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Study finds drop in consumer confidence
By Front Page Edition on February 28th, 2012 | Last updated: February 28, 2012 at 5:42 pm
By Bryan Garcia – WUFT-FM Confidence amongst Florida’s consumers dropped for the first time in three months. As Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Bryan Garcia reports, the most recent study by the University of Florida shows that consumer spending could be on [...]
ASPCA helps in one of the largest animal cruelty cases in Florida
By Front Page Edition on February 28th, 2012 | Last updated: February 28, 2012 at 5:36 pm
By Courtney Allen – WUFT-FM The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is taking steps to protect animals in the state of Florida. As Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Courtney Allen reports, the group is assisting several agencies in one [...]
Water managers battle over budgetary control
By Front Page Edition on February 28th, 2012 | Last updated: February 28, 2012 at 5:32 pm
By Chip Skambis – WUFT-FM Florida’s regional water management districts may lose control of their funding. As Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Chip Skambis reports, a proposed senate bill would put control of their major sources of funding under the legislature’s control.
UF hazing committee developing incident reporting site
By Front Page Edition on February 27th, 2012 | Last updated: February 27, 2012 at 4:31 pm
By Chris Gilmore – WUFT-FM The University of Florida’s Anti-Hazing Committee met for the third time this year. The group formed in late January just a few weeks after hazing cases at FAMU brought national attention to the initiation practice [...]
Rain showers helping wildfire efforts, but not for the long-run
By Front Page Edition on February 27th, 2012 | Last updated: February 27, 2012 at 4:08 pm
By Sanika Dange & Fernanda Ponce – WUFT-FM Gainesville residents are pulling out their umbrellas, as this week continues to deliver more rain showers. But Wildfire Mitigation Specialist Ludie Bond says this is a welcome weather change. Bond says in the [...]
Health officials want youth educated on the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases
By Front Page Edition on February 27th, 2012 | Last updated: February 27, 2012 at 3:16 pm
By Tondrea Haddly – WUFT-FM The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates more than one million people are living in the United States with HIV. Being sexually active becomes more of a risk everyday. Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Tondrea Haddly reports [...]
City commission candidates Poe and Skop share their visions for Gainesville
By Front Page Edition on February 24th, 2012 | Last updated: February 27, 2012 at 9:11 am
By Chip Skambis (reporter) and Chris Peralta (producer) - WUFT-FM Lauren Poe and Nathan Skop are facing off for the At-Large 1 seat on the Gainesville City Commission. Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Chris Peralta report, both candidates have ideas and plans they would like to [...]
Gatornationals: meeting the “need for speed”
By Front Page Edition on February 24th, 2012 | Last updated: February 24, 2012 at 5:53 pm
By Cameron Taylor – WUFT-FM Gainesville is continuing a tradition of the 43rd Annual National Hot Rod Assocation’s Gatornationals, but this year a milestone is being celebrated. Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Cameron Taylor spoke with Auto Plus Raceway at Gainesville Executive General Manager Don Robertson about [...]
Forbes list billionaire wants water permit to beef up Marion County’s cattle industry
By Front Page Edition on February 24th, 2012 | Last updated: February 24, 2012 at 5:07 pm
By Kelsey Diaz – WUFT-FM Marion county’s largest private property owner is looking to beef up the area’s cattle industry, but he’ll need a lot of water to do it. While some residents would welcome an economical boost to the [...]
Prairie Creek Lodge to display artwork from year-long project this weekend
By Front Page Edition on February 24th, 2012 | Last updated: February 24, 2012 at 3:51 pm
By Kelsey Diaz – WUFT-FM The Alachua Conservation Trust and Six Artists-Six Prairies are holding a project-closing event tomorrow at Prairie Creek Lodge off CR 234 near Rochelle, just east of Gainesville. The event will feature paintings of area prairies, [...]






















