Alachua County will open a special-needs shelter on Wednesday at noon and two pet-friendly general population shelters at 4 p ...

The Dust Bowl exodus was the largest migration in American history. By 1940, 2.5 million people had moved out of the Plains states; of those, 200,000 moved to California. When they reached the ...

The Alachua County Commission declared a local state of emergency Tuesday afternoon before the arrival of what’s expected to ...

Jen Grice, the county's director of emergency management, said rainfall is likely to begin Wednesday night with 4 to 6 inches ...

Republican state Sen. Jennifer Bradley and Democratic state Rep. Christine Hunschofsky describe the bipartisan legislation ...

The political action committee arm of the African American Accountability Alliance of Alachua County (4As) on Sunday made its ...

The plains lubber grasshopper ranges widely on the western plains of the United States and Mexico. It inhabits several types of prairies: shortgrass, mixedgrass, tallgrass, sand, and desert prairies.

Immigrants in Alachua County will be celebrated with a day of food, art, dance and music this weekend in Gainesville. The Gainesville Immigrant Neighbor Inclusion Initiative (GINI) will host its ...

Alachua County Sheriff Emery Gainey is seeking re-election this year. Gainey, a Republican, faced no opposition in his party’s primary. Chad Scott won a three-way Democratic primary in August.

Several candidates on the Nov. 5 General Election ballot received endorsements from the African American Accountability Alliance of Alachua County's (4As) Political Action Committee. Those ...

Flooding can be a costly natural disaster, As its cosponsors write, House Bill 1049 helps to alleviate some of the risk borne by homebuyers: The bill makes flood disclosure a requirement for all ...

The School Board of Alachua County adopted a final budget of $612.8 million for fiscal year 2024-2025 and a 6.26 millage rate for this year. The total budget includes an allocation of $297.8 ...