The Alachua County Local Planning Agency and Planning Commission on Wednesday voted in favor of a proposed development for a 75-acre groundwater recharge wetland park in the western part of the county.
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With Pennsylvania in Joe Biden's column, the former vice president gains the 270 electoral votes needed to be elected.
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He becomes the oldest president-elect and brings with him a history-making vice president-elect in Kamala Harris, the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to serve in the nation's second-highest office.
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On Nov. 3, Democrat Cynthia Dela Rosa will run against Republican Rep. Stan McClain, who is seeking reelection for his third term in the State House.
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WUFT's election guide to the Alachua County Commission's District 1 seat.
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To combat both negative energy and a pandemic, spiritualists who make a living from their craft in Alachua County have had to come up with magical solutions.
Read More »UF Researchers Turn To Sewage To Monitor COVID-19 On Campus
University of Florida researchers are testing wastewater samples for the presence of the virus that causes COVID-19, called SARS-CoV-2, potentially helping to identify hotspots of the virus on campus — even among asymptomatic people.
Read More »Alachua County Commission Votes To Dim Solar Plant Proposal
The denial, however, is not set in stone.
Read More »Alachua County Commission Postpones Vote On Solar Facility Because Of Power Outage
In perhaps another sign of the times Tuesday, a Duke Energy power outage prevented residents from airing concerns about a proposed solar facility that would be managed by the utility.
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The pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing cases of mental illness, causing an influx of new patients and crisis calls, area mental health providers and advocates say.
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