Alachua County offices closed on Wednesday, Jan. 22, residential trash collection delayed by an additional day
January 21, 2025

Press release from Alachua County
ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – Due to potentially hazardous weather conditions, Alachua County offices will be closed on Wednesday, January 22.
Other closures tomorrow include:
- Alachua County Schools
- Santa Fe College
- Alachua County Property Appraiser’s Office
- Alachua County Library District
- Alachua County Tax Collector’s Office
- Alachua County Sheriff’s Office
- Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office (Circuit Eight)
- Supervisor of Elections Office
- Cities of Archer, Alachua, Gainesville, High Springs, and Waldo
- State Health Department in Alachua County
- CareerSource of North Central Florida
Delayed openings
- University of Florida (opens at 12:30 p.m.)
- City of Newberry (opens at 1 p.m.)
Waste collection
- Alachua County’s solid waste facilities and operations will also be closed on Wednesday and will resume regular hours on Thursday, Jan. 23.
- Residential solid waste collection services will be delayed two days for the remainder of the week, due to the combination of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the winter storm warning.
- This means that homes regularly collected on Tuesday will be collected on Thursday, those regularly collected on Wednesday will be collected on Friday, and those regularly collected on Thursday will be collected on Saturday. Regular schedules will resume on Monday, Jan. 27.
This article will be updated if more closures are announced.
I’m curious to know why Friday is always the day that loses its trash pickup. Why not just skip the day the bad weather happens on?
For the record, our Friday trash was picked up on Saturday. So thank you Alachua County!