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Florida state hatcheries are in state parks away from population centers

The state of Florida has two freshwater fish hatcheries. The Florida Bass Conservation Center is in the Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve in Sumter County miles…

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Fly Pensacola passengers down for September, Fly VPS up 23 percent

September was not a good month for the Pensacola International Airport. Its passengers dropped 1.3 percent in comparison to September 2016, 132,576-134,412. Year to date,…

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Sheriff Morgan objects to ‘shade meeting’ on his appeal

Last week, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan sent his budget appeal to the Florida Cabinet. The Escambia Board of County Commissioners has scheduled a shade…

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Myers also questions wisdom of downtown fish hatchery

Councilwoman Sherri Myers replied to Quint Studer’s letter regarding the wisdom of locating a fish hatchery on Bruce Beach. “I did not support the location…

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VT MAE gears for hiring with info session Oct. 27

VT MAE is ready to begin its community outreach for subcontractor and those seeking jobs at its aircraft maintenance facility under construction at Pensacola International…

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Studer tells Mayor: ‘I no longer support Pensacola Fish Hatchery Project at Bruce Beach’

From: Quint Studer Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 2:48 PM To: ‘Ashton Hayward’ <mayorhayward@cityofpensacola.com>; ‘bspencer@cityofpensacola.com‘ <bspencer@cityofpensacola.com>; ‘gwingate@cityofpensacola.com‘ <gwingate@cityofpensacola.com>; ‘aterhaar@cityofpensacola.com‘ <aterhaar@cityofpensacola.com>; ‘jcannada-wynn@cityofpensacola.com‘ <jcannada-wynn@cityofpensacola.com>; ‘ljohnson@cityofpensacola.com‘ <ljohnson@cityofpensacola.com>; ‘pcwu@cityofpensacola.com‘…

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Cyber Gulf Coast: ‘Live Coastal, Work Cyber’

Last Friday, FloridaWest, University of West Florida and area cybersecurity educators and professionals unveiled the Cybersecurity Strategic Plan for Pensacola at the UWF Commons Conference…

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Pensacola City Council, First Amendment: ‘You’ve gotta walk the walk’

On Thursday, the Pensacola City Council showed its confidence in Council President Brian Spencer in reaction to a letter Mayor Ashton Hayward sent regarding Spencer’s…

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Pensacola City Council approves mayor’s Triumph Gulf Coast project list

The Pensacola City Council approved Mayor Ashton Hayward’s list of Triumph Gulf Coast projects. It was an add-on agenda item. Knowing the Escambia Board of…

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Video shows no disparaging remarks toward City Attorney

A review of the video of the Pensacola City Council’s special meeting held on Sept. 20 revealed no disparaging remarks made any of the council…

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Portofino, Beach Club win property tax appeals

The Pensacola Beach land upon which Beach Club and Portofino Towers sit is exempt from ad valorem taxation, according to rulings made today by the…

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Pensacola airport bonds rated BBB-, positive outlook – but where’s the new AUL?

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Pensacola, Florida’s ‘BBB-’ rating on $30.6 million of outstanding series 2008 airport capital improvement revenue bonds issued on behalf of Pensacola…

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