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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 expansion that, if approved, will include the purchase of West Florida Hospital on North Davis Highway.
The Pensacola Ice Pilots' membership in the 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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June 2008

May 2008

May 29 – A fire erupts at the Gulf Power Crist Plant, injuring four contractors.
May 29 – The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority unanimously approves five contracts, in total worth more than $144 million, related to moving the Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant.
May 28 – Thelma Manley is arrested for aggravated white-collar crime for allegedly stealing nearly $150,000 from Front Porch Pensacola while serving as its community liaison.
May 28 – The Gulf Coast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is dedicated by Pensacola Junior College and the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce at the PJC Downtown Center.
May 23 – Celebrate Pensacola begins its 450-day celebration with a kick-off party at the Escambia County Courthouse.
May 22 – The Town of Century receives a $1.4 million loan to expand its water system.
May 21 – A groundbreaking ceremony is held for the new Tryon Branch Library on Langley Avenue.
May 20 – Pensacola Mayor John Fogg announces he will not seek reelection, citing a desire to participate in the "strong mayor" debate without a perceived conflict of interest.
May 15 – Escambia County Superintendent Jim Paul releases a list of 31 cost-saving recommendations, including the closure of Carver-Century K-8 School.
May 13 – Roads, Inc. president Cody Rawson and his wife host a fundraiser for Escambia County Commissioner Mike Whitehead.
May 13 – The City of Pensacola Planning Board unanimously approves new regulations regarding heritage trees.
May 12 – UWF President John Cavanaugh announces he will leave the university to become chancellor of the Pennsylvanis System of Higher Education, effective July 1.
May 9 – Grace Resendez McCaffery is selected to fill the Community Maritime Park Associates seat vacated by Susan Story.
May 9 – The eastern 3-mile stretch of J. Earle Bowden Way, which connects Navarre Beach to Opal Beach and was destroyed in Hurricane Ivan, reopens.
May 8 – The Pensacola City Council votes 6-3 to hire Rusty Wells as the new city attorney, foregoing the agreed upon candidate ranking process.
May 8 – Kimberly Mary Cannon is charged for the 1995 murder of her husband, Daren Kelley, after a human leg bone was discovered on the Munson property where they resided.
May 7 – The Publix supermarket opens in the Sea Shell Collections shopping center in Gulf Breeze.
May 5 – U.S. District Attorney Greg Miller announces his resignation, effective the end of June, and will open a Tallahassee branch of law firm Beggs & Lane.
May 1 – Susan Story resigns from the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees.