Florida NAACP leader Torey Alston, the chair of economic development, hopes President Obama's leadership will improve home ownership and unemployment prospects for African Americans and Latinos.
Read More »Area Residents Remember King With Celebration and Fellowship
Members of the Gainesville community celebrated the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a march and gospel event.
Read More »Cleanup Of Soil Contaminants In Stephen Foster Neighborhood Began Monday
Beazer East, Inc., a wood treatment company responsible for potentially-cancerous soil contamination in a neighborhood of the Gainesville area, began soil remediation at their pilot property at 436 NW 30th Ave. on Monday.
Read More »Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Will Now Take Your Biomass Noise Complaints
Noise, smoke and dust invading your neighborhood may seem like an urgent problem, but when it's the routine conditions of a licensed plant, officials say it's really not a 911 emergency.
Read More »Clay County School Board Members To Investigate Superintendent’s Conference
Investigation will soon be underway to determine whether Republican Clay County Superintendent Charlie Van Zant Jr. used taxpayer money to sponsor an American history conference without school board approval.
Read More »Chiefland Department Of Children And Families Will Close And Be Replaced By Website
The Department of Children and Families in Chiefland will close its doors on March 31, 2014.
Read More »State Lawmakers Provide Funding for Citrus Greening Issue
A House subcommittee will provide funding to the $9 billion industry to research citrus greening, a disease that affects citrus trees in Florida.
Read More »Final Steel Beam Added To New Gainesville Police Headquarters
The Gainesville Police Department is one step closer to moving into its new headquarters.
Read More »Local teachers file lawsuit over evaluation legislation
Janine Plavac and Kim Cook are two of the teachers involved in a lawsuit against both the state and district school boards. The suit has filed in response to legislation that requires teachers to be evaluated from student test scores.
Read More »Alachua County declares April ‘Water Conservation Month’
Alachua County has joined other state governments in declaring April "Water Conservation Month." Journalist and author Cynthia Barnett, who specializes in water issues, said although Florida is becoming more sustainable with water resources, conservation must become a collective effort to save the state's natural resources.
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