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City commissioners are expected to discuss Lyons' future on Thursday in a general policy committee meeting at city hall.
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Alachua County Remembers Pearl Harbor After 77 Years
Jim Yakubsin served as the featured speaker for the annual Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony held in the Freedom Center at Veterans Memorial Park in Gainesville.
Read More »In The Villages, Home To Thousands Of Golf Carts, Golf Cart Seat Belts Are Rare
The Villages Department of Safety reported responding to at least 86 accidents involving golf carts in 2018. Sixty-three of these involved injuries.
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Florida State Senator Lauren Book Advocates to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
Senator Book is the 2018 recipient of the L’Oreal Paris/Glamour Magazine “Heroes Among Us” Award, presented at the Glamour Magazine annual Women of the Year Summit and Awards Ceremony in New York City on Monday, November 12, 2018.
Read More »Unvarnished: Bless Her Heart, And Her Strength, Too
Episode 10 of Unvarnished is a special episode featuring a story from our host, Taylor Williams. Her story walks the listener down sidewalks in New York and through her journey to becoming a feminist.
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Future Gainesville Wawa Location Is One Of Three Designated Brownfield Sites
Gainesville is moving forward with the cleanup of a petroleum-contaminated site in town.
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It’s Known As The ‘ABC’ Plan. Can It Solve Red Tide?
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One Year After Irma, Some Marion County Cities Lack Reimbursement From FEMA
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15,000 Homes To Receive Energy From FPL and NextEra Energy’s New Suwannee County Solar Facility
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Volunteers Look To Uproot Invasive Plant Spreading Across Florida
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Florida Officials Raise State’s Death Toll To 16 After Hurricane Michael
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Steinhatchee Family Finds Strength And Tradition In Riding Out The Storm
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In The Villages, Home To Thousands Of Golf Carts, Golf Cart Seat Belts Are Rare
The Villages Department of Safety reported responding to at least 86 accidents involving golf carts in 2018. Sixty-three of these involved injuries.
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GRACE Marketplace To Get Crosswalk To Bus Stop
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LaCrosse Gets New Fire Engine After Month Without
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Families Of Crime Victims Will Receive Teddy Bears To Aid Grieving Process
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Hope Squad Comes To Alachua County High Schools For Suicide Prevention Training
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‘We Won’t Be Erased’: Gainesville Marks 2018 Transgender Day Of Remembrance
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Panama City Residents Face Long Road To Recovery After Michael
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Mural Depicting Asian American Historical Events Unveiled At Reitz Union
A six-panel, canvas mural created by eight student artists was unveiled today at the the University of Florida Asian Pacific Islander American Affairs office in Reitz Union.
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Guitar Art with Dana Hill and Henry Lowenstein
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George Starke Jr. Celebrated For Ending UF’s Segregation In 1958
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Game-Day Madness Swamps Midtown With Litter
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In Wake Of Pittsburgh Synagogue Shootings, UF Student Cherishes Her Faith Journey
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Anthony Lyons Offers To Resign As Gainesville City Manager
City commissioners are expected to discuss Lyons' future on Thursday in a general policy committee meeting at city hall.
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Future Gainesville Wawa Location Is One Of Three Designated Brownfield Sites
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Packed Crowd At Gainesville City Hall Pushes Commission To Delay GNV RISE Decision
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Reporter’s Notebook: Inside The Broward Supervisor Of Election’s Recount
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Election Changes Eyed As 2018 Results Finalized
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Alachua County Public Schools Seek Grant To Balance Achievement Gaps
Alachua County School District has asked for $1.2 million in grants to further assist schools in need.
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Bell Schools Showcase Special Needs Students’ Digital Arts At Exhibition
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Santa Fe College Blount Campus Expansion ‘Opens Opportunities’ For East Gainesville, Sasser Says
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Hope Squad Comes To Alachua County High Schools For Suicide Prevention Training
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Marion County Oakcrest Elementary Strives To Improve State’s Failing Grade
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GRACE Marketplace To Get Crosswalk To Bus Stop
GRACE Marketplace will finally be getting a crosswalk for residents to safely reach the bus stop across NW 39th Avenue.
