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{{Portal:Current events/DateHeader2|2008|06}}
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*<![[June 30]] – The [[UWF Board of Trustees]] unanimously approves an annual contract worth $238,000 for interim president [[Judy Bense]].*[[June 27]] – Capt. [[William P. Reavey, Jr.]] is installed as commanding officer of [[Pensacola Naval Air Station]], replacing Capt. [[Peter S. Frano]].*[[June 26]] – [[Baptist Health Care]] announces a $330 million [[Baptist Health Care expansion|expansion]] that, if approved, will include the purchase of [[West Florida Hospital]] on North [[Davis Highway]].*[[June 25]] – Florida Supreme Court Justice [[Kenneth Bell]] tenders his resignation, effective [[October 1]].*[[June 24]] – The [[Davis Highway]] [[Barnhill's]] buffet restaurant owned by [[Charlie Barnhill]] closes, putting about 65 employees out of work.*[[June 24]] – Conceding that [[U.S. District Court]] lacked the proper jurisdiction, Judge [[Lacey Collier]] lifts his earlier injunction that would have allowed sprinter [[Justin Gatlin]] to participate in the 2008 Olympic trials.*[[June 23]] – The [[Wikipedia:ECHL|ECHL]] terminates the [[Pensacola Ice Pilots]]' league franchise after team owner [[Mario Forgione]] says he will not field a team for the 2008-09 season. *[[June 20]] – Non-profit research institute [[TaxWatch]] unveils a 37-First item goes herepage report critical of the [[Escambia County]] budget.*[[June 19]] – The [[Escambia County Commission]] votes unanimously, with no discussion, to settle a lawsuit filed by [[Roads, Inc.]] over the revocation of a stormwater permit at the company's controversial [[Cantonment catfish pond]].*[[June 18]] – [[Northrop Grumman KC-45 plant]]: The [[Wikipedia:Government Accountability Office|Government Accountability Office]] recommends that the [[Air Force]] reopen bids for a $35 billion refueling tanker contract.*[[June 17]] – The [[UWF Board of Trustees]] unanimously approves Dr. [[Judy Bense]] to replace [[John Cavanaugh]] as [[University of West Florida]] president.*[[June 17]] – [[Pensacola City Manager]] [[Tom Bonfield]] tenders his resignation, effective [[August 8]], having accepted a similar position in Durham, NC.*[[June 16]] – [[Restoration Full Gospel Baptist Church]] pastor [[Leon Rankins III]] is sentenced to five years in state prison for molesting a teenaged parishioner.*[[June 15]] – A fire guts the [[Oar House]] restaurant on [[Bayou Chico]]. *[[June 13]] – [[Randy Bell]] is crowned [[De Luna (remove this pleaseFiesta)|De Luna LIX]] by [[Fiesta of Five Flags]].*[[June 13]] ‐ [[Solutia]] announces a $182 million deal with three Chinese companies to manufacture vydyne, a heat-resistant nylon-based plastic, at its Pensacola plant.*[[June 12]] – The [[Pensacola Lightshouse]] reopens to visitors with a ceremony attended by Governor [[Wikipedia:Charlie Crist|Charlie Crist]].*[[June 10]] – [[Angela Leavitt]], suspected of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy, is arrested at [[Pensacola Regional Airport]] with her two children.*[[June 9]] – National grocery chain [[Publix]] announces it will buy all four [[Albertsons]] locations in the Pensacola area.*[[June 9]] – A $15 million cleanup plan is announced for the "[[Mount Dioxin]]" [[Wikipedia:Superfund|Superfund]] site at the former [[Escambia Treating Company]].*[[June 7]] – The inaugural [[Palafox Market]] is held in [[Martin Luther King Plaza]].*[[June 5]] – Facing criticism for attending a political fundraiser by [[Roads, Inc.]] owner [[Cody Rawson]], who had sued the county, [[Mike Whitehead]] steps down as chairman of the [[Escambia County Commission]].*[[June 5]] – The [[Pensacola Opera]] dedicates their renovated headquarters, dubbed the [[Donald H. Partington Center]].*[[June 3]] – 28-year->old [[Angela Leavitt]] goes missing, along with her two children and a 16-year-old boy with whom she was suspected of having a sexual relationship.*[[June 3]] – [[Pensacola City Manager]] [[Tom Bonfield]] is offered the city manager position for Durham, NC.
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