The Pensacola Ice Flyers have announced that former head coach Rod Aldoff is returning to Pensacola to be the bench boss of the Ice Flyers. “I’m extremely excited to be here, and…
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What is the impact of cutting tourism marketing?
The U.S. Travel Association and Visit Florida have data to show what happens when state’s top promoting tourism. Pennsylvania cut its state tourism marketing budget from $30 million to $7 million in…
Ice Flyers fire head coach
The Ice Flyers announced this afternoon that Head Coach Kevin Hasselberg would no longer continue in his role with the organization. “After evaluating the entire season over the past weeks and where…
Carro top produced for SVN Florida
Michael Carro, CCIM, was named the No. 1 producer among SVN Florida’s more than 90 advisors, which placed him No. 3 nationally among SVN advisors, the company announced Feb. 9 at the…
Finding more diversity among suppliers
By Eurydice Stanley… On Tuesday, Feb. 7, the Florida Department of Management Services Office of Supplier Diversity (OSD), City of Pensacola and Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce sponsored a Supplier…
DIB seeks input on Jefferson Street beautification [podcast]
Yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks,” Downtown Improvement Board executive director Curt Morse talked about the conception plans for improving the aesthetics near the Jefferson Street Garage. See Phase One.
Trumbull on future of Triumph Gulf Coast [podcast]
The House Select Committee on Triumph Gulf Coast released a draft of the committee bill that will establish the process for how the BP oil settlement funds ($300M) will be appropriated. Read…
Scott uses Twitter to scold Florida House
Governor Rick Scott continues to use Twitter to communication his displeasure….sound familiar? After the Florida House’s Careers & Competition Subcommittee passed a bill that would eliminate Visit Florida, Enterprise Florida and other…
Florida House committee votes to eliminate Visit Florida, Enterperise Florida and more
The Florida House of Representative’s Careers & Competition Subcommittee passed a bill today that would eliminate programs that Speaker Richard Corcoran and conservative groups, like Americans for Prosperity-Florida, believe prop up unfair…
JetPay agreement could mean more jobs for Pensacola
JetPay Corporation announced today that it has entered into an agreement with the Office of the Illinois State Treasurer to become the payment processor for the State’s E-Pay program. The agreement could…
Bentina Terry moving to Atlanta
Bentina Terry, Gulf Power’s Customer Service and Sales vice president, has been selected as senior vice president of the Metro Atlanta Region for Georgia Power. In this role, she will be responsible…
IP still exploring causes of Cantonment explosion
By Duwayne Escobedo The power went out at International Paper the day before the digester exploded sending pulp contents and a piece of equipment off the paper mill site, said Brett De…