On Thursday March 7, 2014, a benefit will be held to support the Breast Cancer Research Foundation at Seville Quarter in Downtown Pensacola from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Business leaders throughout…
Ingram files Veterans Employment Bill
State Senator Alan Hays (R-Umatilla) and State Representative Clay Ingram (R-Pensacola) have filed legislation which allows private, non-public employers in Florida to give hiring preference to an honorably discharged veteran, or the…
Nurse practitioner debate flares in Florida House
A House select committee Monday began working on a 155-page bill that would give new powers to nurse practitioners and has spurred a lobbying battle in the health-care industry. The bill (PCB…
INYR Feb. 11 topics: Pirates & shipwrecks, Coastal cleanup and Lion Fish
We have another strong line-up for today’s show: 11:05 am Dr. Amy Mitchell-Cook, associate professor of the Department of History at UWF. Cook’s specialization in maritime history, with an emphasis on shipwreck…
City attorney gets ‘independent’ opinion on airport food concessions lease
The Pensacola City Council contemplated last month extending the current least of the city’s airport food concessions vendor, Varona’s, for the time necessary for Mayor Ashton Hayward to issue new RFP and…
On Tap in the Capital: Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014
Legislature: BILLS COULD LIMIT NURSING HOME LAWSUITS: House and Senate panels are scheduled to take up bills (HB 569 and SB 670) that would place additional restrictions on lawsuits against nursing homes….
Bare gathers necessary signatures to be on the ballot for Pensacola mayor
Pensacola City Councilman Charles Bare has received confirmation from the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections office that he had gathered enough signatures to be placed on the ballot in Pensacola Mayor’s Race…
Rev. Monk petition on no-blanket petition goes viral
This is truly amazing. The change.org petition that Rev. Nathan Monk started two weeks is just 33 votes shy of 10,000 signatures. You have to laugh at the attempt by the Mayor…
Important BP meeting today for people with disabilities and other under-represented persons
The Center for Independent Living Disability Resource Center invites people with disabilities and other under-represented persons or groups to a discussion on how they can fully participate in the process that will…
INYR interview: UWF Head Football Pete Shinnick
I interviewed on Monday the University of West Florida’s first head football coach, Pete Shinnick. We talked about his family’s football legacy, the coaches that he has worked for and learned from…
Open Books hosts Dr. Robin Blyn, Feb. 21
On Friday, February 21, Open Books will host Dr. Robin Blyn to celebrate the release of her new book, “The Freak-Garde: Extraordinary Bodies and Revolutionary Art in America” (published by the University…
UWF screens ‘Black to Our Roots,’ Feb. 26
On Wednesday, February 26 at 6pm, the U.W.F. Department of English and World Languages is hosting a screening of the film Black to Our Roots co-directed by PBS filmmaker Jacqueline Olive. Ms….