FPL's new Melrose solar plant contains 330,000 solar panels, generating a total of 74.5 megawatts for homes across the state. Despite a drop in utility rates for customers, not everyone is happy about the solar field.
Read More »Utility Company Sorts Out Facts And Myths For Apartment Residents On Usage Costs
Many student tenants in off-campus apartment are confused about their monthly utility costs. However, the utility company and an apartment manager offer advice on ways to save.
Read More »Authorities And Businesses Concerned About Newberry Road On-Street Parking. Can It Be Fixed?
Finding a place to park has become increasingly difficult on 38th Street to the light at 43rd Street. Gainesville city commissioners are trying to solve the issue, while some local businesses disagree with the solution they offer.
Read More »Health Clinic ‘Inspires’ UF Student Volunteers To Offer Care
The fluorescent lights burn and buzz above patients sitting in the waiting room. It’s quiet. People sit in rows of blue-cushioned waiting room chairs for their chance to see a physician. Some don’t have addresses. Others have limited or no insurance. And on the other side of the waiting room …
Read More »Rock Creek Homeowners Voice Concerns Over Traffic Safety
In a comprehensive safety study conducted by Florida Department of Transportation traffic operations, the state is looking into creating two-way turn lanes in the area of Rock Creek as part of a project that stretches down Northwest 34th Street from Northwest 16th Avenue to U.S. Highway 441. The project could start as early as 2021, relieving the area of traffic crashes caused from drivers making left-hand turns.
Read More »Why Isn’t Southwest 8th Avenue Near Tioga Open Yet?
Will it have a red-light or a traffic roundabout? That decision nearly held up the project longer.
Read More »Why Does This One I-75 Overpass Not Have a Sidewalk?
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Read More »Tower Oaks, Majestic Oaks Average Most Cop Calls In Apartment Cluster
Tower Oaks Glen and Majestic Oaks Apartments have the two highest per-unit annual averages of calls for emergency service among the 15 apartment complexes in an especially problematic area known by law enforcement as the "Tower triangle," according to a WUFT News analysis of two years' worth of emergency calls.
Read More »Alachua Becomes Wedding Hub As Marriage Industry Grows
With more weddings in Alachua, local businesses have felt the economic effect of a growing industry that impacts venue owners and related businesses from makeup artists to dress shops.
Read More »Florida Begins Recovery After Hermine’s Wrath
Hurricane Hermine is downgraded as it races across the Southeast, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power.
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