Sick Week Day 5 Video: The FINAL DAY of Racing Decides EVERYTHING – Hearts...
Cold, rain, miles, mayhem, and carnage. All of these things made the 2026 edition of Sick Week a bit more of a challenge than some folks were prepared for. There are a lot of racers who didn’t finish the race after all the weather and carnage, but the overwhelming sentiment was that this was a fun week....
Matheson History Museum presents ‘The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Gainesville Roots — Worldwide Influence’
The Matheson History Museum will present “The Myers-Briggs Indicator®: Gainesville Roots – Worldwide Influence” with Mark Enting on Wednesday, February 18, at 7 p.m. The program is free with registration. The post Matheson History Museum presents ‘The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Gainesville Roots — Worldwide...
Williams Breaks School Record at Celebration Pointe Classic
GAINESVILLE, Fla. | Florida Memorial University competed at the Celebration Pointe Classic and set multiple records, including setting a new school record. Narrson Tulloch tossed a Sun Conference leading performance and a school of 17.07m in the men's weight throw. In addition, Isaiah Palmer posted a personal best of...
Decades in the making, this Florida botanical garden still feels like a local secret
This place took decades to grow, and somehow still flies under the radar. Kanapaha Botanical Gardens isn’t loud or flashy. It doesn’t try to impress. It just quietly pulls you in with bamboo towering overhead, water lilies the size of café tables, and paths that slow your breathing without asking permission.
Hutch is still flipping land…and that’s the good news!
Hutch flips land…a thousand acres here, 880 acres there, 51 acres over yonder. Hutch may be the biggest land baron in Alachua County…But the land Hutch flips sees very little by way of “value added” enhancement. Unless you happen to believe that saving land for land’s sake is a value added enhancement in its own right.
Alachua County Public Schools considers school closures in rezoning plan
Several schools may close next school year as Alachua County Public Schools moves forward with its " Our Schools – Future Ready " initiative. Local civil engineering firm JBPro has drafted three proposed boundary maps for each school level — elementary, middle and high — that the Alachua County School Board is set to...
Watermelon Pond Park boat ramp temporarily closed
The Watermelon Pond Park boat ramp is closed to the launching of watercraft due to low water levels caused by ongoing dry conditions. The post Watermelon Pond Park boat ramp temporarily closed appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .
ACPS’s Jennifer Breman elected to ACTE Board of Directors
Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) announced on Monday that Jennifer Breman, a career and technical education (CTE) program specialist with the district, has been elected to serve on the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Board of Directors. According to an ACPS release, “ACTE is the nation’s...
Gainesville artists and poets celebrate a night of Black love, art and poetry
Gainesville artists, poets and community members came together for a free event Feb. 7 at the Oakview Community Center to celebrate Black History Month with art exhibits and spoken word performances. The sixth annual Celebration of Black Love, Art and Poetry drew about 20 guests. Attendees excitedly walked into a...
Former Gator Erin Jackson competes in 1000 meter speed skating at Winter Olympics
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Former University of Florida student, Erin Jackson competed in the 1000-meter speed skating competition at the Winter Olympics today, finishing in sixth place as her former engineering community gathered to support her. The UF engineering department transformed the lobby of the engineering...

















