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

The measure creating single-member districts in Alachua County passed in November 2022 with about 51.5% of the popular vote.

Cave divers in North Central Florida say the proposed 500-home Tara Forest West development could contaminate the Floridan ...

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

Alachua County is hosting NASA's International Observe the Moon Night at Cuscowilla Nature and Retreat Center on Sept. 14 ...

Alachua County seeks to fulfill its promise of organic waste sustainability. But it may not be all sunshine within its chosen compost company. The county began negotiations with Jacksonville-based ...

The group plans to hold a forum on the amendments and referendums on the Nov. 5 ballot on Sunday afternoon at Mount Pleasant ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Alongside environmental activists in Alachua County, Bob Tancig hopes for a better future through local politics in the face of global climate change. “It’s about the kids alive today ...

Alachua County will host NASA’s International Observe the Moon Night on Saturday evening at Cuscowilla Nature and Retreat Center. The event is scheduled from 6 to 10 p.m. at 210 SE 134 th Ave. in ...