Florida

The inaugural class of the Florida 4-H Equine Ambassador Program is made up of six students from across the state. The new program was created through the University of Florida’s IFAS Department of Animal Sciences and focuses on mentorship, education and outreach.

Artists document Rodman Reservoir drawdown, the first since 2020, to galvanize dam removal.

Karen Rohlf is a horse trainer who created a program that helps humans and horses learn to move in harmony and enjoy the process.

Young adults are struggling to fulfill the American dream of buying a home thanks to high mortgage rates and overall housing costs. That increase in home prices also puts pressure on rent prices, said Anne Ray, interim director of the Shimberg Center for Housing Studies at the University of Florida.

Crying can be the body’s natural process of healing, according to Kanika Inglett, a former microbiology professor at the University of Florida, who says tears help release pent-up stress and tension. And it’s not simply water and salt that’s being released in a tear, it is the actual stress hormone.

WUFT’s Krista Jensen recently traveled to a local nature park in Gainesville to visit with birder Tim Hardin.

Pennsylvania native Sally Lieb dedicated nearly three decades of her career to the Florida State Park system where she tackled issues from prescribed burns to land management. She spent 12 of those years as park manager for Silver Springs State Park.

Despite the empty storefronts that punctuate parts of town, Williston’s business community is far from dormant.

Thanksgiving has a reputation for being a relaxing transition between two of the year’s most anticipated holidays. But local poultry farms have been prepping for their busiest season of the year since spring.

Inmates from various Florida prisons met Wednesday at the Cross City Correctional Institution to compete in the 5th Annual FDC Masonry Competition.