The Florida Department of Health will investigate business and county officials over violations in Florida's law banning vaccine passports.
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Young children traded in toys and recess for masks and social distancing. The CDC recommends children between the ages of two and 12 wear masks in public spaces. It also suggests kids wear masks around people who are not in their household.
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After closing in 2020 due to Covid-19, the historic High Springs Grady House bed-and-breakfast is open once again.
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The Alachua County School Board has until Friday, Oct. 8, to respond to the emergency petition filed on Friday.
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The crackdown intensified the battle over whether school districts can set student mask requirements, a debate that is also playing out in courts.
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College football stadiums across Florida with tens of thousands of non-masked, screaming students and boosters packed closely together have so far resulted in no recognizable community outbreaks amid the pandemic, according to infection figures on the state’s biggest campuses.
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The effects of COVID-19 on Florida’s food industry continue to persist. The state is experiencing an increase in food prices due to labor and supply shortages for importing companies. Food distributor Shelly Chen is seeing the impacts on her customers. While she said price increases haven’t forced business closures, her …
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In a meeting Tuesday, the Alachua County School Board voted 4-1 to continue with mandatory masking for all students. Only medical exemptions will be accepted for students in kindergarten through eighth-grade. Parent exemptions will be accepted for high schoolers.
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Rejecting arguments by parents of children with disabilities, a federal judge has refused to reconsider a decision that backed Gov. Ron DeSantis in a battle about student mask requirements in schools.
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Alachua County Public Schools has launched a new tutoring program for its students, and it’s completely free of cost. The new Beyond the Bell virtual tutoring program is available to students of all grade levels and run by volunteer teachers from the school district. According to Patti Knapp, the coordinator …
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