http://www.yourstreet.com/news/alachua-fl The latest Alachua, FL news updated hourly from thousands of sources. To see this news on a map, visit YourStreet.com. en-us A strong, fast-moving band of thunderstorms, heading toward Alachua and surrounding counties Wednesday morning, could bring damaging winds, the National Weather Service in... http://www.yourstreet.com/5000045/rain-wind-forecast-wednesday Three men, one armed with a gun and all disguised with ski masks, broke into a locked Alachua home and ransacked the residence where two adults and two children were sleeping... http://www.yourstreet.com/4994328/robbers-kick-their-way-into-alachua-home A dense fog advisory is in effect Monday morning in the north Florida area, the National Weather Service in Jacksonville advised. The advisory is in place until 10 a.m. and... http://www.yourstreet.com/4984099/fog-advisory-for-north-florida An officer with the city of Alachua Police Department, who had been called out to a report of a dog killing a neighbor's cat, shot at dogs that charged at him last week, the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4966512/dog-days-for-alachua-cops Two pieces of southwest Alachua County land that have been host to endangered whooping cranes and harbor artifacts of the area's American Indian past have been bought by the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4953169/alachua-conservation-trust-adds-2-new-sites Florida officials are warning of a higher than normal risk for wildfires in north central Florida, including Alachua and Marion counties. http://www.yourstreet.com/4949031/freezes-dry-weather-increase-area-s-fire-risk A suspicious metal container found in a Turkey Creek mailbox on Saturday morning was detonated by authorities and found to be harmless, but an investigation is under way to try... http://www.yourstreet.com/4943364/harmless-makeshift-bomb-found-in-mailbox A suspicious metal container found in a Turkey Creek mailbox Saturday morning was detonated by authorities and found to be harmless, but an investigation is underway to try to... http://www.yourstreet.com/4940868/suspicious-metal-container-found-in-local-mailbox Slowness In Agriculture And Construction To Blame LABELLE, FL. -- Hendry County, at 11.9 percent, has the highest unemployment rate in Florida in November, followed by Flagler... http://www.yourstreet.com/4928412/hendry-county-highest-unemployment-again An Alachua man was arrested late Sunday after he told police he was firing a gun outside an apartment house for fun. http://www.yourstreet.com/4876749/alachua-man-arrested-for-firing-gun-outside-for-fun Alachua Police arrested two men afer a pursuit of a stolen vehicle where one officer's car was almost struck early Friday. http://www.yourstreet.com/4855953/alachua-police-chase-ends-with-two-arrests Area wildfire officials were disappointed Thursday after a line of thunderstorms dropped only a half-inch of rain throughout Alachua and Marion counties. Florida Division of... http://www.yourstreet.com/4853294/area-needs-more-rain According to the Census Bureau , thirty of Florida's 67 counties are split between multiple Congressional districts. (The remainder are all located entirely within single CDs.)... http://www.yourstreet.com/4851782/crowdsourcing-pres-by-cd-florida-precinct-results Alachua County's Department of Public Safety is going to a four-day work week on Monday. Department employees will begin working four, ten hours days, giving them a three-day... http://www.yourstreet.com/4780348/4-day-work-week-for-the-alachua-department-of-public-safety Officials said the first sizable brush fire of the winter season has burned more than 300 acres, just east of Gainesville. Forestry officials said the fire, which was first... http://www.yourstreet.com/4761213/brush-fire-about-50-contained The first sizable brush fire of the winter season was about 50 percent contained by Saturday evening. http://www.yourstreet.com/4757352/fire-burns-300-acres-in-eastern-alachua New leadership and infrastructure credited for keeping GRU. http://www.yourstreet.com/4733504/city-of-alachua-reverses-energy-decision-will-stick-with-gru