Category: Business
Presser Notes: City enterprises thriving
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly In the first of what looks to be shaping up into a slate of field trips to finish out this year’s…
Hurricane costs passed to Gulf Power customers
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida First came Hurricane Michael. Then Sally. Then Zeta. And for customers of Northwest Florida’s Gulf Power, the…
Real News podcast: Panhandle economy ‘on fire’
Adrienne Slack is vice president and regional executive at the New Orleans Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. She is part of the…
Exclusive: Federal Reserve Bank exec on 1370 WCOA today at 7 am
I will open my show with Adrienne C. Slack, vice president and regional executive at the New Orleans Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of…
CoLab client announces Purdue partnership, internships
Guided Particle Systems Inc Partners with Purdue University on Quantum Education Florida Company to provide Internships, connect with DoD, and Promote Learning Opportunities Pensacola, FL:…
Buzz: Electricity Battle
Gulf Power/Florida Power & Light has lobbied the Pensacola City Council heavily to discourage them from doing a feasibility study on the city taking over…
Mobility Week starts Friday
The City of Pensacola encourages residents to participate in The Florida Department of Transportation’s Annual Mobility Week, a celebration of making smart, efficient and safe…
Real News podcast: National Grouch Day
Yesterday, the Bear Family Foundation donated $4.3 million to help build the new Baptist Hospital. On 1370 WCOA, I talked about how much of the…
Hayward joins Public Affairs firm
Suskey Consulting, the firm run by lobbyist Alan Suskey, is merging with Shumaker Advisors Florida, Florida Politics reports. Former Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward was listed…
DIB Seeks Finance Committee member
Pensacola’s Downtown Improvement Board is looking for a new member for its Finance Committee. The Pensacola Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) is a dependent special agency…
Presser Notes: No MOU, FEMA Funds & Scooter Stunts
By Jeremy Morrison With a stretch of wet weather moving through the region, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said city streets were looking good thus far,…
Real News podcasts: Thursday, Sept. 30
Former Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan explains why he brought jail medical services in-house after he took office in 2009. Dr. Martha Saunders, UWF president,…
Avalex acquired
ANDOVER, Mass., Sept. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mrcy.com), a leader in trusted, secure mission-critical technologies for aerospace and defense,…
Free coffee on Fridays
Tom Thumb, a leading convenience, coffee, and gasoline retailer, is welcoming fall by bringing back free coffee Fridays during the months of September and October….
Real News podcasts: Thursday, Sept. 23
We had a fantastic show today. Rebekah Jones, data scientist and Democratic candidate for Congress, discusses the latest rules from the state on Covid and…
Burger King, Pizza Hut job fair on Tuesday
GPS HOSPITALITY LOOKING TO HIRE 3,500 MANAGERS AND CREW MEMBERS ACROSS 13 STATES WHAT: Â Â GPS Hospitality will host a virtual job fair with the intent…
2021 Florida Tourism Industry Awards announced
Yesterday, VISIT FLORIDA announced the recipients of the 2021 Florida Tourism Hall of Fame and Flagler Awards during the annual Florida Governor’s Conference on Tourism….
Pensacola to seek path forward for food trucks [podcast]
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly About a week or so ago, the city of Pensacola began enforcing a parking ordinance that effectively prohibits food trucks from…
Poll: Pensacola voters do not support conference center at Maritime Park
Last month, the Pensacola City Council voted 4-3 for a publicly funded conference center and parking garage, indoor entertainment complex and 80 housing units to…
Mayor defends fining food trucks
Press Release: Statement from Mayor Robinson on Food Trucks in Pensacola Over the past several days, there has been much discussion about food trucks in…
