Month: November 2016
Visit Pensacola promotes Trader Jon resurrection at T.T. Wentworth
PENSACOLA, FLA.: Beloved by generations of Pensacolians and Naval aviators alike, a new replica exhibit on the second floor of the T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida…
Pen Air donates $100K to Pensacola State scholarship fund
Pensacola State College is a roll, receiving its second large contribution to its scholarships programs in two days. This morning, Pen Air Federal Credit Union…
Hart named Enterprise Florida CEO
Enterprise Florida, Inc. (EFI) Board of Directors today unanimously approved the hiring of Chris Hart IV as the new President & CEO of Enterprise Florida…
Pensacola Council member hosts Westside meeting
Next Wednesday, Dec. 7, City Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn will hold a Neighborhood meeting regarding Park Issues and Neighborhood Associations. It will be held at 5:30…
UWF physics major earns Liberty Power Bright Horizons Scholarship
Twymun Safford, a senior at the University of West Florida, received the top Bright Horizons Scholarship from Liberty Power, the leading Hispanic-owned energy provider in…
Escambia County School District names Top 10 Teachers of the Year
Escambia County School District has release its list of the teachers in running for Teacher of the Year. The top five list should be out…
Gulf Power seeks to block input on $106.8M rate hike
Gulf Power is asking state regulators to block the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy from intervening in a case about the utility’s proposal to raise…
Pensacola Speaks: Who are you supporting on #GivingTuesday?
My guest today on “Pensacola Speaks” is Andrea Krieger, the president/CEO of United Way of Escambia County. We will talk about local charities that they…
Robert H. Kahn Jr. Family Foundation establishes PSC scholarship
The Robert H. Kahn Jr. Family Foundation donates to $201,200 scholarship to Pensacola State College The gift, made in honor of the late Bobby Kahn…
Pensacola Speaks: Aviation Maintenance Career Academy Open House [podcast]
VT MAE will be hiring 500 people in the aviation maintenance field over the next two years. Other jobs are opening all along I-10. FloridaWest…
Levin Papantonio honored for Environmental litigation
The Law Firm of Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Rafferty, & Proctor has won the Special Litigation (Environmental) category in the 2016 Elite Trial Lawyers recognition…
Lumon May outperformed Clinton in District 3
Commissioner Lumon May received  over a thousand more votes than Secretary Hillary Clinton in District 3: Precinct Location Lumon May Clinton PRECINCT 14 FRICKER COMMUNITY CENTER…
Catholic bishop to leave Pensacola for St. Petersburg
Bishop Gregory L. Parkes, head of the Pensacola-Tallahassee Diocese, will be installed at the first of year as the the fifth bishop of the Diocese…
Inaccurate City of Pensacola website hampers accountability
Mayor Ashton Hayward  has proclaimed often that  transparency, and accountability are cornerstones of his administration. Unfortunately, the reality doesn’t match the rhetoric. He declared in his first…
Just in time for #GivingTuesday, Check-A-Charity tool
Charitable organizations registered in Florida received nearly $79 billion in contributions last year, and in advance of Giving Tuesday, which is on Nov. 29, Commissioner…
Hemminghaus-Weeks to be honored for Saenger Theatre restoration
On Thursday, Dec. 1 at 5:30 p.m. the Friends of the Saenger will honor Sherri Hemminghaus-Weeks for her 30-plus years of outstanding service to the…
Manna and Fill the Mayflower bring in food for 52000 meals
MANNA Food Pantries’ Ninth Annual Fill the Mayflower food drive brought in enough food to provide over 52,000 meals to the hungry. The food will…
Rubio: ‘Cuba today is governed exactly the same way as it was 48 hours ago’
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio yesterday appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd.†He said that while the death of Fidel Castro is a…
Thank you, Pensacola. GoFundMe for local veteran surpasses $5K
Last week, we asked readers to help our former writer Josh Encinias with a GoFundMe account for an emergency medical fund for his father, Master…
Judges block workers’ comp rate hike, new OT regs
Last week, a federal judge stopped implementation of an an Obama administration rule concerning overtime pay that was to go into effect on Dec. 1….






















