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After its second community input session in four months, residents in small underdeveloped towns in eastern Alachua County say they hope the county's Forward Focus initiative, a three-year plan to enhance economic opportunities and improve essential services in eastern Alachua County, turn the discussions into real action.

As hurricanes ravaged Florida in 2024, home insurance costs have surged, putting a strain on the state’s residents.

Row crops and animal operations were the agricultural industries hardest hit by Hurricane Helene, which made landfall on Sept. 26 as a Category 4 hurricane, according to a preliminary report published on Tuesday by researchers at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

Members of Gainesville's immigrant community say they are worried about pre-election state and national anti-immigrant rhetoric despite the city's welcoming attitude toward immigrants.

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The ongoing unusual mortality event is prompting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consider reclassifying Florida’s state marine mammal as an…

PERRY, Fla. – After a hurricane rolls through, a city’s usual worries are cleaning up and rebuilding. Perry wasn’t so lucky.Less than three weeks after…

Alachua County officials are developing new financial details for commissioners to determine if a housing project made from recycled shipping crates at…

Volunteers in Alachua County ensured no one went hungry this holiday season by striving to "strike out hunger."As cars lined up and around The Oaks Mall…

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