Author: Rick Outzen
Studer Group offers scholarships
Press Release Studer Group will be hosting an institute on Pensacola Beach that will teach attendees skills needed to produce better bottom line results during…
Staff delays CMP to Jan. 28
The Pensacola City Council received a memo from interim City Manager Al Coby informing them that a City Council Workshop on the master developer agreement…
Special Session has limits
Next week, the Florida Legislature will hold a special session to deal with the state budget crisis. There are some limits placed on the session…
IN website have a strong December
Our page views and visitors jumped 61 percent in December 2008 for both this blog and inweekly.net. Our page views totaled 591,372. Just when I…
Is Baptist/West Florida deal off?
Nearly a month ago, I reported on this blog that Baptist Healthcare’s purchase of West Florida Hospital had fallen through…a victim of the tight bond…
Morgan – 2008 Person of Year
Sheriff-elect David Morgan won the IN poll for 2008 Person of the Year. Bob Kerrigan and Lumpy DeWeese placed second and third respectively. Total votes…
Three 2008 developments never happened
Jan. 1, 2008, Carlton Proctor wrote in the daily newspaper about six commercial and residential projects under way in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties should…
Year in Review 2007
In 2007 we covered volunteer firefighters, human trafficking, Pensacola’s lynchings and government salaries among other issues. 1. “Burning Down the House,” April 5 2. “Shauna’s…
He’s BAAAAAAAAACK
Save Our City founder Charles Fairchild is back and is appears to be once again out to derail the Community Maritime Park. His new group…
Year in Review 2006
In 2006, these were our top stories: 1. Left Behind series. Part 1: Healthcare, Aug. 3; Part 2: Housing, Aug. 10; Part 3: Education, Aug….
City cuts back on fire
In the Winners & Losers of the current issue, we have a quiz that states the City of Pensacola hasn’t had any employee layoffs. Our…
Hawkshaw East dies
The Pensacola City Council has been notified that the developers of Hawkshaw East will not close on their purchase of the city property located adjacent…
Buzz: New copiers at ECSO
The word I’m getting is that outgoing Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby has decided the jail and his entire office needs new copiers – $350,000…
First Pub Crawl Huge Success
If you haven’t heard about it yet, the Pub Crawl was a HUGE success! The Independent News partnered with PensacolasHappening.com. We had about 430 people…
IN Year in Review 2005
The 2005 issues were some of our most controversial issues (read more). TOP 10 Cover Stories In 2005 1. Why? Robert Boggon’s death in Escambia…
Council breaks own rules
The Pensacola City Council may have broken its own rules and procedures when it tried to reconsider the amendment to the Pate Cold Storage lease….
Best of 2004
We’ve built a nice body of work over the past ten years. Here is our Top 10 News Stories for 2004: 1. “Secrets in the…
Powerball comes to Florida
Next Sunday, Floridians will be able to play Powerball- the multi-state (29 state and U.S. territories) lottery with a $300 million jackpot. Starting Sunday, Floridians…
Holley is part of double dipping wave
Escambia County tax collector, Janet Holley, retired this month. She will take office again in January. The St. Pete Times reports that Holley is part…
Sansom BFF with new boss
The Miami Herald reports that Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom took direction from his new boss, Northwest Florida State College president Bob Richburg. Sansom’s mission…
