The Keira Grace Foundation is a local charity with the goal of bringing treatment to juvenile cancer patients in developing countries. Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Chip Skambis spoke with former University of Florida and professional wide receiver and self-described entrepeneur Chris Doering about his recent trip to the Dominican Republic on behalf …

With 8 candidates vying for the Gainesville At-Large 1 city commission seat, most candidates were not able to gain enough support to move forward to the run-off.  Realtor Donna Lutz finished fourth, but she is happy with the campaign she ran. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/news/files/2012/01/Lutz6.mp3] She says the one thing she would like …

Tuesday night election results have led two At-Large candidates to face off in Gainesville’s runoff election, but Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Sanika Dange says to one of the candidates, this is not a surprise.  [audio:http://www.wuft.org/news/files/2012/01/SDPoewrap1.mp3] WUFT-FM’s Chip Skambis says another run-off candidate hopes the smaller field of candidates will mean more …

Update: All precincts now reporting.  Run-off confirmed. It looks like a run-off for the Gainesville city commission At-Large 1 seat. With one precinct still outstanding, WUFT-FM’s Chip Skambis says the Nathan Skop campaign is getting ready for the next step. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/news/files/2012/01/CHIPVOICER.mp3] WUFT-FM’s Sanika Dange says Lauren Poe’s campaign will still …

With the Republican presidential preference primary today, people are asking what to make of it. Florida 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Chip Skambis reports the Florida primary is a fairly accurate predictor of which candidate will secure the presidential nomination. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/PresidentialPrimaries.mp3]  

Many Alachua county residents are not happy with Senate Bill 958, which will override the airboat curfew in Alachua County, and the Alachua County commission is taking notice. As Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Chip Skambis reports, jurisdiction issues may be to blame. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/AirboatCORRECTION.mp3]

Republican State Senator Steve Oelrich from Cross Creek announced his candidacy for a new U.S. Congressional seat in North Central Florida that has emerged in re-districting maps in both the House and Senate. Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Chip Skambis spoke with Senator Oelrich about his candidacy and what he plans to bring to Washington. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/QASteveOelrich.mp3]

Gainesville is headed toward an innovation based economy and an expanded downtown. Gainesville Mayor Craig Lowe gave his state of the city address today, praising technological start-ups for leading the way in the development of this economy. Lowe says the expansion of the downtown area has been integral in the …

It’s not often you see websites protesting laws in Congress, but that’s exactly what users of sites like Wikipedia and Reddit saw yesterday. Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Chip Skambis reports the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act may endanger the state of the web as we know it. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/SOPABill.mp3] …

The season may be officially over for the Denver Broncos after the 45 to 10 spanking in last Saturday’s matchup with the New England Patriots.  But the hype across the country stirred up by Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow continues to grow on the internet. As Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Chip Skambis reports,  …