Daily Outtakes: Johnson hand picks his new board (Updated)

Opening Doors Northwest Florida CEO John Johnson has hand-picked the Continuum of Care (CoC) governance board, whose first meeting will be at 9 a.m. on…

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Tropical Storm Idalia expected to become Cat 3 (updated)

On WCOA, this morning, Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore said the Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to become a mid-category 3 storm when…

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Daily Outtakes: Salzman wanders off the mental health ‘roadmap’

State Rep. Michelle Salzman is reconvening the Mental Health Task Force of Northwest Florida for an invitation-only meeting for “brainstorming, designing and planning for a…

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Takeaways from Mayor’s presser

Finding $20 Million to Demo Baptist Hospital At his weekly presser on Tuesday, Mayor D.C. Reeves said that he has met with Baptist Hospital leaders…

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Daily Outtakes: Escambia Children’s Trust follows up

On Monday afternoon, Escambia Children’s Trust executive director Tammy Greer sent a double-edged follow-up email recarding proposed Children’s Resource Center. At the meeting, the City…

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Podcasts: National Health Center Week, ‘Jules,’ CyberSkills2Work, Pelican Drop and more

On Friday’s “Real News with Rick Outzen” on WCOA, we covered Community Health Northwest Florida celebrating National Health Center Week. Jason Nathanson reviewed “Jules” and…

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Rockhill family to have Baptist Health Care surgery waiting area named in their honor

James “Rock” and Jessica Rockhill have chosen Baptist Health Care Foundation for their latest impactful gift to benefit the new Baptist Hospital campus, opening in…

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Daily Outtakes: More fight book ban

Last week, five additional parents joined the  federal lawsuit filed earlier this spring against the Escambia County School Board for the removals and restrictions of…

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Unique Masters for Nursing offered at UWF

The University of West Florida Usha Kundu, MD College of Health will launch an Entry into Practice (Direct Entry) Master of Science in Nursing program…

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James M. Cox Foundation awards $500,000 to Baptist

The James M. Cox Foundation awarded a $500,000 grant to fund CareView®, a predictive patient monitoring system at the new Baptist Hospital campus and Behavioral…

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Trust email: Gives hope for CRC; Commissioner May, Mayor Reeves react [podcasts]

From Escambia Children’s Trust Executive Director Tammy Greer sent after this email the grants meeting: Good afternoon. First, thank you to Shawn, Deana, and Chandra…

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Daily Outtakes: CRC rejected

The proposed Children’s Resource Center (CRC) didn’t win approval of the Escambia Children’s Trust Grant Committee yesterday. In June, Mayor D.C. Reeves announced his intention…

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