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The Florida Board of Education approved on Wednesday a formal plan to improve the academic performance at nine schools statewide, including Gainesville’s Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary.
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Water levels, rare plants and ancient fish are among Florida’s natural resources that could be protected by a proposed expansion to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. -
Employees on that game day told WUFT trash and recycling are separated as much as possible, but the recycling collected after games is usually too contaminated to be properly sorted.
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Jimmy Patronis, Florida’s elected chief financial officer, announced Tuesday he might join the race for the congressional seat in the Panhandle surrendered by Rep. Matt Gaetz. -
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Bart Knowles, who took over as interim police chief in June when his predecessor was promoted, said in a new interview that his goal is to keep the University of Florida’s sprawling campus in Gainesville safe so students, faculty and staff can prosper. -
A judge is considering a request to throw out evidence involving two men accused of street racing at nearly 100 mph when they struck a family’s SUV, killing its driver.
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Gainesville is home to the Florida Gators, orange and blue colors, sticky bar floors, Tom Petty’s legacy and red solo cups, but right inside do-it-yourself (DIY) venues, house shows and downtown bars, one finds several countercultural forces of nature: the punk rock crowd. -
An artist for nearly four decades, Celino Dimitroff, 66, said he has made more than 3,500 lamps, all from found materials. For the past 18 years, though, he’s done so despite constant pain.
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A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a confessed participant to five years of probation in a plot that diverted millions of dollars worth of biomedical drugs, toxins and research supplies from the University of Florida to China over seven years. -
The election for sheriff in Alachua County ended Tuesday night, but instead of a declared winner, candidates Chad Scott and Emery Gainey were left with uncertainty. -
Black voters are turning out to early voting at low rates in Florida. -
Critics of a recreational marijuana amendment on this year’s ballot in Florida are warning it will lead to more car crashes and traffic deaths on the state’s roads.
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