The proposed Florida state budget would decrease the arts budget from 26 million dollars to five million. Nonprofit arts organizations, like Gainesville's Hippodrome, face an increasing need for community support.
Read More »UF Breaks Ground On New Chemistry Building
UF held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new chemistry and chemical biological building Friday. The building, which will cost $67 million, is one of six major construction projects on campus.
Read More »Alachua County Jail Unveils Energy-Saving Project
With appliances such as the air conditioning beginning to go haywire, the Alachua County Jail embarked on a 10-year renovation project and displayed the finished results on Monday.
Read More »Gator Marching Band Has Hit The 100-Year Mark
For 100 years, the University of Florida Gator marching band has grown and given the Gator Nation many things to be proud of.
Read More »With Reitz Renovations Ongoing, Former UF Professor Adds Historical Perspective
In 1967, Owen Holyoak watched the J. Wayne Reitz Union being built. Nearly 50 years later, he stood on the University of Florida campus Thursday and watched parts of it being torn down.
Read More »Five little-known facts about daylight saving time
Why do we set our clocks forward every spring? Here are five points about the practice.
Read More »Profile: Mark Venzke
Venzke has a lifelong interest in politics and improving neighborhoods. The latter interest springs from his having five bicycles stolen during the past 10 years in Gainesville. He's running for mayor on March 19.
Read More »Profile: Craig Lowe
Mayor Craig Lowe has three pillars regarding Gainesville's current status upon which he has built his reelection campaign ahead of the March 19 election.
Read More »Feb. 27, 2013: Morning News In 90
A video round-up of local, state and national stories for readers in North Central Florida: pothole repair, airport renovation, women attacked, Iran nuclear program, Pope Benedict XVI.
Read More »UF study finds link between pancreas size and Type 1 diabetes
Researchers at the University of Florida discovered that people at risk for Type 1 diabetes may have smaller pancreases
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