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Santa Fe College Blount Campus Expansion ‘Opens Opportunities’ For East Gainesville, Sasser Says
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Gainesville Is Experiencing An Affordable Housing Crisis. Here’s How One Woman Became Part Of It
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CRA Board Approves Fiber-Optic Internet Deal For Eastern Gainesville Neighborhood
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Gainesville’s Historic Preservation Board Wants To Save St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
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Family-Owned Farm In Gilchrist County Selling Free-Range Turkeys For Thanksgiving
A small, family-run farm in Trenton is getting locals ready for Thanksgiving with its humanely raised turkeys. The farm has already sold 75 turkeys since October.
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Study Predicts Monkey Population Boom In Silver Springs State Park
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HOPE Organization Tries To Help People Get Better With Giant Helpers — Horses
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Greyhound Adoptions To Rise After Florida Passes Amendment 13
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The Story Of The Search For Jungle Friends’ Escaped Capuchin Monkey
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Packed Crowd At Gainesville City Hall Pushes Commission To Delay GNV RISE Decision
Over a hundred concerned residents packed the City Commission Auditorium in a meeting that lasted from 6 p.m. to midnight Thursday evening. Attendance was so high that many needed to watch the meeting from an overflow room downstairs.
Read More »Untold Florida: Storms, Disease And Rising Labor Costs Threaten Florida’s Blueberry Industry
Florida's blueberry industry yielded more than $200 million in 2017. The industry, however, has faced a multitude of setbacks from disease and extreme weather.
Read More »Gainesville Organizations Offer Free Taillight Clinic With Community ID Drive
Two Gainesville groups are teaming up this weekend to help local residents avoid potential legal troubles.
Read More »Nov. 29, 2018: Afternoon News In 90
Gainesville High School is preparing its students for after graduation. That and more in 90 seconds.
Read More »Nov. 29, 2018: Morning News In 90
The University of Florida's Sustainability Office held a bike to campus event on Wednesday. That and more in 90 seconds.
Read More »Families Of Crime Victims Will Receive Teddy Bears To Aid Grieving Process
A Jacksonville-area woman is helping families cope with loss by making teddy bears made out of clothing of loved ones killed due to violent crime.
Read More »Nov. 28, 2018: Afternoon News in 90
Gainesville residents participate in UF's Bike to Campus Day.
Read More »Nov. 28, 2018: Morning News In 90
Nikolas Cruz appeared in court yesterday. That and more in 90 seconds.
Read More »Evening News in 90: Nov. 27th 2018
Non-profits are hoping you have a sliver of money left to spend on a good cause this "Giving Tuesday" -- News from North Central Florida's public media stations on http://WUFT.org , 89.1 FM & Florida's 5.
Read More »November 27th, 2018: Morning News in 90
Amazon breaks their own record on Cyber Monday. That and more in 90 seconds.
Read More »Soul Surfer | Lance Maki Finds Peace In Religion And Surfing
Seventy-one year old surfer Lance Maki had a defining moment that changed the course of his life. In this hardship, it was his spirituality that saved him both in and out of the water.
Read More »Virtual Tour Demonstrates Dark World Of Dementia
Absolute Health of Ocala hosted the Virtual Dementia Tour to simulate the experience of patients living with dementia for caregivers.
Read More »Nov. 26, 2018: Evening News In 90
NASA's Insight lander will finally begin to explore Mars. That and more in 90 seconds.
Read More »Nov. 26, 2018: Morning News In 90
An Ocala man is hospitalized after shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend. That and more in 90 seconds.
Read More »The Point | Monday, Nov. 26, 2018: Why GNV Rise is so controversial
WUFT's newsletter for Monday, Nov. 26, 2018.
Read More »Unvarnished: When Gainesville Wasn’t So LGBT-Friendly
Karen Johnson discusses Gainesville's recent past when city leadership wasn't so accepting.
