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International Women of Courage honoree Tabassum Adnan coming to Pensacola

We got this email from Jena Melancon of the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council: We’ve just been given permission to share information about the International…

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Aero Sekur expanding to Pensacola, bringing more jobs to area

Aero Sekur, specialist in helicopter lift-raft and flotation systems, announces a relocation and expansion of its US subsidiary from Parsippany, New Jersey to larger premises…

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Pensacola Speaks: Prison reform and Trauma intervention

On today’s show we will Allison DeFoor and Deanna Smith. Dr. DeFoor is a seventh-generation Floridian who is an attorney and Episcopal priest working in…

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International Women of Courage Award Recipient to Speak in Pensacola

One of 10 women who will be honored this week as 2015 International Women of Courage Award recipients in Washington, D.C., will be the featured…

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Gaetz Greyhound Protection bill passed unanimously by Florida Senate

The Florida Senate opened the 2015 legislative session with unanimous passage of bi-partisan legislation to better protect greyhounds by requiring more accountability from the greyhound…

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UWF names head of UWF Center for Cybersecurity

The University of West Florida announces retired Navy Capt. Susan K. Cerovsky as Director of the Center for Cybersecurity, effective March 16, 2015. Cerovsky joins…

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Mother pleads for daughter’s life

Gulf Breeze mother Holley Moseley spoke yesterday at a Florida Department of Health’s medical marijuana rule making workshop. She and her family were the driving…

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Judge upholds FDEP revocation of Rolling Hills permit

Today, Administrative Law Judge D.R. Alexander issued a Recommended Order in the Rolling Hills matter that upheld the Florida Department of Envinronmental Protection’s (FDEP) request…

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DIB March meeting schedule

Downtown Improvement Board Regular Meetings are held on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of every month Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, March…

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Robinson seeks resolution on DJJ costs

The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice owes Escambia County $6.6 million because it overcharged the county for juvenile detention costs. As FAC president, Escambia County…

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Pensacola Speaks: Grover Robinson and Stephanie Coontz

On Pensacola Speaks today, we will have Commissioner Grover Robinson talk about the legislative agenda of the Florida Association of Counties. Robinson is the FAC…

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STATE CAPITAL BRIEFS (LUNCH EDITION): MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2015

By THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA SWOOPE TO HEAD NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FIRM Gray Swoope, whose last day as Florida’s commerce secretary was Friday, will…

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