MediaUpdate

​Starting Oct. 1, the majority of greater Gainesville residents will hear the growl of garbage trucks on a different day of the week as the city and county change residential pickup days.  

Read more​. ​

​The Alachua County Crisis Center invites students, faculty, staff, and community members to join its free annual virtual symposium, Healing Together: Conversations for Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention, on Sept. 28-30, 2026, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. each evening.

Read more​. ​

​​The Alachua County Broadband Initiative will host a free Fiber Education and Digital Literacy event on Friday, Sept. 25, at the Senior Recreation Center in Gainesville.

Read more​. ​

​Cleanup of the Koppers area had been awaiting an agreement to relocate a stormwater drainage ditch that cuts through the site. According to Christopher Gilbert, the hazardous materials program manager for the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department, that agreement has now been completed.

Read more​. ​

​Alachua County volunteers marked the occasion with a luncheon, cake, a guest speaker, and participation in a nationwide Zoom celebration connecting AmeriCorps Seniors programs and volunteers across the country.

Read more​. ​

​Alachua County Public Works is advising residents that Northeast County Road 1471 will close to all traffic near the Santa Fe River beginning Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, as Watson Construction begins demolition of the existing box culvert bridge.

Read more​. ​

​Two Alachua County Public Works employees are unemployed after an investigation showed they misused county time and materials.

Watch the story.​​

​As residents have increasingly expressed frustration over the large number of potholes in Alachua County in recent months, county leaders have launched a new online portal to report and track road issues.

Watch the story​. ​

​Alachua County has launched a new Pothole Portal as part of an ongoing effort to improve pothole repairs and make it easier for residents to report road issues.

Read more​. ​

​Alachua County is reminding residents that the Water Management District’s extreme water shortage orders remain in effect throughout the county despite recent rainfall.

Read more​. ​

​The Waldo-Hawthorne-Campville-Rochelle Subcommittee of the Alachua County Community Remembrance Project will hold a historical marker installation ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, at Veterans Memorial Park at the Caboose (14705 NE Waldo Road, Waldo).

Read more​. ​

​The Water Management District’s Extreme Water Shortage Orders are still in effect throughout Alachua County. Recent rainfall has provided welcome relief across North Florida but does not immediately restore groundwater levels following extended periods of below-average rainfall.

Read more​. ​

​As part of an ongoing effort to improve pothole repairs, Alachua County has contracted with PSD Portal’s “Citywide” software and is launching its Pothole Portal.

Read more​. ​