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The vote to transmit Plum Creek's Envision Alachua Sector plan to the state for further review will be held Tuesday. Three out of the five County Commissioners need to vote in favor to move the plan forward.

The plant will replace two 1960s-era coal-fired plants and will start putting out energy to customers in 2018.

Citizens of Union and Bradford counties anticipate proposals for phosphate mines by New River. How will the Bradford County Commission address their concerns?

With 200-plus citizens interested in speaking about Plum Creek’s Envision Alachua Sector Plan, the Alachua County Commission had to call another recess Thursday night. By 10:30 p.m., the list of those wishing to address commissioners reached 230. Public comment will resume Thursday at Eastside High School’s auditorium. “We owe it …

After a yearlong intermission and a $1.8 million renovation, Bo Diddley Plaza will reopen to the public in March. The plaza will host a concert on Feb. 25, five days before the official reopening.

The commissioners are an elected body and not obligated in any way to follow county staff's advice.

Property owners in Alachua County are closer to having better access to clean energy solutions following a Alachua County Board of County Commissioners vote Tuesday to sign an agreement with Renew Financial and Ygrene Works.

The Hilton University of Florida Conference Center is set to receive $9 to $11 million in renovations since the University of Florida Board of Trustees approved Xenia Hospitality Group's request to sell its interests in the hotel to the Arden Group of Philadelphia.