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Under federal law, schools are not permitted to fund meals for students during times when they normally would have been off from school.
Read More »Gainesville Businesses Help Schools Feed Students During Spring Break
Alachua County Aiming For UF Students To Say They Live In Gainesville For 2020 Census
Alachua County lost hundreds of millions of dollars of federal funding because too few UF students stated during the 2010 census counting that they lived in Gainesville, officials said.
Read More »From the Front Lines: Alachua County Issues Stay-at-Home Order
Alachua County Commissioner Robert Hutchinson in a meeting with Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe issued an emergency stay-at-home order.
Read More »UF To Launch Coronavirus Testing, Research
While the UF testing will be located at The Villages, it’s open to people who book appointments online at the website, https://ufhealthcovid.com.
Read More »Florida Shuts Down Visits To Prisons Until At Least April 5 Over Pandemic
As Florida's confirmed cases of the coronavirus pandemic rise, the risk of the disease spreading within state prisons and jails is causing officials to rethink how Florida keeps its criminals behind bars.
Read More »Gainesville Business, Residents React To Closing Of All Dine-In Options In Florida
Many dining and beverage spot owners said they were just as worried about the impact on the community as they were their own short- and long-term business viability.
Read More »Stuck In Peru: Coronavirus Strands Gainesville Woman Far From Home
Jessica Brar, a 34-year-old Gainesville yoga instructor, flew to Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 9, when the United States was still just waking up to the seriousness of COVID-19. It was supposed to be another adventure for Brar, who loves to travel, but international travel became difficult with the virus, and she's been stranded in Peru. The U.S. Embassy has shuttered and Brar feels abandoned by her country. American officials, she said, failed to come through in her hour of need.
Read More »Introducing ‘From the Front Lines,’ WUFT’s Daily Podcast About Coronavirus In Florida
This podcast will serve to provide an update on Florida's response to coronavirus, with a particular focus on north central Florida.
Read More »Florida, U.S. Theater And Movie Houses Struggling Because Of Coronavirus Outbreak
“It’s not a great time for the arts in general,” said Julie Campitelli of the Hippodrome State Theatre.
Read More »I Tried To Get Tested For COVID-19 In Alachua County. Here’s What Happened.
It was something I hadn’t known to be afraid of — to not be able to breathe comfortably, and not know where to get care.
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