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The City of Alachua is updating its Comprehensive Plan, and new language would allow data centers on Industrial land.That may sound technical, but the meaning is simple: the City is creating a legal pathway for data centers.The draft says future...

Marion County residents prepare to protect their natural resources.

Poe Springs has long been part of the rhythm of life in North Central Florida—a place where families swim, paddlers begin their journeys, and clear groundwater rises from the Floridan aquifer before joining the Santa Fe River.Now that rhythm has...

If you have ever wondered how a tree farm becomes a big-box shopping center and 203-home subdivision, the answer is apparently: one marathon meeting at a time.After roughly ten hours of testimony - continuing proceedings that began June 22 - the...

Poe Springs has reportedly stopped flowing, aquifer levels are extremely low, and our region faces an 18.69-inch rainfall deficit. Yet the Suwannee River Water Management District remains under Modified Phase II restrictions while conditions...

There are public meetings, and then there are public meetings that begin to feel like a civic endurance sport. The Farmlands rezoning hearings have been the latter: long, tangled, technical, and at times so bewildering that one half-expects Scooby-...

Many people have heard that the Water First North Florida (WFNF) project is "dead." Unfortunately, that's not the case.The proposal has been deferred, not defeated. While it has been paused because of current drought conditions and shifting...

Hi, my name is Natalie Martinez, and I am a third-year student at the University of Florida studying Political Science and Economics.Ever since I was a child, I have cared deeply about protecting our planet. At first, that concern felt more like...

In case you have not heard, the University of Florida is proposing to clear-cut an entire forest on its campus, and the Sierra Club Suwannee-St. Johns Group is asking community members to help protect this important ecosystem.Graham Woods is a 7.5-...