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Presser Takeaways: New Palafox Cuts Ribbon, Airport Gets $9M

Palafox is almost done—ribbon cutting Friday! Plus, Pensacola Airport just landed a $9M federal grant, its biggest ever. Big week for Pensacola.

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Pensacola State College Prints Student Magazine

PSC reversed course and will print 100 copies of student magazine Just Opposed after free speech org FIRE challenged the college’s refusal. Students win.

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Okaloosa Wins Deal of the Year Award

Okaloosa County just landed a $1 BILLION manufacturing plant. One Okaloosa EDC wins Florida’s Deal of the Year—and it’s transforming our region.

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A Rare Chance to Get It Right

Escambia County has had 7 county administrators since 2007—most fired or forced out. Now the commission has a rare chance to plan ahead.

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Local Teacher named Innovating Teacher of the Year

A Holley-Navarre 5th-grade teacher just won FSU’s first-ever STEM Innovator award—and her classroom is unlike anything you’ve seen in Northwest Florida.

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Two Local Fallen Officers Added to National Memorial

Last week, the Pensacola Police Department, Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office honored those in their agencies who died in service…

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AIF Touts Andrade, Gaetz as Most Pro-Business Lawmakers

Florida employers now know how every lawmaker voted on business issues. AIF’s 2026 Voting Records Report tracks 2,500+ votes. See how our lawmakers scored.

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Here We Go Again: Third Ed Commish Gets Presidency

Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas is the sole finalist to lead Polk State College. Makes him the third commissioner to get a presidency.

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DeSantis, Perez Carry on Feud Amid Budget Battle

By Gray Rohrer and Ana Goñi-Lessan, The News Service of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has grown frustrated at pieces of his agenda being thwarted by…

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UWF Prof Earns U.S. Patent for Early Alzheimer’s Detection

A UWF professor just patented a brain-wave test that could detect Alzheimer’s years before symptoms appear—using equipment already in your doctor’s office.

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Protecting Your Children Online

Your child is online right now. Do you know the dangers lurking there? Pensacola attorneys fighting Big Tech are hosting a FREE event May 15. Be there.

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Mayor Appoints Luna “Barbie” to Library Board

Hofberger aide Melanie Luna orchestrated a library board shake-up—removing a member, installing her “Barbie,” and mocking job candidates. Records expose it all.

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Inweekly May 14, 2026: Summer Movie Guide

A hero’s exit at PSC, DeSantis torches the Fair Districts map, censored students fight back, and library texts expose a cover-up. New Inweekly is out.

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21st Annual Soundside Splendor Sets Record

Community 21st Annual Soundside Splendor Raises Record $424,000 for Children’s Home Society Presented by the Sandy Sansing Family, the elegant waterfront gala at Portofino Island…

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City Set to Begin Fricker Center Renovations

Parks & Recreation Fricker Resource Center to Close for Major Renovations Beginning This Month Nearly $9.5 million in grant funding will transform the Fricker Center…

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May 12 Presser Takeaways

Pensacola’s hauling 10M lbs. of yard debris—and the mayor says contractors are to blame. Plus: clean audit, Palafox update & a $104M port deal nearing close.

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Luna Told Mayor’s Office How to Remove WFPL Board Member (Update)

Commissioner’s aide quietly orchestrated the removal of a library board member—while the county was hiring a new library director. Who’s really running things?

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Baseball Commissioner on Studer Joining the League

Quint Studer is taking his championship playbook to Kansas City. He just bought the Monarchs—and the league commissioner says he’s been waiting for this.

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Lawmakers Open Special Session to Resolve Budget Stalemate

By Gray Rohrer and Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida Lawmakers convened a special session Tuesday to resolve a $1.4 billion difference between the…

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FIRE Fires Off Second Letter to PSC

Free speech watchdog FIRE gives PSC until May 18 to restore funding for a student magazine blocked over LGBTQ content—or face a First Amendment lawsuit

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