The storm was upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane overnight.
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The storm was upgraded to hurricane status early Monday.
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The mauling of Black resident Terrell Bradley by a Gainesville Police K9 stirred community cries for reform.
Read More »The Point, May 20, 2022: UF holds evening vigil to honor the lives lost in Buffalo shooting
About 60 people gathered near Century Tower on the university's campus.
Read More »‘What Does the Earth Ask of Us?’: Plant Ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer Answers the Question
The pandemic had a great impact on these events. All the events had to be quickly turned into a virtual program when the pandemic came, but people who worked on the program still tried to make it impact on the community.
Read More »Newberry Honors Lynching Victims With Soil Collection Ceremony
As rain fell and wind rustled through leafy oak trees, Newberry residents and officials gathered Friday to collect soil in remembrance of six Black people who were lynched there in 1916.
Read More »House Impeaches President Trump A 2nd Time, Citing Insurrection At U.S. Capitol
Just one week before he will leave office, Trump has now become the first U.S. president to be impeached twice.
Read More »Waldo Wildlife: Too Much To Bear?
Waldo residents have recently reported numerous encounters with bears.
Read More »‘Lift That Nest Up’: Florida’s Endangered Birds Threatened By Floods
By Brendan Rivers Sea level rise and other effects of climate change are now adding to the list of challenges facing some of Florida’s smallest residents: rare birds. On the St. Marys River in Northeast Florida, just a stone’s throw from the Georgia border in Yulee, the nonprofit White Oak Conservation Foundation is breeding and researching wildlife. You were introduced to some of its residents if you watched the last season of Game of Thrones — though you wouldn’t have
Read More »Fanfares 2019: An Interview With Chelsea Carnes of Wax Wings and Billy Buchanan
WUFT’s Morning Edition Host Glenn Richards talks with, Chelsea Carnes of Wax Wings and Billy Buchanan, two of the acts participating in this year’s Fanfare and Fireworks. This is an extended version of the conversation that aired on WUFT’s Morning Edition on Wednesday, July 3rd. Wednesday, July 3, 2019 | …
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