Regional

The third annual Santa Fe Springs Celebration is scheduled for Saturday at Poe Springs County Park in High Springs. (COURTESY)

The Alachua Conservation Trust has purchased 20 acres in Gilchrist County that incudes 2,000 feet of frontage along the lower Santa Fe River to protect the waterway. (COURTESY)

Suwannee County Economic Development Director Jimmy Norris said with Plant Path opening a processing plant in the county, the goal is to make the county the ‘stevia capital of the world.’ (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

HCA Healthcare leadership is joined with Suwannee County Chamber of Commerce and local elected officials for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the new state-of-the-art CT scanner at HCA Florida Suwannee Emergency. (COURTESY)

Suwannee County Attorney Adam Morrison said preliminary talks with Bryant Miller Olive representatives provided ‘infinite possibilities’ for structuring bond agreements, leading to the need to retain the company for additional work. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Mark Durham, Suwannee County’s facilities director, recommended the board reject all bids on repairing the Suwannee County Courthouse dome, instead opting to go with a piggyback contract to address the damage caused by Hurricane Helene. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)