A 261-page Florida Department of Environmental Protection dam safety report released in March has given the decades-long battle a renewed sense of urgency. What was once a low-hazard structure with no potential for death or flooding has changed as it’s aged.

The Ayerses have owned the Journal since 1939, when J. Min Ayers, John Ayers’ father, bought it in installments of $18 after working there for five years. The last issue was printed Feb. 24.

The group consists of nearly 20 middle and high school students from every corner of Alachua County, most of whom go to school outside of Gainesville.

Cloaked in a flag with shades of teal and seafoam green representing queer men, Rey Arcenas shouted into a megaphone: “This legislation will kill queer youth.” Arcenas, 19, a freshman history and philosophy major at the University of Florida, spoke just before a crowd of 150 began a protest march …

Gainesville took another step toward its bid to solve the affordable housing crisis with the City Commission voting to support creating a partnership with the local housing authority.