Concerned about what they worried was anti-conservative sentiment on college and university campuses, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers ordered a survey of nearly 2 million students, faculty and staff across the state. Results are in, and they did not go as expected. Most faculty, instructional staff and administrators who …
Read More »The Point, Oct. 12, 2022: Former West End Golf Club property will remain recreational space
The Alachua County Commission made the decision Tuesday night after hearing four hours of the developer's proposal and public input.
Read More »The Point, Oct. 10, 2022: Hurricane Ian death toll makes it deadliest storm in Florida in nearly 90 years
Not since the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane have this many Floridians perished in a storm.
Read More »The Point, Oct. 7, 2022: UF names one finalist in presidential search: U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse
The Nebraska senator is likely to resign to become the school's next leader.
Read More »‘Liveaboard’ survived Hurricane Ian on boat in storm-tossed marina; it nearly killed him
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Danny Ross has at least three lives. His life was nearly jolted out of him when he was struck by lightning. He came close to taking his last breath after suffering a punctured lung in a car wreck in the ‘80s. It almost washed away aboard …
Read More »The Point, Sept. 29, 2022: Hurricane Ian devastates Southwest Florida as one of the most powerful storms to hit the state
The storm made landfall Wednesday as a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph wind speeds.
Read More »Despite economic hardships, a few Archer hunting preserves thrive
Swaddled in the arms of his owner, a seven-month-old German Shorthaired Pointer contests a ride-along in the bed of Jacob “Huck” Huckabee’s white Chevrolet truck. At Emerald Creek Kennels in Archer, Dude is the youngest of Huckabee’s 14 hunting dogs that he trains alongside his wife, Logan, and their four-legged …
Read More »The Point, Sept. 15, 2022: In a surprise move, defense attorneys for confessed Parkland school shooter rest their case
The announcement frustrated the judge and prosecutors on Wednesday.
Read More »SCRUBBED: Fuel leak foils NASA’s second launch attempt of Artemis I
Just before 11:30am, NASA Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson called off Saturday’s attempt to get the Artemis I mission off the ground. The NASA Artemis I team had been troubleshooting a fuel leak since around 7:15am. The issue cropped up during tanking operations of the liquid hydrogen propellant. At 7:24am, NASA …
Read More »The Point, Sept. 2, 2022: Previewing NASA’s second attempt at launching Artemis I
Tomorrow's launch window is two hours and begins shortly after 2 p.m.
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