A 261-page Florida Department of Environmental Protection dam safety report released in March has given the decades-long battle a renewed sense of urgency. What was once a low-hazard structure with no potential for death or flooding has changed as it’s aged.
Read More »The Point, May 23, 2022: Florida special legislative session begins with goal of stabilizing property insurance market
Lawmakers begin meeting in Tallahassee Monday morning to resolve rising premiums and other issues.
Read More »Micanopy and Wacahoota lynching victims memorialized with soil collection ceremony
Henry Hinson was lynched and hung from a cedar tree near the Micanopy town center where his lifeless body hung from the tree from sunup to sundown for all the residents to see. He allegedly shot and killed a prominent white man in town. The Micanopy-Wacahoota Community Remembrance Project, in …
Read More »Volunteers help release near Paynes Prairie two bald eagles who fell and were then rehabilitated
Two bald eagles were released into the wild on Thursday in the vicinity of Paynes Prairie in Micanopy.
Read More »North central Florida principals are reporting widespread stress
WUFT News spoke with five principals across North and North Central Florida and found the trend of growing stress holds firmly in the Sunshine State.
Read More »UF Health Mass Vaccination Events Bring Busy First Week, Thousands Of Doses Administered
UF Health's second mass vaccination event this week brought thousands of people to the University of Florida’s Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Wednesday.
Read More »Micanopy Residents Protest Construction Of New Dollar General On Historical Native American Grounds
A new Dollar General is set to be built on the land that the Battle of Micanopy was fought on during the Second Seminole War.
Read More »Native Burial Ground New Site For Dollar General Store In Micanopy
Alachua County and Micanopy City officials are receiving opposing messages regarding a new Dollar General in Micanopy.
Read More »‘A Long Time Coming’: Micanopy House of Prayer Leader Sentenced to 30 Years
Young pleaded no contest to a charge of murder and was sentenced to 30 years in Emon Harper’s case.
Read More »Micanopy Roping Competition On Hold Due To Weather
On Saturday, Feb. 6, Rock Star Arena will host a three-part competition.
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