Read More »Reporter’s Notebook: Inside The Broward Supervisor Of Election’s Recount
Cat Gloria made the decision to drive from the University of Florida to Broward to cover Florida’s recounts for governor, U.S. Senate and commissioner of agriculture. Here's her story.
Read More »Gainesville Food Bank, Feeding Community Year-Round, Is Ready For Holiday Action
During the holiday season, the church tries to feed as many people as donations and budget allow. To do so, it depends on Bread of the Mighty.
Read More »2018 Transgender Day of Remembrance Held In Gainesville
Holding tealight candles set in palm-sized glass jars, about 100 people gazed silently upon the stage as 300 names resounded Tuesday night at Bo Diddley Plaza in Gainesville.
Read More »Election Changes Eyed As 2018 Results Finalized
After months of mudslinging, weeks of court wrangling and days of ballot counting that again …
Read More »Family-Owned Farm In Gilchrist County Selling Free-Range Turkeys For Thanksgiving
A small, family-run farm in Trenton is getting locals ready for Thanksgiving with its humanely raised turkeys. The farm has already sold 75 turkeys since October.
Read More »Addicts Helping Addicts: Opioid Recovery Care Pilot Program To Expand After Dramatic Drop In Overdoses
The city of Jacksonville has seen a 70 percent drop in repeat opioid overdoses in the past year thanks to a new program that immediately introduces overdose patients rehabilitation and treatment resources during their initial visit to the emergency department.
Read More »Evening News in 90: Nov. 20, 2018
Alachua County and Marion County School Board members have been sworn into office today. -- News from North Central Florida's public media stations on http://WUFT.org , 89.1 FM & Florida's 5.
Read More »Hope Squad Comes To Alachua County High Schools For Suicide Prevention Training
Hope Squad is a new nationwide program that trains students for peer-to-peer counseling to prevent suicide attempts among high schoolers, and the program is coming to Alachua County.
Read More »CRA Board Approves Fiber-Optic Internet Deal For Eastern Gainesville Neighborhood
The Community Redevelopment Agency Board voted to provide fiber-optic internet to Heartwood, a CRA neighborhood project in East Gainesville. Some of the members opposed the project over concerns of increased HOA costs for residents.
Read More »November 20th, 2018: Morning News in 90
Greyhounds are now being trained as service dogs for disabled veterans. That and more in 90 seconds.
Read More »Study Predicts Monkey Population Boom In Silver Springs State Park
The macaques are just one of Florida's many nonnative wildlife species, and they're also a tourist attraction.
Read More »‘We Won’t Be Erased’: Gainesville Marks 2018 Transgender Day Of Remembrance
Every year on Nov. 20, transgender advocates and LGBTQ organizations across the country and world host vigils.
Read More »Nov. 19, 2018: Evening News in 90
President Trump threatens to shut down the government in his fight for border wall funding.
Read More »Nov. 19, 2018: Morning News in 90
An Alachua County man faces multiple charges of premeditated murder, evidence tampering and obstruction after he stabs his wife and daughter to death.
Read More »Gainesville’s Historic Preservation Board Wants To Save St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Gainesville's Historical Preservation Board nominated St. Michael’s Episcopal Church to be added to the local register, potentially saving it from being torn down. The Episcopal Diocese of Florida would prefer to raze the structure and develop the land.
Read More »Nov. 16, 2018: Afternoon News in 90
The 1982 murder of an Ocala woman has been solved after 78-year-old convicted serial killer Samuel Little confessed to her murder.
Read More »Alachua County Voters Have Until 5 p.m. Saturday To Cure Rejected Vote-By-Mail And Provisional Ballots
Alachua County voters who had their provisional or vote by mail ballot rejected due to …
Read More »Nov. 15, 2018 Morning News in 90
Ron DeSantis appears to have won the machine recount in the Governor's race.
Read More »Guitar Art with Dana Hill and Henry Lowenstein
The 'Guitar Art' exhibition runs now through February 8, 2019 at the University Gallery (400 SW 13th Street, Fine Arts Building B).
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