Rose Schnabel

What is typically a quiet, staff decision turned into a hour-long public discussion as the Suwannee River Water Management District considered Alachua County’s objections to water permitting for a cavetop development.

Recently proposed groundwater pumping regulations do what the Florida Legislature set out to accomplish nearly nine years ago, ruled an administrative judge on Monday.

The 2025 legislative session ended on Friday, and a number of bills will now make their way to Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk.

The Alachua County Supervisor of Elections is investigating the records of 11 voters in the City of Alachua after receiving a complaint of their potential ineligibility last Thursday.

The Trump administration's proposal to change the definition of the word “harm” in the Endangered Species Act could bring development into wildlife feeding, sheltering or breeding grounds, chipping away at a law long-heralded as one of the world’s most successful conservation efforts. Public comment is open until May 19.

Environmental advocates who criticized the commission's rapid pace of development celebrated the change in leadership. But little seemed to change as the newly elected commission faced a development-heavy agenda.

The Federal Crop Insurance Program costs the government an average of $9 billion annually. Climate change could raise its price tag by up to a third by 2080.

Two new faces will soon frequent Alachua’s City Hall.Walter Welch and Jacob Fletcher beat incumbent Mayor Gib Coerper and Vice Mayor Ed Potts, respectively, in Tuesday’s election.

Alachua County has twice filed lawsuits against the city for development near the cave system, most recently in 2015.

Los hispanohablantes en el condado de Alachua ahora pueden registrarse para recibir alertas de emergencia en su lengua materna a través de mensajes de texto o Facebook.