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Southern pine beetle outbreak causes temporary closure of hiking trail in San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park.
Read More »Pine Beetle Infestation Temporarily Closes San Felasco Trail
For 200 Hours Each Year, This Man Picks Up Litter in Alachua County
Alex Rosenzweig is a familiar face on the streets of Alachua County, picking up litter to help keep his community clean and beautiful. He recently won a national award.
Read More »Gilchrist’s Blue Springs State Park Officially Opens
The state of Florida officially added the 175th state park on Friday. Blue Springs State Park is open, campgrounds, springs, and all.
Read More »The Python Elimination Program: Saving The Everglades One Snake At A Time
The number of pythons caught and killed since the South Florida Water Management District launched the program speaks for themselves, killing over 800 pythons in one year.
Read More »Untold Florida: How Much Arsenic Is In City of Gainesville Tap Water?
This story emerged from an audience question. Submit your curiosities for Untold Florida, and we’ll find the answer.
Read More »Fairer Future
The energy burden facing Gainesville's low-income residents is not inevitable.
Read More »Energy Burden: Reaching Out
Many Gainesville residents may not realize how much low-income families struggle to pay utility bills here. A small but committed corps has worked on the problem for years. But ultimately, solving the energy burden will take the larger community and core fixes, from affordable housing to transportation.
Read More »Energy Burden: Deficient Dwellings
Inferior housing is a key factor for why the poor pay more for energy in Gainesville, including rental properties with appliances so old or inefficient that utility bills can rival the rent.
Read More »Energy Burden: The Power of Irma
Gainesville residents did not have equal access to energy and water in the wake of the hurricane; the reasons stretch back to the city's historic development roots.
Read More »Energy Burden
Energy comes at a much greater cost for Gainesville’s poor, from the portion of income spent on utilities to the number of days without power after Hurricane Irma. A special report on why the poor pay more, and what we can do.
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