The threat of a Gainesville summer rain failed to deter eager ears from filling the South West First Street and South West First Avenue intersection for Sunday’s first-ever First Street Folk Festival.
Read More »The Point, June 2, 2022: What to expect in Florida as the Atlantic Hurricane Season begins
FPREN's Megan Borowski previews the season.
Read More »The Point, June 1, 2022: Alachua County Fire Rescue Halts Service on One of its Rescue Units amid Staffing Struggles
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WCJB TV20: A unit at Alachua County Fire Rescue is being taken out of service due to a lack of firefighters. “The department has relied on mandatory overtime to make up for …
Read More »The Point, April 25, 2022: Inside the fight between tiny home owners and some local Florida governments
There's no uniform statewide standard for governing how the homes are built and maintained.
Read More »The Point, April 15, 2021: Looking Back At Black Thursday And UF’s Racial Equity, 50 Years Later
It was an instrumental event in furthering Black presence at the university.
Read More »Gainesville Comedy Shows Offers COVID-Safe Laughs
After a year of shutdowns and isolation, people are looking for ways to be entertained again.
Read More »Live Entertainment Venues In Gainesville, Ocala Seeking Grants To Make It Through The Pandemic
About one year ago, Gainesville native Brandon Telg, 31, co-founded MusicGNV to support the music scene, particularly artists, in the city. MusicGNV has announced that it is launching a quarterly recording grant process, with the first cycle’s applications due Wednesday.
Read More »‘What They Would Have Been’: Asian Students React To Anti-Asian Racism
In interviews over the past two weeks, students in the community described how they felt about the recent events.
Read More »Community College Enrollment Plummeting, Impacting Gainesville Residents
Amid the pandemic, Santa Fe College has seen a decrease in enrollment of student in the fall and springs semesters.
Read More »Homeless People Raise Concerns About City Of Gainesville’s Assistance Efforts
Key distribution for new lockers for the downtown Gainesville homeless community begins this week.
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