The New River Solid Waste Association board of directors approved a $9.19 million operating budget for fiscal year 2026-2027, accepted the association's fiscal year 2025 financial audit and took steps…
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Sharon Brown Sharon L. Brown, 74, of Hampton passed away Sunday, May 31, 2026, at Haven Hospice in Gainesville. She was born July 24, 1951, in Gainesville. Sharon lived a life filled with dedicatio…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Union County commissioners agreed Monday to draft a code enforcement ordinance targeting illegal structures and unpermitted dwellings, even as they wrestled with a…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida said Drew Geer, 42, of Lake Butler, Anthony Crosby, 42, of Keystone Heights and Leroy Halbert 53, of…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The Union County School Board learned last week that state lawmakers have stripped most of the funding the district was counting on to build a new Lake Butler Elem…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The Union County School Board spent an hourlong workshop on May 26 wrestling with how to rein in transportation costs, weighing options that ranged from charging a…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Clay Electric Cooperative customers will see higher electric bills starting in June as the co-op raises its power cost adjustment to reflect rising wholesale power…
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The following individuals were recently arrested by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union, or Clay (Keystone Heights area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted…
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From Union County Emergency Management Director Tim Allen: The burn ban has been lifted. The areas of Union County that were still in burn ban territory have received rainfall over the last few days.…
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