Newberry will escalate the fight against opioid addiction in March with a five-member task force dedicated to solving the crisis. While the Alachua County Health Promotion and Wellness Coalition does not have specific statistics on opioid addiction in Newberry, they claim nearly ten percent of middle and high school students …
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A consultant's report suggests Alachua County should build a new events center on the former Cabot-Koppers toxic superfund site in Gainesville.
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Gainesville City Commissioners decided to terminate three contracts with the Florida Department of Corrections in a 5-1 vote on Thursday. In 30 days, inmate labor will be gone from Gainesville.
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Alachua County has voted to stick with the policy of no longer using the labor of Florida state prison inmates.
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The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners approved a county-wide ordinance Tuesday prohibiting the sale of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to anyone younger than 21 years old in Alachua County. The ordinance requires retailers to obtain a distribution license, valid for one year, for each separate location where tobacco products …
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More traffic patrols. Automated speed enforcement. Railroad investment.
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About 50 ex-felons registered to vote in Alachua County on Jan. 8 under Amendment 4.
Read More »The top stories near you • Just as yesterday’s afternoon rush hour began, two tractor-trailers, a sedan, and passenger van were involved in a crash on I-75 southbound between Gainesville and Alachua. Florida Highway Patrol reports seven deaths, making it one of the deadliest crashes in the region since the January 2012 …
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Corrine Brown began her prison sentence, Alachua County and Gainesville leaders squabbled over seemingly every issue large and small, and six weeks into the new year, the Valentine’s Day school shooting in Parkland changed much about what was to unfold. It was a busy year in local and statewide Florida …
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Brenda Whitfield has lived in Newberry all her life. (Joshua Baker/WUFT News) Brenda Whitfield has heard stories of lynchings in Alachua County since being in middle school. The lifelong Newberry resident recalls her great-grandmother’s tales of people being hanged at “Lynch Hammock,” the site of several long ago extrajudicial killings …
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