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Alachua County Public Schools and the district’s offices will be closed Thursday, the district announced Tuesday in a press release and tweet, as north central Florida braces for impact from Hurricane Nicole.
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The Santa Fe High School girls' volleyball team not only won its first state championship last year, but the team also won the first state championship for a girls' sport in school history. Head Coach Eric Marshall, who has coached the Santa Fe Raiders since 2018, is preparing his team to chase that victory again this year.
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Chuck Clemons and Brandon Peters are competing for a seat in District 22. The winner will become a representative in Florida's House.
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“What is the death penalty for if not for the murder and killing of 17 people?” asked one parent.
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Law enforcement across Florida received hoax phone calls of active shooter situations at schools on Tuesday, including at Eastside and Santa Fe high schools in Alachua County. The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office quickly responded to find no real threat. Similar calls were made around Florida on Tuesday, including in Miami, Orlando and Tampa. These calls have been made to around 50 schools across the nation over the past month. This includes Ohio, Minnesota and South Carolina. All the calls were made on the same day in each state as they did in Florida. The FBI is taking the lead in the national investigation and has already begun speaking with the Alachua Sheriff’s Office.
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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.
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The U.S. Capitol insurrection was still on the minds of those at the Martin Luther King Day event on Monday at the Cleather Hathcock Sr. Community Center in Alachua.
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Veterinarians in Florida were deemed essential workers in March, so their work didn’t stop when the COVID-19 pandemic began.
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Santa Fe High School in Alachua has taken on a number of challenges this year.
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Florida high schools, state universities and colleges are implementing alternate methods that will keep the staff, students and student-athletes safe during the pandemic if games and practices are scheduled during the school year.