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Each year during the Captain James B. King Veterans Day Concert, a clarinet is presented to one Alachua County middle school band student.
Read More »Legacy Of Captain James King Will Live On Through An 11-Year-Old Evolving Clarinetist
Downtown Gainesville Crosswalk To Be Painted With A Rainbow Amid Some Church Members’ Concerns
Gainesville’s Public Works Department this week is painting rainbows within a crosswalk at the intersection of NE First Avenue and NE First Street.
Read More »Emergency Care Proves Difficult For Williston Residents Following Hospital Closure
The Regional General Hospital of Williston served Levy, Gilchrist and Dixie county residents for over 30 years. Now residents needing emergency care must travel over twenty miles to Ocala or Gainesville.
Read More »Waldo Wildlife: Too Much To Bear?
Waldo residents have recently reported numerous encounters with bears.
Read More »Starke Business Owners Adjust To Relocations Forced By Future Railroad Overpass
The new railroad overpass will route vehicles over the railroad tracks from Walnut Street to Church Street to reduce traffic congestion and lower emergency vehicle response times. To build at this location, Florida’s Department of Transportation had to purchase land that had been occupied by the eight businesses and five homes.
Read More »Gainesville Commissioner Simmons Hosts State Of The District Discussion For District 1
District 1 is comprised of historically black neighborhoods like Porters and Pleasant Street, along with much of East Gainesville.
Read More »Traveling Memorial Wall In Ocala Honors Those Lost On 9/11
Hundreds of people gathered at the park to honor those lost on 9/11.
Read More »How To Help Hurricane Dorian Recovery In Bahamas
Neighborhoods have been destroyed and families forever impacted after Hurricane Dorian battered the Bahamas for almost 30 hours as a Category 5 hurricane. Emergency relief and long-term assistance are needed.
Read More »Hurricane Dorian ‘Ambling’ Parallel To Florida Coast, Leaving The Bahamas Reeling
After bringing intensely destructive winds and deadly flooding to the Bahamas, Dorian is "ambling" to the north-northwest, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Read More »Hurricane Dorian Leaves Terrible Damage And Stranded Residents As Rescuers Scramble To Help
Dorian is the strongest storm to ever make landfall in the Bahamas as category 5 storm, leaving at least five people dead and hundreds of homes destroyed.
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