Gainesville literary journal releases 2021 edition
The Writer’s Alliance of Gainesville (WAG) will host a special event on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. for the 2021 launch of its 12th annual Bacopa Literary […]
UF Press secures new federal grant
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) released its list of 305 grant recipients for the Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) awards […]
Williston to hold 32nd annual peanut festival
The Williston Chamber of Commerce will make George Washington Carver proud once again at its 32nd annual Central Florida Peanut Festival this Saturday from 9 a.m. […]
GHA finishes trio of housing units
The non-profit arm of the Gainesville Housing Authority (GHA) cut the ribbon Wednesday morning on the last of three houses it built in North Lincoln Heights […]
Burlington to open at Butler Plaza
Burlington Coat Factory struck a deal and will open in Butler Plaza during the Fall of 2022 following its first store’s success. The retailer currently plans […]
GFR pushes new engine into service
Gainesville Fire Rescue (GFR) celebrated its newest fire engine with an inaugural ladder push into the station on Tuesday morning at Station 9 in Butler Plaza. […]
LifeSouth celebrates new donor center
LifeSouth Community Blood Centers will cut the ribbon on its new location in the Steeplechase Publix shopping center off of Newberry Road this Thursday from 4 […]
Family remembers Mary Cade as kind, compassionate
Across Gainesville, Mary Strasburger Cade’s impact is felt in a few large ways—like the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention and the Gainesville Community Foundation—but also […]
UF celebrates 50 years of women’s sports
UF will kick off a monthslong celebration of the 50th year of women’s athletics on Saturday as members of the inaugural gymnastics, swimming and track and […]
Commission votes Arreola as next mayor pro-tem
The Gainesville City Commission voted in Commissioner David Arreola as the next mayor pro-tem at its Thursday special meeting since Commissioner Gail Johnson will leave the […]
Gainesville to give away 250 trees
Choose from Magnolia, Cedar and Poplar trees and more at Morningside Nature Center from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday. The City of Gainesville will give […]
GPD Co-Responder Teams spearhead mental health response
Corporal Shelley Postle remembers blocking traffic at SE Williston Road and SE 16th Avenue in East Gainesville as cars slowed and stopped to avoid a wreck. […]
Florida High Tech Corridor wins $150K grant
The Florida High Tech Corridor and four university-based organizations won a $150,000 grant from the Small Business Administration (SBA) for their joint program aimed at aiding […]
DeSantis appoints new UF professor surgeon general
Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Dr. Joseph Ladapo, a new UF professor, as Florida’s next surgeon general and secretary of the Department of Health on Tuesday. Ladapo […]
Rain, flooding continues in North Central Florida
Rainfall in North Central Florida continues to leave parks saturated and rivers at or past their flood stages. The Santa Fe River near O’Leno State Park […]
UF presents East Gainesville urgent care plan
UF Health presented its plan for an East Gainesville urgent care facility to both the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners and the Gainesville City Commission […]
Florida, feds tussle over monoclonal supply
The Biden administration announced this week that it is handing control of the monoclonal antibody supply chain to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) […]
Commission meeting canceled over Facebook post
Thursday’s regular scheduled commission meeting would have been the last for Commissioner Gail Johnson and the commission’s last before its fall recess from Oct. 1-10. The […]
ARTSPEAKS returns for annual poetry event
ARTSPEAKS “Bringing Poetry & People Together” will return following the COVID pandemic hiatus for its 9th annual event at 5 p.m., Sunday, outside the Historic Thomas […]
Update: City cancels meeting due to threats
Update (6:53 p.m.): The Gainesville City Commission canceled its regular Thursday meeting on Wednesday afternoon after threats of violence aimed at members of the commission. The city […]
ACSO responds to two bomb scares
Update (9:05 p.m.): In a second update Santa Fe College confirmed that it received two separate bomb threat phone calls Tuesday. College officials do not believe […]
City manager receives $100,000; GRU head keeps job
The Gainesville City Commission approved a $100,000 severance package for outgoing City Manager Lee Feldman and Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) General Manager Ed Bielarski will keep […]
Airport CEO remembers 9/11, changes to security
As American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 were heading toward Manhattan’s Twin Towers, Allan Penksa and millions of others around the nation were […]
Dollar General prevails over Micanopy opposition
Micanopy citizens lost their battle to prevent a Dollar General from being built at the intersection of SR 441 and Tuscawilla Road Thursday. The Development Review […]