Author: Rick Outzen
Independent News: finalist for 2012 Sunshine State Awards
The Independent News has been named a finalist for the 2012 Sunshine State Awards in Non-Deadline News Reporting (Small) for its cover story on the…
Chief of Staff quits
Last week Gov. Rick Scott’s chief of staff, Steve McNamara, was profiled by The Miami Herald, which spurred a series of news articles that raised…
First Wahoo makes it to the Bigs
Press Release: Former Blue Wahoos infielder Mike Costanzo was called up to the Major Leagues on Saturday afternoon by the Cincinnati Reds and becomes the…
A ‘Masterful’ Night for Pensacola Sports
By James Hagan— Friday, May 11 saw not only a sold-out crowd gather at the Community Maritime Park to watch the Pensacola Blue Wahoos play…
NY Times covers student debt
The weight of student loans on our economy and the future of your young leaders is crushing. We’ve covered in the IN. Today the New…
Roller Gurlz Away Game Tomorrow
Pensacola’s own flat track roller derby team will be playing the Okaloosa Rollers tomorrow, May 12 at 6:30 p.m. The away game will be held…
Johnson Predicts ‘Tough’ Budget Season
The Pensacola City Council offered a glimpse last night of what upcoming budget workshops might look like. Council members signaled to Mayor Ashton Hayward that…
A Really Cool Waste of Internet Time for a Friday Afternoon…
would be reading this assortment of interesting thank you notes sent by famous people. Quint Studer is right, thank you notes are great and recognition…
PSC now in Gulf Breeze
Navarre and Gulf Breeze PSC commuters now have a campus closer to home located at 5075 Gulf Breeze Pkwy. “There is a great deal of…
Free Concerts in Milton
This June, music fans can celebrate the end of their workweek and enjoy free Friday night outdoor concerts in downtown Milton. The inaugural “Bands on…
Hawthorne’s ‘Game Plan’
Gulf Coast African-American Chamber of Commerce Executive Director George Hawthorne said he is not concerned with—and does not feel threatened by—the recent moves made by…
Wu: Defender of Home Rule
The Florida League of Cities will honor Pensacola City Council Vice President P.C. Wu on Friday, May 11, with the Defender of Home Rule Award…
The GCAACC and the ‘New Direction’
A faction of Pensacola’s African-American business community appears intent on creating a new minority chamber of commerce. Jackie Miles, a board member of the existing…
VP Rubio could put Romney over in key states
The same Suffolk University poll that I reported earlier this morning also show that U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) could make a difference if Mitt…
Question for Parliamentarians
When the Pensacola City Council discussed the DIB Economic Development Incentive Plan at its April 26 regular meeting. Councilwoman Maren DeWeese began the discussion with…
Presidential Poll Shows Dead Heat in Florida
The latest Suffolk University poll of likely Florida voters has President Barack Obama with slight 1-point lead over Republican Mitt Romney in Florida, 46 percent…
Military brass combats sexual assault, this time they mean it
Press Release By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON May 08, 2012 – Despite years of concerted effort, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and…
Congress could trim $688 billion from deficit over 10 years.
Congress can trim $688 billion from the federal deficit over the next 10 years by cutting unneeded weapons, including the unwanted airplane and the Navy’s…
Buzz: Cumulus buys WXBM
To build out its Pensacola, Florida holdings, Cumulus Media is acquiring “Soft Rock 94.1†WMEZ and “Your Country†WXBM at 102.7. The seller is Albany,…
Buck gives view on beach economy
The first four months of this year compared to the first four months last year we are up over 36,000 vehicles. Some business owners tell…
