Gainesville FL

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 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.

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...

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 .

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...

Coming off a run to the national championship game, Miami head coach Mario Cristobal hasn’t tuned down his recruiting pitch to prospective recruits. If anything, he’s turned the dial up a notch. Cristobal also has a flex to go with it. He’s is a home-grown Hurricane having played there from 1988-1992 as an offensive...

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...

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...

While leading an art therapy workshop, Sarah Falk taught young girls how to make vision boards and prayer boxes — helping them set boundaries and build self-esteem with an activity called “creating your own Garden of Eden.”. She couldn’t have expected her nonprofit, Spirit Led Art Therapy, would...

LAKE BULTER, Fla. (WCJB) - Sheriff’s deputies have shared the name of the second woman killed in Union County last week. Union County Sheriff’s deputies say Marisa Salome Jimenez, 42, of San Antonio, Texas, was killed last Tuesday, along with Candace Joseph, 43, of Lake Butler, Fla. Investigators...