Foo Foo doles out $500K

Yesterday, the Pensacola Foo Foo Festival Committee announced the public grant scoring for the 10-year anniversary of the Foo Foo Festival, naming 15 grant recipients…

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Daily Outtakes: Tim Smith’s passion

School Superintendent Tim Smith didn’t sit quietly while he waited for Escambia County School Board members Paul Fetsko, Kevin Adams, and David Williams to fire…

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School board sued for banning books

When It Rains, It Pours National attention poured on Escambia County School Board’s book banning The Washington Post reports Penguin Random House has filed a…

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Mayor: 4 to 1 odds for America’s Cup

At his press conference yesterday, Mayor D.C. Reeves was excited about the city receiving over $12 million in Triumph and state grants to relocate American…

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Daily Outtakes: Superintendent Canned

Hours after being berated by the State Board of Education, the Escambia County School Board voted 3-2 to terminate School Superintendent Tim Smith’s contract and…

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Mental Health Report coming Friday

State Rep. Michelle Salzman announced that Ernst & Young will deliver its action plan ” defining an ideal end state for the continuity of support…

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School board risks paychecks

The State Board of Education ruled that Escambia County Public Schools has 48 hours to sign a contract with Charter Schools USA to operate Warrington…

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DeSantis migrant flights help smugglers

Former Homeland Security official John Cohen says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov.Greg Abbott transporting migrants to other locations has been good for smugglers….

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Hometown honors for GB attorney

The North Platte Public Schools Foundation, in conjunction with the North Platte High School, announced the 2023 NPHS Distinguished Alumni Awards last week. Gulf Breeze…

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Daily Outtakes: Florida got more ethical

On Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed 37 bills. Buried among that was SB 774, which strengthened the state’s ethics laws. Former Florida Senate President Don…

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Path to Prosperity

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida yesterday announced that 10 local high school mentees will receive college scholarships thanks to the Path to Prosperity…

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Daily Outtakes: Becoming the U.S. Sailing Capital

Yesterday, I broke the story that Triumph Gulf Coast unanimously approved the City of Pensacola’s request for $8.5 million for the completion of Warehouse 10…

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