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Alachua County is looking to either upgrade or replace its current radio system because it's out of date.
Read More »Alachua County Emergency Responders Need New Radio System, Officials Say
Dignity Village Will Close In Time, The Right Way
Alachua County Commissioner Robert “Hutch” Hutchinson said, “Dignity Village will be closed.” He added, "We’re not going to be closing Grace Marketplace or Dignity Village within weeks or months. We are going to take our time and do it right.”
Read More »Mike Byerly Narrowly Holds Off Kevin Thorpe In Bid To Keep His Alachua County Commission Seat
Byerly won with 1,259 more votes than Thorpe.
Read More »After Technical “Glitch,” All Alachua Precincts Reported
Alachua County election results stalled due to modem problems.
Read More »Election Guide for Alachua, Marion Counties
Alachua County voters’ ballots will include races for: sheriff, supervisor of elections, county commission and school board.
Read More »Alachua County Now Has Option For Civil Citations For Small Marijuana Possession
Charles Chestnut voiced a concern about who law enforcement tends to target for arrests — and on what side of town.
Read More »MTPO Tells I-75 Task Force: No New Highway In Alachua County
Suggestions for new corridors for transportation and ways to improve existing corridors were expressed at the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization meeting.
Read More »Citing Public Safety, Alachua County Commission Votes Against Bear Hunt
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will vote June 22 to decide whether to authorize another statewide hunt.
Read More »City, County Leaders Don’t Agree About Details of Proposed Tacachale Redevelopment
During a joint commission meeting, Gainesville and Alachua County commissioners discussed a proposal for the construction of a new job center.
Read More »Gainesville Homeless Center Seeking $100K More In Funding
Alachua County commissioners are considering a 13 percent budget increase — from $905,000 to $1.02 million — for the 2016-2017 fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1.
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