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James Moore & Company has been recognized by Forbes Magazine the Florida-based CPA and full-service consulting firm as one of America’s Top Recommended Tax and Accounting Firms. The list included 227 companies, accounting for only 0.5% of the firms in the country, and James Moore & Company was among a more exclusive subgroup of firms...

Alachua County, the City of Newberry, and the City of Hawthorne are among 33 communities to be recognized by the Florida Department of Health as 2019 Healthy Community Champions for taking a Health in All Policies approach to comprehensive planning. Health in All Policies, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is...

University of Florida online degree programs saw new gains in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report rankings. UF Online, the University of Florida’s online undergraduate program, rose to the No. 4 spot in the country – up from No. 5 last year – in the U.S. News rankings for best online programs. “I am...

Alachua Habitat for Humanity has named longtime residential home builder David Weiss as its new Chief Operations Officer. Mr. Weiss started in early November in the position that was created when Executive Director Scott Winzeler was promoted to Chief Outreach and Development Officer earlier this year. While Mr. Winzeler will focus on developing the resources...

UF Health is one step closer to opening its newest freestanding emergency room, which will soon provide convenient access to high-quality health care in Wildwood and surrounding communities as the demand for services continues to grow. Health officials and local community and government leaders celebrated with a ribbon-cutting and open house for the UF Health...

Alachua County Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Jeff Taylor has obtained the designation of Executive Fire Officer from the National Fire Academy.  Founded over 35 years ago, the program has graduated over 4300 fire officers internationally with some 1700 still on active duty. The Executive Fire Officer Program provides senior fire officers with a broad perspective...

Many viruses are master manipulators, hijacking cellular functions to propagate, spread and avoid elimination by their hosts’ immune system. Now, University of Florida researcher Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh, M.D., Ph.D., has discovered how the common, cancer-causing Epstein-Barr virus does just that by using a complex of proteins to emerge from a dormant state and begin replicating. The...

With the debut of the Sunshine State Book Festival, January 24 – 26, 2020, the cultural landscape of north central Florida will become fuller, richer, more complete and more interesting. The Sunshine State Book Festival is a much needed and long-overdue event offering three days of FREE literary action-packed enrichment for readers of all genres...

The University of Florida has named 12 UF faculty members as Trust Consortium Scholars and funded two post-doctoral associate positions as part of the University’s Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology initiative. The scholars include faculty from four UF colleges studying the issues of trust from multiple perspectives. Projects include examinations of the effects...

The Florida Beverage Association (FBA) has announced the fifth year of its Community Grant Program. FBA is the state trade association representing non-alcoholic beverage producers, marketers, bottlers, and distributors. “The Florida Beverage Association and its members are eager to build upon our commitment to the communities we serve by awarding grants to local programs that...