Author: Rick Outzen
BP clean-up contractors say they are owed millions
Biloxi Sun Herald reports the companies that responded to the BP oil catastrophe claim that they are still fighting for payments due from the time…
There’s an App for That
The National Naval Aviation Museum app is available to download from iTunes and the Android Market. The app will be a great source for information…
Dude! Bogus!
From the Herald: Miami now enforcing an old anti-surfing law. Surfers to protest at today’s commission meeting. READ
SRIA vendetta against DeLuna Fest continues
The daily newspaper published on its front page what they describe as a dispute between the DeLuna Fest organizers and the Santa Rosa Island Authority…
Area gets nearly $1 million for homeless
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ANNOUNCES $72 MILLION IN GRANTS TO HELP HOMELESS ACROSS FLORIDA More than 300 local projects will be funded with federal…
They have to get to know you first…
The Washington Post’s Michael Tackett advances the theory that Republicans reject their candidates the first time around. Maybe it’s the idea that they are looking…
Let the Games Begin
Sports fans, listen up. Alumni football is coming to Pensacola. The Gridiron Alumni is planning several alumni football games. The first 40 players to sign…
What is EDATE?
When voters head to local polling places Jan. 31 for Florida’s GOP primary, they’ll also be asked to weigh in on re-upping EDATE, or the…
Something for Gen X nerds to do at lunch…
Where’s Morrissey? A weird picture of Morrissey (looking a little more melcancholy than Waldo usually does, of course)  has been hidden in Google Earth, standing outside the…
UWF make U.S News & World Report’s Top Online Education Program rankings
Press Release: The University of West Florida was named in the first-ever edition of Top Online Education Program rankings by U.S. News & World Report….
Stat of the Day
In Escambia County, 8.4 out of every 1,000 children is in foster care. The state average is 5.7 per 1,000.
Fox Sports calls out Warrington and Crack Alley
Fox Sports says that Warrington is “rife with violence, drugs and poverty” in its profile and interview of Alabama football star Trent Richardson. The Escambia…
Video: Romney momentum
‘Tonight We Made History’ Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, adding to a first-place finish in last week’s Iowa…
Wilson Robertson/Forrest Gibbs hiring – Top Scandal of 2011
The blog readers have spoken – with 863 votes cast. The top local scandal of 2011 was Escambia County Commissioner Wilson Robertson helping his supporter…
The Sam Hall Question
It seems Pensacola City Council President Sam Hall isn’t out of the woods yet when it comes to the free-speech debate he sparked when attempting…
Syrah: The Perfect Wine for Winter
By David White—- All wines are appropriate for all seasons. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying a simple white or crisp rosé in the winter, and…
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
January is National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, reminding us all to be aware of the disease. The American Cancer Society’s most recent estimates for cervical…
Oil Spill Health Study Comes to Town
Following the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, researchers of various stripes have been studying the disaster’s possible impacts. What did the spill…
Got Gold?
The American Coin Buyers Guild (ACBG) will be in Pensacola from Monday, Jan. 16 to Saturday Jan. 21. At the Holiday Inn located at 7816…
From New Hampshire: Slow but Steady
The Manchester Union Leader is reporting slow but steady voter turn out in the state’s largest city and other polling places statewide. UNION LEADER Primary…
