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Trying to catch up: Tuesday, Aug. 29 Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves discusses Kaycee LaGarde’s departure, the latest on ST Engineering and downtown growth. Take Stock…

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Injunction hearing set in Escambia book fight

A federal judge has scheduled a Sept. 15 hearing in a request for a preliminary injunction in a fight about access in school libraries to…

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Daily Outtakes: Argo Football tonight

UWF begins its seventh season of football tonight at 6 p.m., welcoming Kentucky Wesleyan to Pen Air Field. The Argonauts are 56-21 all-time and have…

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Daily Outtakes: ‘Ain’t as bad as it could have been’

Long Recovery Starts for Rural County By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Florida. PERRY — Several hours after Hurricane Idalia hit, Gov. Ron DeSantis…

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Recovery begins in wake of Idalia

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Recovery efforts, including restoring power and searching damaged properties, began Wednesday after Hurricane Idalia made…

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UWF reenacts the trial of James Meredith

University of West Florida Department of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Legal Studies and UWF Department of Theatre will present the James Meredith Trial Reenactment and…

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Idalia now in South Georgia

BULLETIN Hurricane Idalia Advisory Number 16 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102023 1100 AM EDT Wed Aug 30 2023 …CENTER OF IDALIA CROSSING INTO…

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Daily Outtakes: Idalia now Cat 4, downgraded Cat 3 before landfall

Update – 6:45 am: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE IDALIA MAKES LANDFALL IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND… …. The media reports it made landfall near…

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Real News – Monday, Aug. 28

In June, Florida House Speaker Paul Renner wrote Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Carlos Muniz, asking him to form a committee to assess the consolidation…

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3M board approves $6 billion settlement on earplug lawsuits

The 3M board of directors approved a $6 billion settlement for its defective earplugs that damaged the hearing of hundreds of thousands of U.S. military…

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Now Hurricane Idalia, updates

I will post the NOAA Hurricane Center advisories here throughout the day: BULLETIN Hurricane Idalia Advisory Number 13…Corrected NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102023…

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Daily Outtakes: Escambia tops state in book complaints, award-winning coffee

Escambia Schools Lead the State …in books being banned. The Tampa Bay Times reports that most of Florida’s counties have few challenges about their school…

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TS Idalia – Monday 4 p.m. advisory

BULLETIN Tropical Storm Idalia Advisory Number 9 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102023 400 PM CDT Mon Aug 28 2023 …IDALIA NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH…

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Breaking: 3M board considering $5.5B settlement for earplug cases

Several national media outlets are reporting that the board of directors of 3M are considering accepting a $5.5 billion settlement of the nearly 260,000 lawsuits…

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I got behind on posting the Real News podcasts. Thursday, Aug. 24 In February, the longtime executive director of the Home Builders Association of West…

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TS Idalia update – 10 a.m.

BULLETIN/ Tropical Storm Idalia Advisory Number 8…Corrected NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102023 1000 AM CDT Mon Aug 28 2023 Corrected Hurricane Warning end…

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Gov. DeSantis directs $1 million for Edward Waters University for campus security

Over the weekend, Gov. Ron DeSantis condemned the horrific, racially-motivated murders in Jacksonville near Edward Waters University. He announced an initial, immediate award of $1…

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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: Idalia coming, former PNJ reporter honored

Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to strengthen to a hurricane and hit Florida in the Big Bend area on Wednesday away from Escambia and Santa…

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But Pam Childers didn’t…

Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers once again tried to spin the lawsuit over the commissioners’ pension plan that she saved the day by stopping the…

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