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A nonprofit Gainesville-based dance group called Smooth Flava raises money for its youth programs through dance classes and events.

The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is training beekeepers over the next couple of days as part of its annual Spring Bee College Program.

Monica Benson, a special education teacher at Sidney Lanier Center, was named the 2025 Alachua County Teacher of the Year on Thursday.

The School Board of Alachua County and union representatives for public school teachers will resume salary negotiations after teachers rejected the board’s pay increase offer.

Leslie Tharp hosts classes that cover a range of metalworking techniques, from welding to blacksmithing to metal art.

With the postseason ramping up in November, international athletes can face a host of challenges thousands of miles from home that American athletes do not have to deal with.

The Alachua County School board unanimously agreed to hire Kamela Patton as interim school superintendent at a special meeting on Monday, Nov. 4, while it continues to search for a permanent replacement for outgoing superintendent Shane Andrew.

A 3D printer capable of printing houses and seawalls arrived in Florida late last month, bringing with it the potential to mitigate the impacts of hurricanes and develop the local workforce and construction industry.

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