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Congressman Ted Yoho was first elected in 2012, and Yvonne Hayes Hinson is running to try to keep him from winning a fourth term representing Florida's 3rd District.
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Michael Upgraded To Category 4 ‘Major’ Hurricane As It Approaches Florida Panhandle
The storm is forecast to be the most destructive to hit the Panhandle in decades and expected to send life-threatening surges of ocean water into coastal areas along the Gulf of Mexico.
Read More »Open Track Nights At Gainesville Raceway Provide Safe Lanes For Street Racing
A community bound by burnt rubber, track resin and pure passion comes to the Gainesville Raceway’s open drag racing nights for a safe place to rev their engines. The Gainesville Raceway is best known for hosting the Amalie Motor Oil National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Gatornationals, one of the nation’s …
Read More »Alachua School Board Voted It Down, But In Clay County, Guardian Program Is Running Smoothly
It was a unanimous vote among the school board members to not put the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act into effect.
Read More »What A Dementia Care and Cure Initiative Task Force Means For Gainesville
Alachua County and the city of Gainesville became the ninth community in Florida to begin a Dementia Care and Cure Initiative task force.
Read More »Michael Weakens After Historic Slam Into Florida Panhandle
Hurricane Michael was the most powerful storm to make landfall in the continental U.S. in more than 26 years. The now tropical storm is moving over Georgia on its way to the Carolinas.
Read More »Public Works Department Set To Begin Next Phase of ‘Trans4ming East GNV’ Project
In east Gainesville, the $ 5.1 million Southeast 4th Street reconstruction project is aimed to fix a road suffering from alligator cracking.
Read More »Hurricane Michael Is On The Radar, And Some In Gainesville Are Still Recovering From Irma
Since Irma hit Florida last year, its effects continue being felt by Gainesville — the residents, the city and the University of Florida are all still working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and insurance companies.
Read More »New Alachua County Fire Rescue Station Near Hague Receives Funding In 2018-19 Budget
People living between Gainesville and Alachua will no longer feel like they’re in “no man’s land” for coverage.
Read More »College Students Discuss Their Thoughts On Sexual Assault Following The Kavanaugh Hearing
As the confirmation saga starts and stops toward its climatic conclusion, students at UF and Santa Fe – and no doubt at colleges and universities across the country – watched Christine Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill.
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