City of Alachua

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.

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.

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.

A City of Alachua planner who resigned last month said he was “being asked to put the interests of a developer above the interests of the public,” in his former role. Justin Tabor alleged City Manager Mike DaRoza disregarded planner recommendations and prematurely pushed developments for approval under the influence of former city manager turned private consultant, Adam Boukari.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, music stores nationwide have closed amid an increase in online retailers. But Leon Barrows has kept Music Junction in Alachua open through strategic decisions.

It was Christmas Eve when the 18-year-old finally was coming home from Cuba. He and his father had been imprisoned there for the past 20 months along with about 1,200 other men.

Dawn Beachy, 70, a Gainesville native, spearheaded the project in hopes of educating people about the history of racial terror in Alachua County.

The Gainesville Senior Games, a series of athletic competitions for participants age 50 and up, start Friday and end Oct. 6. This year marks the 23rd anniversary of the games, which will feature swimming, pickleball, pétanque, table tennis and other sports.

Cave divers in North Central Florida say the proposed 500-home Tara Forest West development could contaminate the Floridan Aquifer with its stormwater runoff.