Alachua County

Bookstores have withstood the test of technology facing off against the likes of Amazon Kindle, audiobooks and other e-formats in the digital market.

A host of varied items fill Bond’s Vintage Vault in Micanopy. The common thread connecting them all: The women who wore, designed, and shopped for them.

A downtown Gainesville space left vacant for nearly two years is seeing new life with the opening of Kushi & Co., a Japanese-inspired restaurant, on Bo Diddley Plaza.

The Gainesville store and event venue HOW BAZAR is hosting its third annual music festival, "Big: Culture and Arts Festival."

The goal of the Gainesville Opportunity Center event is to get people struggling with mental health issues the help they need to be successful.

Several area organizations were raisisng awareness of the threats to Florida’s springs on Saturday at the third annual Santa Fe Springs Celebration.

Gainesville’s latest response to gun violence looks like laptops, internet access, after-school programs and community partners trying to reach young people before they show up in police data.

About 775 tons of trash arrive at Alachua County’s Leveda Brown Environmental Park & Transfer Station every day. Electronic waste, including discarded phones and laptops, is the fastest-growing waste stream in the world.

Gainesville residents and University of Florida students with cost and sustainability in mind are turning to thrift stores as an alternative to retail shopping.

A Newberry community pantry battles food scarcity by relying on the neighbors it helps to feed.