Amendments: Utilities lose Amendment 1, medical pot passes

Floridians failed to give the utilities’ solar amendment 1 the required 60-percent to pass. However, medical marijuana and two other constitutional amendments passed easily. Opponents…

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Quint Studer given Legacy Impact award

Brad Black of Humanex Ventures was the keynote speaker at the 2016 Entrecon. Black took time at the two-day conference to present Quint Studer with…

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Pensacola State and UWF in Best for Vets: Colleges 2017

Military Times has named the University of West Florida and Pensacola State College to its Best for Vets: Colleges 2017 list based on a comprehensive…

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Y opens doors to media tour

By Duwayne Escobedo Less than five days until it opens at 5 a.m. Monday to its members for the first time, the Pensacola Y gave…

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PSC Art Faculty Exhibit at Switzer Gallery ’til Dec.14

Press release: Hardhats aren’t needed. Just bring your visual toolbox to explore “Under Construction,” the 2016 Pensacola State College Art Faculty and Staff Exhibition, that…

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Preterm birth rate in Florida increases. Escambia County drops but not for black mothers

Florida’s preterm birth rate increased slightly to 10 percent in 2015 from 9.9 percent in 2014, according to the 2016 March of Dimes Premature Birth…

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Loblolly returns for three nights [podcast]

The Friends of Loblolly are back with their Halloween production of “Fame and Fortuna,” an “original, grotesque satirical work with songs and scenes written and…

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War on Children: Child abuse spreads across races

According to state reports, the investigations of child abuse in Escambia County match the racial demographics of the area.   [supsystic-tables id=’87’]   Last year,…

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Real Men Wear Pink…and drink beer tonight

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and everywhere you look you see the color pink. Breast cancer is a disease that touches us all in…

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Obamacare premiums in Florida jump 17 percent, but no increase with tax credit

Health insurance premiums on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces were announced earlier this week. Nationally, the average rate increase is projected to 22 percent, before…

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State launches Florida Unique Abilities Partner Program

Today, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) Executive Director Cissy Proctor joined Senate President Andy Gardiner, along with Florida businesses and advocates, to announce the…

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Child abuse cases continue to rise, DCF impotent

In August, an Escambia County grand jury indicted Alonzo Dewayne Thompkins, Jr., 26, for first-degree felony murder in the death of toddler Cornelius Savage. On…

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