Several tomatoes, a selection of onions, add some green peppers, plus $950 and a van — that is the recipe Jack Maas and Dean Wiesjahn used to start their dream of a micro-local produce company, Rainbow Produce. Now, after 30 years of growth, their business supports a cycle of other …
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The Alachua County School Board passed a plan to add instructional minutes to school days to accommodate for weather cancellations for the 2018-2019 school year calendar.
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John and Julia Vanderschoot first went to Buddy’s Landing on a date. Decades later they are restoring The Boathouse at Santa Fe Harbor into a regional treasure.
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Southern pine beetle outbreak causes temporary closure of hiking trail in San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park.
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Local dentistry professionals join efforts to provide more than $70,000 worth of free cleanings, fillings and extractions on Saturday to the first 100 patients.
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About 130 veterans attend Alachua County’s annual resource fair and stand-down for homeless veterans.
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As cold temperatures linger across North Central Florida, a local farmer is trying to save his crops from Old Man Winter.
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When Hurricane Irma swept through Florida, the power was knocked out to thousands of people in the Gainesville area. WUFT News reporter Luke Sullivan found out that even more than three months after the storm, some families are still in the dark. This week, we dedicate our entire podcast episode to one family's story of life without electricity.
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Alachua county farms are finally recovering after damage sustained from Hurricane Irma.
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Rose Angel Gardens, a nonprofit organization based in Alachua, provides gardening therapy to North Central Florida veterans.
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