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By Caitlyn Finnegan In anticipation of upcoming growth, UF&Shands, the University of Florida Academic Health Center, is trading in its name for a new one. The brand will now be known as University of Florida Health, university officials announced today. Moving forward, UF&Shands-affiliated health centers in Jacksonville and other cities will remove Shands from their...

By Caitlyn Finnegan In what stood as the last test before the Alachua County Commission’s final decision on Tuesday, the remaining candidates for the county manager position were interviewed one last time after spending two days racing through individual interviews, meet-and-greets and meetings with community organizations. As the five candidates rotated through their panel interviews...

By Alisha Kinman The community will have the chance to commemorate 40 years of excellence in the arts and theatre at the Hippodrome Theatre’s 40th Birthday Celebration. On Saturday, the community is invited to celebrate one of Gainesville’s iconic landmarks from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. while enjoying live performances and indulging in some of...

By Caitlyn Finnegan Although the real test will come during the panel interviews taking place Friday morning, the top five candidates for the Alachua County Manager position faced a trial of a different kind during a community meet-and-greet event Thursday night. The public event took place at the Alachua County Senior Recreation Center from 6:30...

By Victoria Colson A University of Florida nursing researcher is set to receive $1.4 million from the National Institutes of Health to study nutrition in low birth weight infants, according to UF&Shands Newsnet. The four-year study, led by Leslie Parker, Ph.D., A.R.N.P., will determine whether traditional clinical practice of assessing amounts of residual gastric contents...

By Caitlyn Finnegan Something new will be hitting local airwaves this June. JVC Broadcasting Media has agreed to a $3.5 million deal to purchase five local radio stations currently owned by Asterisk Communications Inc, with an agreement to take control over its operations on June 1. The stations include Ocala-based WTRS 102.3 FM Thunder Country...

As demand for water increases, making sure there is enough to go around is serious business. Battles over water rights in states like Georgia and Tennessee are being heard in courts across the country, and in the case of Texas and Oklahoma, all the way in the Supreme Court. Gainesville is hoping to take a...

The time has finally arrived for the Gainesville Chamber’s Annual Business Showcase, where the best of local business introduce and display their products and services to each other and their future customers. With more than 70 businesses presenting their wares, businesses and residents alike will have a great introduction to the local business community. Business...

By Caitlyn Finnegan Business professionals in Gainesville are ready to see some changes in the city’s attitude towards fostering the small business community. The resounding theme throughout the “Growing Your Small Business in Gainesville: A Conversation with City Leaders” forum Monday night at the Alachua County Senior Recreation Center was the need to turn “can’ts...

By Caitlyn Finnegan From the steadily expanding core of Progress Corporate Park in Alachua, home to nationally recognized biotechnology companies like RTI Biologics and Nanotherapeutics, there are views of country roads and sprawling fields of green pasture – not always the first thing that comes to mind when discussing breakthrough biomedical discoveries and research. But...