After months of anguish and anticipation, after the long days and the longer nights of a pandemic that has stressed communities across Florida, the nation and the world, Gainesville took the first step today toward an eventual return to normalcy. Vaccination Day. University of Florida Health clinical caregivers who are most at risk of being...

Kristy Sutton and Lacy Basford founded Foster Florida to empower families on the front lines of foster care by mobilizing and equipping their communities to support them.  Kristy and Lacy’s friendship began when they met at their local church in Gainesville. Lacy had just had her second baby, and Kristy was leading the small mother’s...

A group of 10 front-line health care workers at UF Health Jacksonville are believed to be the first in Florida, and possibly the Southeast, to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Monday morning, shortly after a shipment of 20,000 doses arrived at the health system. At 10:39 a.m., Dr. Leon L. Haley Jr., a board-certified emergency...

Blood bubbles up and pours from a deep wound on the patient’s leg. A bruise extends from her shoulder down to her chest and abdomen. Her fractured forearm hangs from her elbow. It’s a patient case that would prompt any health care practitioner into careful action under threat of potential life lost. Luckily for those...

The Alachua County Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Training Initiative was recently recognized in the National Association of Counties (NACo) newsletter “County News.” The Department of Court Services manages this initiative. Court Services is hopeful that they can share their model and what they accomplished with other counties in the U.S. This is one element...

Gabriel Chavez and Noe Lopez opened Resident Coffee Roasters to bring incredible coffees from around the world to the people of Gainesville. Gabriel was born in Ecuador and always imagined starting something new in the United States. He received his bachelor’s degree in Education at the University of Florida. His passion for coffee bloomed when...

Three common antihistamine medications have been found in preliminary tests to inhibit infection of cells by the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, University of Florida Health researchers have found. Their findings, based on laboratory tests of cells and a detailed analysis of nearly a quarter-million California patients’ medical records, are published today in the journal Biochemical...

Alachua County is pleased to announce that the Alachua County Visitors and Convention Bureau (VCB) “What’s Good” weekly event guide received the state’s highest honor, the “Henry Award,” in the category of Consumer Resource Communications at the recent Visit Florida Flagler Award ceremony. Named for Henry Flagler, the Flagler Awards recognize outstanding tourism marketing in...

The Alachua County Development Review Committee will meet on Thursday December 3, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. This is a hybrid meeting. The public may attend and participate (offer comments) in this meeting virtually and in-person. The public who attend in-person must wear a facial covering at all times. Public seating will be made available up...

Scott Costello and Christy Robinson-Costello of True North, a trend-setting business solutions firm, kicked off their business this past January with a vision to create, connect and consult with organizations.   Christy was born and raised in Gainesville, FL where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics at the University of Florida. Following...