WUFT News

11/14/2025

Florida will see a warm and dry lead-up to Thanksgiving, with highs above average for many. Here’s what to expect before holiday travel ramps up:

Florida will see a warm, dry pattern through the pre-Thanksgiving week as high pressure keeps the main storm track to the north. Mild mornings and above-average highs are expected.

11/13/2025

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11/13/2025

Kindred Hospital North Florida went private in 2021, three years after investors acquired its parent company for more than $4 billion. ScionHealth, the care network that absorbed Kindred, is under Apollo Global Management’s control.

As PE’s role in the U.S. health care system draws more scrutiny, lawmakers are mounting efforts to curb its reach.

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Private equity firms deploy large pools of debt to buy privately held companies or to take public companies private. Their eventual goal is to sell those assets at a profit.

11/13/2025

Drought conditions are causing more burn bans to be instituted. A look at who is seeing a lack of rainfall:

Several Florida counties, including Sarasota and Manatee, are under burn bans as more than 70% of the state experiences unusually dry conditions.

11/12/2025

The cold temperatures and crisp wind didn’t stop visitors to the Veterans Memorial Park event, sponsored by the Alachua County Veteran Services, to honor the brave Americans who served.

Every detail of the event was focused on honoring those who served, including offering priority parking to veterans. A large American flag, hanging between two extended fire truck ladders, greeted guests alongside two helicopters that people could sit in.

Click the link below to read more about how Alachua County honors its veterans.

“It’s great to see people helping veterans out here. Veterans have the opportunity to come through and can get special services they may need … maybe something they didn’t know about. It’s just good,” said Lewis.

11/12/2025

Community members gathered at Veterans Memorial Park in Gainesville on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, to honor military service members during the county’s annual Veterans Day celebration, despite frigid temperatures.

Local groups including Young Marines, Gainesville High School’s JROTC and Fort Clarke Middle School’s band participated in performances and demonstrations for the event.

Visit the link here to see the full gallery: https://www.wuft.org/politics/2025-11-11/gallery-alachua-county-veterans-day-celebration

11/12/2025

On Nov. 14 at noon in the Pugh Hall Ocora, NYT bestselling author and journalist Michael Grunwald will join us to discuss his new book, We Are Eating the Earth, and explore how our food system shapes the future of the planet.

Free parking is available on the north lawn of the football stadium. Books will be available for purchase. The event is also streamed live. Get the details at the link in our bio.

Hosted by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service; the UF College of Journalism and Communications, UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, WUFT News Environment & Ag Desk; the Florida Climate Institute; and the Rothman Family Chair in the Humanities.

MORE DETAILS: https://calendar.ufl.edu/event/grunwald

11/10/2025

UF student Matthew Bravo turned his Hodgkin's Lymphoma diagnosis into a mission to help others, raising over $19,000 for blood cancer research in just two weeks.



Read more here: https://www.wuft.org/healthscience/2025-11-10/uf-student-with-hodgkins-lymphoma-raises-funds-for-other-cancer-patients-inspires-community

11/10/2025

Coming up on 'First at Five' | Victoria Perez profiled a man during the Krawlin for the Fallen event over the weekend. He uses his hand-built Jeep to honor law enforcement that died in the line of duty.

11/10/2025

More than 1,000 American flags now honor the veterans laid to rest at Gainesville's Evergreen Cemetery, each one placed by volunteers this weekend ahead of Veterans Day.
Over 100 volunteers, including Navy ROTC students from Gainesville High School, put flags on graves throughout the 56-acre cemetery on Saturday.

Read more here: https://www.wuft.org/florida-good/2025-11-10/over-100-volunteers-join-flag-placing-event-to-honor-evergreen-cemetery-veterans

11/10/2025

This book talk with Michael Grunwald is 100% free and open to the public. An online live stream will be available, as well. Mark your calendars.

Event hosted by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service; the UF College of Journalism and Communications, UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, WUFT News Environment & Ag Desk; the Florida Climate Institute; and the Rothman Family Chair in the Humanities.

LEARN MORE: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQr9wUgk5C2/

11/06/2025

The Alachua Conservation Trust bought the land of Orange Lake Overlook with donor support, protecting it from development in perpetuity.

In December, crews will unveil an 850-pound statue of a bald eagle, its nest and its eggs on the site, the epilogue to two conservation success stories.

Read more here: https://www.wuft.org/environment/2025-11-06/an-850-pound-homage-to-the-florida-bald-eagles-that-repopulated-the-south