In cooperation with the City of Gainesville and Alachua County, O-Town Compost is offering free pumpkin composting services.

Unlike many Florida attractions that demand your full attention (and wallet), the overlook asks nothing of you except your presence. There’s no right or wrong way to experience it – no prescribed path ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Alachua County Commission will conduct its regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. The meeting is ...

Nestled within Gainesville’s verdant landscape, the Alachua Lake Overlook provides an unobstructed view of one of Florida’s most mesmerizing ecological phenomena. This isn’t a tourist attraction with ...

Feeding Florida: A statewide network of local food banks that serves all 67 counties. Feeding Florida offers a searchable map to help you locate a food bank near you, such as: 211 United Way: Heart of ...

Many Florida counties are named after historical figures, including Confederate officers and U.S. senators. Several counties derive their names from geographic features like bays or from Native ...

Vice Chair Tina Certain defended her controversial post as free speech. The state plans to question her again at a November board meeting. Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas made an ...

Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas in an appearance at the Oct. 7 Alachua County School Board meeting, scolded board members for not adhering to state directives. The commissioner ...

Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia claims Alachua County's budget has over $80 million in "wasteful" spending. A full report from the state's Department of Government Efficiency with specific details has not ...

Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia traveled to Alachua County Thursday, where he said his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team of auditors had determined that the local ...

Alachua County School Board Vice Chair Tina Certain is facing criticism for a social media post about the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk. U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack called for Certain's ...

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. — Florida deputies had their hands full after a baby alligator sprawled its way onto an apartment complex near the University of Florida. The Alachua County Sheriff's Office ...