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Read More »Yes, It Is True: Florida Ran A Smooth Election
High Springs Voters To Decide Commission Races, Await New City Manager
With six candidates running for two city commission seats on Tuesday and five finalists for the city manager’s post, there will be at least two new voices among those leading High Springs.
Read More »Colleen G. Koch Named First Woman Dean Of UF College Of Medicine
Colleen G. Koch is the first woman to serve as dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine.
Read More »Florida, Butt Of Election Jokes, Believes System Is Ready
The Associated Press spoke with most of Florida's 67 county elections supervisors or top aides in recent weeks along with voting rights groups, and they expect the system to run smoothly.
Read More »Hurricane Sally Carved New Possible Nesting Sites For Endangered Shorebirds
Though a grave for destroyed wild plants, the pearly smooth sand left behind has an upside: It presents perfect nesting sites for the region’s shorebirds.
Read More »Not Just Florida: Voters In Alaska Also Receive Emails Warning ‘Vote For Trump Or Else!’
Cybersecurity experts say the origin of the messages remains unknown and may be the product of a foreign disinformation effort.
Read More »Alachua County’s Inaugural Poet Laureate Turns Passion Into Public Service
E. Stanley Richardson will serve as Alachua County's first poet laureate, a position that has a two-year term.
Read More »Florida Town Battered By Fires, Floods Faces Its Greatest Crisis: Money
Caryville’s most-recent financial problems go back nearly five years, when a former town clerk was seen hauling away boxes of paperwork. The scene was described in the latest state audit.
Read More »Parking Garage Outside Your Bedroom? It’s Possible For This Gainesville Neighbor
The argument over one complex became so fraught that it reached the docket of a state administrative law judge for dozens of hours of virtual hearings, which concluded earlier this month.
Read More »‘A Guiding Light’: Trailblazer Cora P. Roberson Leaves Behind an Impactful Legacy
Her loved ones remember her as a devoted icon of the Gainesville educational community, a pioneer of integration and a prominent local civil rights activist. She died on Sept. 24 in her home at the age of 96.
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