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Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: GRU, Gainesville City Commission work to find way out of debt issues. “GRU General Manager Tony Cunningham opened the meeting by stating that he and other utility officials had worked …
Read More »Santa Fe College holds crisis response dog training this weekend
The Institute of Public Safety at Santa Fe College is hosting crisis response dog training. Training is presented by HOPE-Animal Assisted Crisis Response, an organization that has provided its services nationwide for free since 2001. “Once a year we do a workshop,” said HOPE-AACR Florida area coordinator Terry Biehl, “where …
Read More »Chuck Bell takes the helm of Buchholz football program after long journey back to Gainesville
Chuck Bell’s dream to be head coach of a football team dates back three decades to the year he shadowed his father, the defensive coordinator at Santa Fe High School in 1994. Bell, at the age of seven years old, was dressed for his role as the ball boy in …
Read More »The Point, April 14, 2023: DeSantis signs 6-week abortion ban
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Abortion rights activists lament six-week abortion ban approved by Florida Legislature. “Senate Bill 300, a bill sponsored by Sen. Erin Grall (R-Vero Beach), provides exceptions to the six-week ban for …
Read More »Santa Fe High School girls’ soccer coach Ricardo Morales defies youth stigma
At 22, Ricardo Morales, the head coach for the Santa Fe High School girls' varsity soccer team, has quashed concerns that his age is a handicap after he lead the Raiders to their second district championship in January.
Read More »Alachua County School Board addresses magnet schools and overcrowding
Much to the delight of concerned parents, the Alachua County School Board on Tuesday began a process to see if it could address overcrowded schools. Every Alachua County student is zoned to attend a certain elementary, middle and high school based on where they live. And starting Tuesday, the school …
Read More »Alachua County student heads to National Spelling Bee after winning regional competition
Westin Martin, an eighth grader from Lincoln Middle School, will compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Maryland beginning May 30. Martin outlasted 13 students in the First Coast Spelling Bee in Jacksonville this month to win his qualifying spot.
Read More »A Santa Fe College student creates a community for nontraditional students
Santa Fe College students who have forged different paths to higher education can find community with a new student group for nontraditional students.
Read More »The Point, April 7, 2023: WUFT Documentary: Slept on Eastside
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • A WUFT News documentary: “Slept on Eastside” follows the journey of Eastside High School alumni Harold “Gator” Hoskins as he returns to his alma mater in Gainesville to revitalize the football program. …
Read More »MusicGNV presents the Teen Showcase at Bo Diddley Plaza on Friday night
The Gainesville music scene places a great emphasis on local support and opportunities for artists of all ages. On Friday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., the next generation of artists will take the stage at Bo Diddley Plaza for the Teen Showcase as a part of the MusicGNV Live …
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