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No More Nooses
University of West Florida President Judy Bense took time on Wednesday at a scheduled student forum to address the hate crimes on the campus, specifically…
House passes RESTORE ACT
The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4348, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, which included provisions of the RESTORE Act. Congressmen Jeff Miller…
Hammering It Out with 4-H
After an informational meeting last night, youth in Escambia County’s 4-H program are heading toward a vote next week over the sale of the group’s…
Escambia County Caucus
Florida is sending 300 delegates to the 2012 Democratic Convention in Charlotte, N.C. to officially select the Democratic nominees for President and Vice Presidents as…
BP settlement agreement deadline extended
Joint press release: NEW ORLEANS, April 16, 2012–BP and the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) confirmed that the U.S. District Court has today extended the deadline…
May Day or Law Day?
The Escambia County Commission will consider today adopting a proclamation declaring May 1 as ‘Law Day.’ In recent history, the date has been celebrated as…
Secret Service responds to Colombia incident
The following is a statement from Assistant Director Paul S. Morrissey, U.S. Secret Service Office of Government and Public Affairs “On Thursday, April 12, 2012,…
Official statement on nooses
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Since Wednesday, April 11, two nooses were found on the University campus. These incidents were reported to University Police, and an investigation…
Noose outside UWF dorm
On Saturday, the UWF African American Student Association held its annual awards gala. Today I was sent this email by a UWF student about a…
Friends of 4H offer alternative options for Navy Federal purchase
The “Friends of 4-H†represent Escambia County 4-H youth as a unified voice. They are concerned citizens, parents, 4-H alumni and friends of Escambia County…
Making Sausage in the Library
Faced with a nearly $10 million budget shortfall, Escambia County commissioners today considered pulling funding—totaling $3.7 million—from the West Florida Library System. A few hundred…
Florida will be a battleground state
As we are now shifting towards the general election, Florida is likely to be one of the 12 major battleground states in the 2012 presidential…
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