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Alachua County commissioners discussed setting new rates for the stormwater assessment fee to bring in more funding to deal with the flood issues.
Read More »Alachua County Commissioners Discuss Raising Stormwater Assessment Fee
Gainesville Commissioner Encourages Switch To Paper Straws
Gainesville is looking to become a zero-waste city by 2040. According to Gainesville city commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos, eliminating plastic straws may be a big step toward that goal.
Read More »Florida Gets Another Chance To Make Case In ‘Water War’
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Florida should be given another chance to prove its case that overconsumption of water in Georgia is damaging the Apalachicola River system.
Read More »Boardwalk At Devil’s Millhopper State Park Unlikely To Open Until 2019
The park and its nature trail around the sinkhole remain open.
Read More »Gainesville Businesses Strive To Be Waste Free
The Gainesville City Commission has adopted an initiative aiming for a 75 percent recycling rate by 2020, 90 percent by 2030 and “zero waste” by 2040.
Read More »Micanopy Farm Seeks Foster Homes For Horses
After an unusually stormy start to the Florida summer, the Horse Protection Association of Florida is seeking temporary foster homes for some of the horses until their flooded pastures dry up.
Read More »Alachua County Votes To Buy Weiss Property, Open Trails Within A Year
That 12-month trail-opening timeline was part of his motion Tuesday night to have the county spend $2.9 million for its share of a joint $4.4 million purchase with the City of Gainesville.
Read More »Tourism Boost Sought After Alberto Blows Through
As winds and rains let up from Subtropical Storm Alberto, Florida officials Tuesday were quickly spinning ways to draw tourists to areas that may have missed out on Memorial Day crowds.
Read More »Florida Voices | Kenny Camp, 40 Acres
Black farmers made up 16 percent of U.S. farmers in 1920. Today, that number is less than one percent. Kenny Camp worries the family he has worked on since he graduated high school will end with him.
Read More »More Sinkholes Open In Marion County
More sinkholes were reported Monday in Marion County around homes that were previously evacuated for the same reason in February.
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