A group of cave divers is celebrating a milestone in their efforts to map out an unknown world beneath our feet. Blake Wilson (left) and Steve Cox (right) explore the incredible underwater world deep beneath the surface. On Jan. 7, divers with the Woodville Karst Plain Project found a connecting passage between the 38-mile-long Wakulla Read More…
Alachua County will spend $2.5M in federal aid on a publicly-owned meat processing facility By Silas Morgan The Alachua County Commission unanimously voted at a special meeting Tuesday to spend $2.5 million for a new United States Department of Agriculture-certified meat processing facility in Newberry. The $2.5 million is part of the $52.25 million in Read More…
Jackson Ryan Will The Ghosts of Antarctica Haunt The World Over AS THE WHALING ship Hope rounded Chile’s Cape Horn in September 1840, a tempest stirred. Winds drove the vessel toward a vast field of sea ice. As night fell, the Hope became surrounded by frozen castles rising out of the Southern Ocean, forming an Read More…
PHD From Trash University An education in “juice,” how to protect your shins, and keeping 12,000 daily tons of garbage at bay. All of DSNY’s 141 newest employees sit for 6 a.m. roll call on their first week of basic training at Floyd Bennett Field. Photo: Thomas Prior The white elephant, as it is sometimes Read More…
THE ICES IS MELTING: The Ghosts of Antarctica Will Haunt the End of the World As climate change threatens to upend the icy kingdom, we’re writing ghost stories in real time. Jackson Ryan Sept. 11, 2022 5:00 a.m. PT 11 min read AS THE WHALING ship Hope rounded Chile’s Cape Horn in September 1840, a Read More…
By Heather Bushman Buttons, bumper stickers, shirts and signs — all adorned with calls to “save it, don’t pave it” and “stop the turnpike” — were the accessories of choice for several Inverness residents on Tuesday evening. About 70 of these decorated locals gathered at the bi-monthly Inverness City Council meeting, where they voiced concerns regarding Read More…
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