Ethan Budowsky
Gainesville, Fla.
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Ethan Budowsky joined WCJB as a news reporter in October 2022.
Born and raised as a Gator in Hollywood, Florida, he is a proud graduate from the University of Florida with a degree in telecommunications.
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County officials say the goal of the service is to help create better responsiveness to issues involving animals
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A city commissioner says state leaders did not hold up their end of the bargain with the appointments
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She says now that the verdict has come down, her family can finally begin to let their loved one rest in peace.
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A town council member said she believes it will take more than a year to fully recover
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Evelyn Foxx has been fighting gun violence in Gainesville for many years, but said it hitting this close to home has her more motivated than ever to stomp it out
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Some students have had to spend more than six weeks bouncing between hotels because their apartment complexes are not yet complete
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The cuts are an alternative to a full consolidation of services with Braford County Sheriff’s Office and Bradford Fire Rescue
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Business owners say plans for the annual Cedar Key Seafood Festival remain a go for October 21 and 22.
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The man eventually got out of the excavator and ran inside Wal-Mart carrying a machete
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The student’s mother says his bus has driven right past him on multiple occasions
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Memorabilia ranged from Star Wars to Pokémon to Squishmallows
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The event takes inspiration from the Jewish tradition Tashlich, which takes place between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
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The tailgates started early for plenty, including one group who set up at 5:30 am
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DeSantis and his son participated in the opening coin toss, then stayed to watch the opening quarter
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The Center is open at the Dixie County Library Monday-Sunday from 9a-8p
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The store was ravaged by Idalia as more than four feet of water flooded the inside
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A city council member believes clean up efforts will last more than a year
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Shorty after landing, the President and First Lady boarded Marine One and took off for an aerial tour of areas affected by Hurricane Idalia.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis stopped in Lake City just hours before Hurricane Idalia is expected to impact the state
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The Florida Museum of Natural History is taking care to protect its living butterfly exhibit from the hurricane
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A general population shelter will be open at Dixie County High School beginning at 9 AM Tuesday
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An event organizer says the goal was to top last year’s fundraising total of $900
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Organizers say they hope the event can be a small part of keeping Black history alive in the community
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Parents and kids alike could enjoy some of the classic video game systems such as the NES, the Super NES and the PS1
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The event’s organizer says she wants to put art on display to show kids there are alternatives to violence.
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After a decade of steady funding increases, budget cuts may force changes at the GRACE Marketplace
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Chief Gerald Butler said ABT played a major role in what he called a group effort that led to the arrest
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Many students in Alachua County may be sent to a new school next year as the school board considers a comprehensive rezoning
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Numerous other sites have seen these kinds of layoffs, including in Logan, Utah, where 90 people were laid off last February
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The Riveroak Technical College is receiving $4 million in funding from the state to expand its nursing program
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The summit continues Monday when city leaders say the focus will shift towards policymaking
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Backpacks, notebooks, paper, pencils and other school supplies were available for free to parents and kids
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All of the proceeds from the event will go towards the Camp Valor project--which is a rehabilitation center for veterans
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The practice lasted about two hours and fans could see players go through individual and team drills
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Deputies say Tamesha Haygood and Thomas Lee Williams pulled into the Shell station in Starke to swap custody of Haygood’s two-year-old
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Along with the five jobs being cut within her office, Curry is also proposing reducing her $299 thousand salary by 5 percent
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A man from Ocala claims he doesn’t remember shooting two people and injuring a third near Downtown Gainesville and UF
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The primary shelter for women and children fleeing domestic violence in Marion County is set to shut down after funding was withheld due to poor conditions and concerns of fraud
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City leaders are seeking an injunction to prevent the governor-appointed board from taking control
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The man who applied for the permit says he is not opening a gun range
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Based on the proposed rate of more than 6.4 mills, city staff expects an additional $62 million in revenue
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It comes just a few weeks before city leaders host a two-day summit on gun violence in the city.
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The event came less than 24 hours after two teenagers were shot at nearby Fred Cone Park
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Last week, there were reports of an aggressive alligator by a nest just a few feet from a popular swimming area
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The director of the Florida Springs Institute says it could have a major long-term effect on the spring
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The money will go towards wagons which they purchase and fill with goods for families going through the battle
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Among the 19 artists, art forms ranged from sculpting to photography to glass artistry and a whole lot more
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People shared stories of how they have been impacted by being multilingual in north central Florida.
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People say his biggest legacy will be what he did for kids in Gainesville with Caring and Sharing Learning School
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The driver hit a scalloper and left the victim with cuts on his right calf and foot
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