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Alachua Conservation Trust hosted the 20th Annual Conservation Stewards Awards this month at Prairie Creek Lodge. Since 2000, Alachua Conservation Trust (ACT) honors “Conservation Stewards,” the individuals in our community who have made the cultural and environmental protection of North Central Florida a priority in their lives. This year’s Honorees were John McPherson and Lu...

WUFT-TV/FM and the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network (FPREN) were recently honored with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Community Lifeline Award for providing extensive coverage and non-stop emergency information during Hurricanes Michael, Irma and Matthew. The Community Lifeline Award recognizes public media stations that provide outstanding service to their communities during local emergencies, natural...

A new study by University of Florida researchers questions the accuracy of the criteria used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to identify patients at risk of opioid abuse and overdose. The CMS launched its Overutilization Monitoring System, or OMS, in 2013 to identify such high-risk patients among the millions of beneficiaries who...

Gainesville has been named one of the 2019 Top 100 Best Places to Live by Livability.com, outpacing more than 1,000 cities (with populations between 20,000 and 1,000,000) in this data-driven ranking.   The 2019 rankings were guided by an exclusive study conducted by Livability.com in partnership with Ipsos. More than 1,000 millennials across the country...

Gainesville’s own, Embers Wood Grill and Spark invite you to spend three days indulging in gourmet cuisine, fine wines and live music at our third annual Embers Wood Grill Wine & Food Festival! Start the weekend on Friday, March 22 with our Winemaker’s Dinner at Embers Wood Grill. Award-winning and talented Executive Chef Briton Dumas...

The University of Florida College of Medicine made substantial gains in its primary care ranking while remaining the No. 1 overall medical school in Florida and again securing a place among the nation’s best medical schools in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of graduate schools. The College of Nursing’s doctoral program — No....

Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) and University Air Center (UAC) are hosting their annual Gator Fly-In and Armed Services Appreciation Day Saturday, March 23, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the University Air Center, 4701 NE 40th Terrace in Gainesville, Florida (general aviation entrance off Waldo Road.) A fly-in is a gathering for pilots...

United Way of North Central Florida (UWNCFL) is offering free tax services through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The VITA program helps prepare tax returns for low- to moderate-income individuals, those with disabilities and those with limited English in our six-county service area of Alachua, Bradford, Dixie, Gilchrist, Levy and Union counties. The...

Power Negotiating – The Art of Excellence and Getting to Yes Program Date: April 26, 2019 | 1 – 5 PM Negotiation is a way of life and yet most of us leave money (and time) on the table because we don’t see negotiating as a daily part of our lives. Think about it, when...

When you think of the future, what do you envision? Jan Spence and Steve Garguilo see women entrepreneurs, leading with empowerment and action. Spence and Garguilo were the opening and closing keynote speakers, respectively, at the second annual Inspiring Women Leaders Conference. The second of the two-day conference, which was hosted by The Department of...