Alachua County Fire Rescue joined the Alachua County Sheriff's Department's annual in-service scenario training for the first time at Santa Fe High School to improve joint response to potential mass-casualty events.
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At a forum Tuesday morning, 12 high school students from Alachua County told board members what the new superintendent will have to do in order to be successful.
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Alachua County Public Schools continues it's search for a new superintendent, to start before the 2017-2018 school year, with three community input forums this month.
Read More »Alachua Police arrested and charged a Santa Fe High School student with two counts of carrying a concealed weapon on campus and one count of aggravated assault today.
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Lori Pirzer, band director at Oak View Middle School, was named Alachua County's 2016 Teacher of the Year Thursday night. Pirzer will go on to represent Alachua County in the statewide competition for Florida's 2017 Teacher of the Year.
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The finalists are non-core subject teachers — a first.
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Jeannette Rizzi has written a one-woman show, hosts a podcast, and is working on a documentary she hopes will get picked up by HBO. But the Alachua native's motivation for her life's work is rooted in a tragic loss that sent shockwaves through the small-town community two decades ago.
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Monday morning, people gathered around Martin Luther King Jr.'s memorial statue downtown to see Vivian Haynes inducted into the MLK Commission of Florida's Hall of Fame.
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(Photo credit: Kim Walsh-Childers) The NHS Band of Pride placed first in the 1A division at the Kingdom of the Sun Marching Band Festival at North Marion High School on Nov. 9 and will compete at the state competition Saturday.
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