Tag Archives: water

The 2020 honorees are Ellie Chisholm, Arupa Freeman, Mary L. Mitchell and Clovis Watson Jr.

There are more than 100,000 residents in the state of Florida who openly identify as transgender. How will they vote?

A multi-family phosphate mining company is suing Union County for $298.75 million because of the county’s recent land-use limitations.

Before the mining process can begin, owners must conduct wildlife surveys, relocate threatened and endangered species and clear the property.

The scorned smell that wafts from Cabot-Koppers Superfund site on Northwest 23rd Avenue in Gainesville is from the excavation of the odorous pine tar still in the ground where charcoal facilities used to be on the Cabot Corp.’s 50-acre portion of the site.

While not quite as severe a problem as in the northern United States, potholes are a frequent complaint in Gainesville.

The Waldo city council members sat back, hands folded, awaiting citizens’ complaints about the ordinance they introduced the previous week, adding a 10% utility tax on the purchase of water in the city.  About 35 people showed up to the Oct. 8 meeting to weigh in on the first reading …