wednesday that the central bank will start raising benchmark interest rates to help fight rising inflation. While the statement did not lay […]
Spurrier inspires crowd at Alachua Chamber gala
Former University of Florida head football coach Steve Spurrier raised $5,400 for the Alachua Chamber of Commerce before he even took the stage as the keynote […]
Pfizer to conduct omicron-specific vaccine trial
Pfizer and partner BioNTech are enrolling nearly 1,500 healthy adults to test a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine for effectiveness against the omicron variant. While the World Health […]
OSHA abandons business vaccine mandate
The Biden administration has withdrawn sweeping COVID-19 regulations it proposed for all U.S. businesses with 100 employees or more. The Supreme Court on Jan. 13 blocked […]
Chestnut edges Howland to win commission seat
Cynthia Chestnut repeated her narrow November win on Tuesday in the special runoff election, winning a seat on the Gainesville City Commission with 51 percent of […]
SAT will receive student-friendly makeover
No need for No. 2 pencils for the SAT, which will transition to an online format. The College Board, which administers the standardized test, announced on […]
UF Online receives top grade
U.S. News & World Report recognized UF Online, the University of Florida’s online bachelor’s degree program, as No. 1 in the nation in its rankings released […]
Coalition wants ACSO to accept community ID card
Representatives for the Human Rights Coalition (HRC) of Alachua County say there is a missing link preventing the Community ID Card program from succeeding. Veronica Robleto, […]
ACPS names Teacher of Year finalists
The three teachers selected as finalists in this year’s Alachua County Teacher Recognition Program come from different backgrounds, but all share a passion for helping students […]
DeSantis vows to fight feds on monoclonal shutdown
All monoclonal antibody sites in Florida are now closed after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration narrowed its emergency use authorization, eliminating treatments “unlikely to be […]
SW Gainesville shooting injures 1
Authorities are searching for a suspect who shot a 25-year-old male in Southwest Gainesville on Monday afternoon. According to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO), the […]
Curry talks collaboration, defends dismissals
The City of Gainesville needs help from community members to tackle housing, violence and other issues facing citizens, according to interim City Manager Cynthia Curry. Curry […]
Local COVID hospitalizations rise despite case dip
While the rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations moderately increased by 9 percent since last week, Gainesville hospital officials still say the patient number hasn’t peaked. According to […]
Authorities investigating infant death in Bell
The death of a 6-month-old child on Jan. 3 in Bell remains under investigation, Gilchrist County authorities announced Monday. Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) officers responded […]
BOCC will talk urgent care, transportation priorities
The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) will tackle an agenda that includes an art installation selection, COVID-19 update, East Side urgent care plans and […]
Judge stops UF from enforcing policy until trial
A federal judge is temporarily blocking UF from enforcing part of its conflict-of-interest policy for faculty and staff. Mark Walker, chief judge of the U.S. District […]
Judge blocks federal worker vaccine mandate
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown of Texas issued a nationwide injunction Friday, ruling the government cannot enforce a requirement that more than 3.5 million federal employees […]
China enforces zero-COVID policy before Olympics
Citing concerns of widespread COVID-19 infection, the Olympics organizing committee shortened the torch relay to only three days. The flame will be displayed in enclosed venues, […]
COVID cases, hospitalizations on statewide decline
COVID-19 cases are on the decline in Alachua County and across Florida as predicted by experts at the University of Florida. Researchers updated the model and […]
City employee files lawsuit, loses job
A city employee filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the city of Gainesville in federal court on Jan. 3 and her position was eliminated nine days […]
GNV, housing authority move to closer relationship
The Gainesville City Commission voted Thursday to move forward with a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the city and the Gainesville Housing Authority (GHA). The agreement […]