Alachua County

Sunday marks 53 years since the final U.S. combat troops withdrew from South Vietnam. National Vietnam War Veterans Day is observed on March 29, a day established to honor the 9 million Americans who served during the Vietnam War era.

After losing their toddler daughter to drowning in 2025, a Newberry couple is on a mission to make life-saving swim lessons accessible to every family.

St. Francis House is closing and selling its downtown shelter by mid-April.

Natural burials, also known as green burials, are an alternate form of end-of-life care that champion cleaner funeral practices.

The School Board of Alachua County approved a controversial rezoning plan the evening of March 12, moving forward with school closures and boundary changes that will reshape the district as early as this fall.

Discarded computers, chemicals and other dangerous materials can’t just go in a normal trash can. The Alachua County Hazardous Waste Department partners with nine counties across north central Florida to do annual collection events.

Students, scientists and area residents helped survey turtle diversity at Hornsby Spring on Sunday as part of the Santa Fe River Turtle Project. Eleven freshwater turtle species mingle in its depths, a level of diversity seen in only a handful of rivers worldwide.

Business owners in Newberry are working to manage the positive and negative aspects of the city’s growth.

Barnyard antics served as a perfect setting for the annual Alachua County Youth Fair & Livestock Show, where young agriculture enthusiasts spent almost a week showing off their prize livestock, poultry, crafts, youth projects, and farm products in an educational space.

Gainesville residents gathered at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday for the 17th annual Stomp the Swamp for Autism Acceptance and Awareness, an event aimed at raising funds and increasing awareness for those on the spectrum.