After four years of Food and Drug Administration nicotine addiction studies, 26 male squirrel monkeys became the first monkeys to ever be retired by the FDA and finally found their home at Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary just north of Gainesville city limits.
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The building has sat empty for more than three years, southwest of Gainesville’s downtown restaurant and nightlife area, but a developer now has its eyes on the Jones B-Side restaurant property.
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The trial will continue throughout this week and into next week as more witnesses are called to testify.
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Student-housing developers are building new high-rise apartments in place of businesses like The Swamp Restaurant, Larry's Giant Subs and the Post Office as soon as January 2020.
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The City of Gainesville passed a plastic ban earlier this year. Some local scientists see this ordinance as a good first step, but don't think it goes far enough. Here are their proposals:
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At its second public policy discussion on conversion therapy, the Alachua County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday morning to continue development of an ordinance that will ban the practice in the county.
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The 38th annual Horses in the Sun (HITS) Ocala Winter Circuit kicked off this week. The competition includes a variety of classes of horse jumping and over $4 million in total prize money.
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Corrine Brown began her prison sentence, Alachua County and Gainesville leaders squabbled over seemingly every issue large and small, and six weeks into the new year, the Valentine’s Day school shooting in Parkland changed much about what was to unfold. It was a busy year in local and statewide Florida …
Read More »A longstanding dispute between the Fraternal Order of Police and the city of Gainesville will now be decided by a state agency.
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A recent study concluded that the Alachua County public safety radio system needs to be upgraded or replaced.
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