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[[Image:TheZooEntrance.jpg|right|120px|The Zoo Northwest Florida]]

*Incumbents [[Ron McNesby]] and [[Mike Whitehead]] are defeated by Republican challengers in the '''[[Escambia County elections, 2008|county primary election]]'''.

*The [[Wikipedia:Federal Trade Commission|Federal Trade Commission]] approves [[Baptist Health Care]]'s '''[[Baptist Health Care expansion|planned acquisition]]''' of [[West Florida Hospital]].

*'''[[Taxation of Pensacola Beach]]''': [[Portofino]] condominium owners will pay $19 million in back [[property taxes]] after final appeals against [[Escambia County Property Appraiser]] [[Chris Jones]] are rejected.

*'''[[The Zoo Northwest Florida]]''' (''pictured'') faces cutbacks and possible closure after a planned fundraiser was revealed as a hoax.

*[[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]].

*The '''[[Pensacola Ice Pilots]]'''' membership in the [[Wikipedia:ECHL|ECHL]] is terminated after owner [[Mario Forgione]] declined to field a team for the 2008-09 season.

*Dr. '''[[Judith A. Bense]]''' is selected as interim president of the [[University of West Florida]] following the announced departure of [[John Cavanaugh]].

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