Public Works

When the dark clouds roll in, the Blanchards' storm preparation team rolls out.“Prepped, staged, deployed” is what the couple calls their flooding…

A special area study on one of Alachua County’s 47 environmentally sensitive ecosystems will be evaluated Nov. 7 to determine what should be protected…

Julianna Witte, 61, watched her two sons grow up in her 11-acre backyard, running wild, letting nature be their teacher.She did not anticipate the…

Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. Hurricane Idalia • Associated Press: Hurricane Idalia makes landfall on…

Hurricane Idalia is expected to strengthen and make landfall somewhere on the Gulf Coast by Wednesday. Here's how counties in Florida are preparing for…

SHARON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Biologist Ashley Wilson carefully disentangled a bat from netting above a tree-lined river and examined the wriggling, furry…

Construction may be coming to a road near you. The Alachua County Commission approved the list of roads and sites throughout the county that are part of…

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The Williston City Council is discussing the possibility of a four-day workweek for employees of the city's public works employees and utilities field staff.