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With over 16,000 positive cases in their midst, COVID-19 continues to be a major concern for colleges and universities across Florida.
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Appeals Court Weighs Alachua County Mask Mandate
The challenge raised a series of issues, including whether the order violates privacy and free-speech rights.
Read More »Behind The Screen: Ken Eats Gainesville On Life Before, After Pub Sub Controversy
Ken Peng, of food blog "Ken Eats Gainesville," discusses the controversy surrounding an online Publix deli order and his hiatus from food blogging.
Read More »‘I Missed The Mark’: Popular Gainesville Food Blogger ‘Ken Eats’ Under Siege for Pub Sub Instagram Post
Ken Peng deactivated his public accounts Thursday evening. They aren’t gone for good, just hidden, until Peng decides he wants to start again.
Read More »Alachua County Enters Negotiation With Celebration Pointe For Sports Events Venue
The idea for this location — first floated a little over a year ago — has seen its share of controversy in reaching this point, but on Tuesday, the commissioners were all in.
Read More »Gainesville Food Blogger, T-shirt Company Fundraise For Food Bank
A local food blogger designs custom T-shirts to support the Bread of the Mighty Food Bank serving Gainesville and surrounding counties.
Read More »UF Students Defy Mask-Wearing Mandate Off Campus: ‘We’re A Very Low-Risk Group’
Business owners say they’re left in a dilemma, based on the governor’s order.
Read More »Gainesville’s Regal Theater Locations Close Once Again
About 40,000 Americans face unemployment after Cineworld, Regal’s parent company, released a statement saying it will be suspending operations at all of its 536 U.S theaters less than seven weeks after its previous reopening.
Read More »Starke Businesses Survived The Route 301 Bypass. Will They Survive The Pandemic, Too?
“Things were looking pretty good. Then this mess hit.”
Read More »UF Students Hold Protest Demanding Name Change For The Reitz Union
Julius Wayne Reitz, the building’s namesake, served as UF’s fifth president, from 1955 to 1967, a 12-year period when the student population grew from 9,000 to 20,000.
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