It remains scheduled for an 8:33 liftoff.
Read More »The Point, Aug. 25, 2022: A charter school in east Gainesville is working to close Alachua County’s achievement gap
Caring & Sharing Learning School has become an A-rated school with the highest learning gains in the district.
Read More »‘It’s Wakanda’: Inside a Gainesville public charter school defying the achievement gap
The school's students, nearly all Black, earned the highest learning gains in the district and outperformed the county's white students on the state assessment.
Read More »The Point, Aug. 18, 2022: Turnpike extension opponents continue speaking against toll roads through rural areas
The state earlier this month nixed the plan for now.
Read More »The Point, Aug. 16, 2022: The history of Black beaches in Florida
A new audio documentary from WUFT shows how Black Floridians found ways to enjoy the coast during the Jim Crow era.
Read More »Jim Crow and the coast: For Black Floridians, getting to the beach wasn’t always easy
In that era, a new wave of Black-friendly spaces were able to grow and thrive.
Read More »Alachua County School Board elections: District 2 pits Mildred Russell against Diyonne McGraw
The former board member is running to reclaim the seat from which the governor ousted her a year ago.
Read More »Eastside High marching band alumni plan protest after school administration declines to reincorporate traditional Black marching style
Members of the Richard E. Parker Alumni Band invited the community to protest at the next school board meeting. It’s the latest step in a story that has been unfolding for 52 years.
Read More »The Point, Aug. 8, 2022: Loss of Wakulla Springs glass bottom boat tours symbolizes Florida’s water pollution problems
Read the latest installment of our series, Watershed.
Read More »Heat.gov launches as a resource to address extreme heat
For the last 30 years, heat has been the biggest weather-related cause of death in the nation.
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