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PNJ drops ball on Underhill’s public record argument

Commissioner Doug Underhill asserts his Facebook posts and comments aren’t public records, according to the PNJ. A year ago, his attorneys filed documents with the…

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Posted in Health

Ascension pauses COVID drive-thru testing next week

Ascension Medical Group (AMG) Sacred Heart will not operate its COVID-19 testing site off Bayou Boulevard next week. AMG reopened a drive-thru testing site on…

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Posted in Caring Education

Breaking: Greer picked for ECT post

Escambia Children’s Trust chair Stephanie White announced on WCOA 1370/104.9 FM that the board has picked Tammy Greer to be its executive director. The ECT…

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Real News podcasts: Filibuster, How-tos, Skanska class action

With the voting rights issue heating up, Senate Democrats debate what to do about the filibuster rules. ABC News Digital Reporter Libby Cathey offers her…

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State ready to audit bed tax records

It has taken over a year, but the State Auditor General is ready to audit the Tourist Development Tax records of Escambia County Clerk Pam…

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Posted in Business

DIB offers more Bird restrictions [podcast]

The Downtown Improvement Board has asked the Pensacola City Council to impose tighter restrictions on electric scooters when the council meets to discuss the matter…

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SAO partners with Big Brothers Big Sisters

Today, State Attorney Ginger Madden kicked off her “Beyond School Walls” partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters. One day each month, her staff will mentor…

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Posted in Caring Escambia County

‘The Right to Exist’

Filmmaker Liz Watkins has done it again with her documentary “The Right to Exist,” which follows the struggle of a homeless sanctuary on commercial private…

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Posted in Crime

Sarasota PD investigation leads to arrest of Pensacola Pink Panther

Sarasota police claim a Pensacola man – Stephen Diamond, 52 – captured in Georgia is their suspect in a home burglary in their city. On…

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Posted in Health

Breaking: FDA extends COVID tests for DeSantis

FloridaPolitics.com reports the Food and Drug Administration has provided a three-month shelf-life extension to the roughly one million unused COVID-19 tests the DeSantis administration let…

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Real News podcast: News Judo, Gaetz’s Phobia, No hourly motels and more

I discuss how the daily newspaper manipulates the news to get hits on its website. He also covers Congressman Matt Gaetz’s phobia of 7th graders….

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FDOH sets up drive-thru testing

As we reported last week on 1370 WCOA/104.9 FM: The Florida Department of Health in Escambia County has resumed drive-thru COVID-19 testing, in coordination with…

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