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Due to the current economic crisis, prices on produce and products have not only increased in grocery stores but for specialty agribusinesses.
Read More »Gainesville agribusinesses challenge the inflation struggle
The Point, Sept. 26, 2022: Tropical Storm Ian becomes hurricane, with north central Florida in its possible path
The storm was upgraded to hurricane status early Monday.
Read More »The Point, Sept. 22, 2022: National Hurricane Center eyes system that could become Tropical Storm Hermine
A storm by the same name blew through the Gulf of Mexico in 2016. This year, a different system could follow a similar path.
Read More »Not-for-profit gym gives muscle to weightlifting training
Gainesville's Ark School of Fitness makes weightlifting and wellness programs accessible to all ages and income levels.
Read More »Florida Bar Exam scores announced, with UF having second-best passage rate
The University of Florida Levin College of Law Florida Bar Exam has released the test results for the most recent exam.
Read More »The Point, Sept. 19, 2022: Starlink satellites launch after scrubs
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried 54 of the satellites from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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 »The Point, Sept. 14, 2022: Gainesville police arrest man over threats about city’s zoning plan
Police on Monday arrested Terry Lyle Martin-Back, 68, of Gainesville at his home outside the city limits on a felony intimidation complaint of sending a written threat to city commissioners.
Read More »The Point, Sept. 13, 2022: Florida’s deaths from COVID-19 have surpassed 80,000
Over a million Americans have died in the past two-and-a-half years from the coronavirus.
Read More »Flash flood risk is increasing as tropical moisture surges into Florida
A surge of tropical moisture will produce rounds of heavy rainfall and increase the risk of flooding for the Panhandle and northern Florida by the weekend. Earlier Wednesday, surface analysis depicted a stalled frontal boundary that was draped across the Mid-South. This feature is forecast to gradually push south through …
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