How Chattanooga Partied to Way to a Better City

Walter Cronkite called Chattanooga, Tennessee, the “dirtiest city in America” in 1969. For 30 years, the city struggled with how to literally clean up its…

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Commissioner Grover C. Robinson, 4.0 Elected as 2nd Vice President of Florida Association of Counties at Annual Conference

(Press Release) Commissioner Grover C. Robinson, IV was elected as the 2nd Vice President of the Florida Association of Counties (FAC) Executive Committee at the…

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State NAACP comes to Pensacola

State officials with NAACP are in town today to speak with local ministers, community leaders and area attorneys. The A.A. Dixon and Escambia County public…

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Dixon: The End or Beginning?

Rev. LuTimothy May always seems happy to talk about A.A. Dixon Charter School of Excellence. After a disastrous first year, he jumped in last summer…

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Park Receives Stormwater Award

The city of Pensacola’s Admiral Mason Park recently received the Florida Stormwater Association 2012 Project Excellence Award. The association presents the award annually to stormwater…

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Hatler made shareholder

Another PYP advances! Press Release: The law firm of Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry, Bond & Stackhouse is pleased to announce that Ryan Hatler has become…

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Hayward expands city limits

Press Release: Council approves thirty annexation requests submitted by Hayward… The Pensacola City Council recently approved, by unanimous vote, thirty requests for voluntary annexation submitted…

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Temporary rule will save Escambia school grades

Despite some of the lowest FCAT scores in recent memory, Escambia County schools will not see F’s and D’s when the state announces their school…

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Sacred Heart to Offer Babysitting Class

As young adults look to make money during the summer, many turn to babysitting. Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart will offer a babysitting class on…

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Escambia County Tropical Storm Debby Update – Warning Dropped

General Storm Information Escambia County no longer under a Tropical Storm Warning. The Flash Flood Warning has been dropped. Escambia County is expecting breezy conditions…

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R.I.P.: Mobile-area NASCAR Track Sold

The proposed NASCAR track for Mobile is officially dead. In 2006, Dale Earnhardt Jr. flew into Mobile to announce a $640-million motorsports park which included…

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Lonesome George Dead: Sub-species Extinct.

Galapagos giant tortoise Lonesome George has died, according to Ecuadorean officials.  The tortoise, estimated to be about 100 years old, died on Sunday. He was…

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Crescent Lake clean sweep stats

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Crescent Lake Neighborhood Watch, partner agencies and volunteers conducted an Operation Clean Sweep on Thursday in the…

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Gulf’s Dead Zone – Ecological Time Bomb

Matt Rota, Director of Science and Water Policy at the Gulf Restoration Network, believes that states and the federal government aren’t doing enough to reduce…

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The Coal Ash Question

Two years ago this week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed federal standards for coal ash, the byproduct of burning coal. That proposal never went…

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Preserving the Integrity of Elections

Sen. Don Gaetz provided us this editorial —- An Op-ed submission by Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner regarding the Department of State’s efforts to…

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Gov. Scott disappointed with tuition hike

In press release from the Governor’s Office, Gov. Rick Scott expressed his concerns over the Board of Governors’ decision to raise college tuitions. “I’m disappointed…

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Myers Explains & Mayor Responds

She describes the issue at the center of her recent lawsuit against Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward as “not too complicated.” “The issue is very simple,…

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Candyman Comes to Town

Majestic Candies Company is coming to town. The arrival has just been pushed back a bit. “We’re not on schedule for July, unfortunately,” said Majestic’s…

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Young voters have numbers, but don’t use them

By Stephanie Sharp… As some might suspect, Escambia County’s registered voters between the ages of 18 and 25 aren’t big participants in the democratic process….

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