Gainesville Fire Rescue firefighters train all year and complete live fire training to keep them sharp and efficient in every situation. As the older generation of firefighters retires, GFR training officials need to do everything they can to refresh returning firefighters and get recruits up to speed.
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Members of the Jewish community at the University of Florida are standing together with support from peers, parents, faculty and alumni in the weeks after an antisemitic message was displayed at a football game. Rabbi Jonah Zinn said he received texts from many disturbed students on Oct. 29. That night, …
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Gainesville's zero-waste initiative reduces single-use plastic accessories like forks and ketchup in restaurants. It also requires apartment complexes to collect discarded but usable furniture and donate them. And it creates an expanded food network to redirect food that is past its sell-by date to Gainesville food pantries.
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Hurricane Ian has left thousands of Florida residents struggling with basic needs, and many organizations are making donation and volunteer opportunities available to the public. Gov. Ron DeSantis encourages the public to make monetary donations to enable relief organizations to do their work. Within the last 24 hours, people have donated more than $2 million to Florida hurricane relief efforts. The Category 4 hurricane shifted its course to the east before making landfall just after 3 p.m. Wednesday, catching residents off guard. Many people who could not evacuate are experiencing flooding and infrastructure failure.
Read More »The Wawa on West University Avenue was closed Monday morning after an unknown male reported a bomb threat at the establishment.
Read More »ABC News broadcast a new episode of their 20/20 series, called "the Devil in Gainesville," detailing 1990 UF student murders.
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The University of Florida will include its students in a study this summer to see how well Moderna’s vaccine prevents transmission.
Read More »Alachua County launched a rental relief program on Monday and is now accepting applications until Sept. 30.
Read More »Gas prices in Florida have hit a record high for 2021. The rise in price is thought to be a result of COVID-19 vaccination and the snowstorm in Texas.
Read More »The University of Florida conducted a study that found new discoveries about bike racks on public transportation vehicles.
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