Author: Rick Outzen

The University of West Florida College of Business, in partnership with the Combined Rotary Clubs of Pensacola, is now accepting nominations for the 2017 Combined…

Troy Rafferty, a trial lawyer with the Levin Papantonio Law Firm, is donating $50,000 a year for a new college scholarship. The scholarship will be…

Inweekly asked the Hayward Administration whether Mayor Ashton Hayward needed to have separate legal counsel since Judge Roger Vinson ruled he was individually named in…

A majority of Pensacola voters favor consolidating Fire, Planning Services, and Park Services, according to a recent poll by Political Matrix. However, they don’t like…

By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A philosophical schism is plaguing a fractured Republican Party leading up to what insiders characterize as potentially…

The Pensacola Chamber Foundation is accepting nominations for the Leadership Pensacola (LeaP) Class of 2018 through Friday, Mar. 3. Self- nominations are accepted. LeaP, a…

District 4 Commissioner Grover Robinson will host a Pensacola Beach town hall meeting Tuesday, March 28 from 6-8 p.m. at the Santa Rosa Island Authority…

On “Pensacola Speaks” yesterday, Congressman Matt Gaetz talked about the protestors who came to his town hall meetings and why didn’t cancel the events. “My…

G.W. Carver High School in Montgomery, Ala. has hired Vernon (Fla.) High football coach and athletic director, Willie Spears, to its new head coach. The…

The travel site Kayak reports Brits are falling out of love with the USA in a major way. Searches for flights to key US destinations…

Dr. Daniel Durkin, assistant professor in the University of West Florida Department of Social Work, was recently named the Alzheimer’s Association Ambassador for the Florida…

The City of Pensacola has a waiting list of 1,490 people seeking to assistance under the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. According to Housing…

The Florida Department of Health in Escambia County has rescinded the air quality health advisory near Rolling Hills Construction and Demolition Landfill, located at 6990…

By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Florida lawmakers are poised to return to Tallahassee for the March 7 start of the 2017 legislative…

More than 300 high school and college students from Pensacola to Tallahassee are expected to compete in the SkillsUSA Region 1 Competition, hosted by Pensacola…

Florida’s Great Northwest held its Regional Economic Transformation Implementation launch this morning and released its report on a unified vision for future economic development in…

By Mona Shand Florida News Connection While some sectors of Florida’s economy are thriving, new data shows the number of people who are struggling to…

From The News Service of Florida: Gov. Rick Scott has been elected vice chairman of the Republican Governors Association, the group announced Friday. The RGA…

Florida’s Great Northwest, the region’s economic development organization, unveils its regional economic strategy during a gathering of more than 150 Panhandle leaders today at 10…

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has sent South Palafox Properties LLC, owner of the Rolling Hills landfill, a notice of violation. On February 13,…