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As the former director of the Alachua Conservation Trust, Robert Hutchinson negotiated several land deals with Plum Creek Timber company. But the one he is proposing now as a county commissioner might be his most ambitious.

Two prayer vigils to honor the memory of Robert Dentmond, the teenager fatally shot by law enforcement responding to threatened suicide, will be held at local churches Monday and Friday.

A prominent University of Florida athletic booster is the UF Board of Trustees' newest member.

UF Health Shands Hospital is a hub of activity most weekdays, with hospital staff, patients and visitors crisscrossing through the main atrium.
Friday, there was an engrossing and somewhat gross addition to the atrium. Standing in the center of the tile floor for all to see, and for the inquisitive to pass through, was a giant, inflatable colon.

Governor Rick Scott vetoed a bill Friday that would have given Gainesville residents a chance to vote to create a self-governing Gainesville Regional Utilities board independent of the city commission.

With Floridians poised to vote this fall on broad legalization of medical marijuana, Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Friday that will allow terminally ill patients to have access to marijuana as they try to ease suffering.

Here's a look at some community Easter egg hunts scheduled around the area

Nearly two years ago, Rafael Torres was beaten for doing what he loved. Now he’s getting paid for it.

Job growth pushed Gainesville’s unemployment rate down to 4.0 percent in February from a revised 4.5 percent in January and the health profession led the way with 1,200 new jobs over the year.