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A University of Florida class project is playing a part in helping an east-side Gainesville community decide how it might best improve the Cabot-Koppers property.
Read More »UF Students Present Cabot-Koppers Ideas To City Commissioners
‘Fightin’ Bubba’: Alachua City Commissioner Shares Story of Overcoming Sexual Abuse and Cancer
An Alachua city commissioner is publicly chronicling his fight against parotid cancer on his Facebook page
Read More »SpaceX Makes Historic Launch With Rocket Carrying A Red Sports Car
SpaceX's big new rocket has blasted off on its first test flight, carrying a red sports car on an endless road trip past Mars.
Read More »“Gold Family Campus” Offering Second Chances For Veterans, Rescue Dogs
K9s for Warriors, a non-profit group based near Jacksonville, opened a facility in Alachua on Wednesday. The organization that pairs veterans with rescued dogs named the building "Gold Family Campus".
Read More »WUFT’s Biggest Stories of 2017
Hurricane Irma, Richard Spencer, rescued dogs and more.
Read More »Gainesville Benefit Concert For Hurricane Victims In Puerto Rico Raises More Than $17,000
On Sunday, Oct. 29, PResente and music group Tropix hosted a benefit concert to help hurricane victims still being affected in Puerto Rico. The benefit concert raised $17,323. This amount included the money raised from the tickets sold, the silent auction, 10 percent of the money made from Latin American Fusion Food Truck and five sponsor donations.
Read More »Gainesville Installs Solar Charging Stations For 6-Month Trial
The city of Gainesville has partnered with Pure Energy Solar to provide solar-powered charging stations in areas frequented by pedestrians, bicyclists and those waiting on buses.
Read More »Santa Fe Planetarium Hosts Solar Eclipse Viewing
Solar eclipse glasses in hand, around 250 people visited Santa Fe's Kika Silva Pla Planetarium Monday afternoon to experience a total solar eclipse in the United States.
Read More »In Photos: 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
Millions of Americans gazed in wonder through telescopes, cameras and disposable protective glasses Monday as the moon blotted out the sun in the first full-blown solar eclipse to sweep the U.S. from coast to coast in nearly a century.
Read More »NASA Live Stream: Total Solar Eclipse
NASA EDGE joins forces with the NASA Heliophysics Education Consortium, the University of Southern Illinois Carbondale, and Lunt Solar Systems to air a 4-hour 30-minute live webcast of the total solar eclipse from outside Saluki Stadium at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Illinois.
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