The news hit the web yesterday that International Paper’s Pensacola Mill will permanently cease operation of its #4 pulp machine, impacting 100 jobs in Cantonment. IP announced a series of actions to…
Category: Education
Schools outside Pensacola get esports grants
Students at seven campuses – Bailey, Beulah, Brown-Barge, and Ransom Middle Schools; Escambia, Tate, and West Florida High Schools – will benefit from a $1.5 million, five-year project designed to promote Esports…
District looks at adding 6-8 grades to elementary schools
By Tom St. Myer Escambia County Public Schools is putting measures in place to transition two of its elementary Schools to K-6s for the 2024-25 school year. Interim Supt. Keith Leonard confirmed…
PSC Athletics receives $250,000 donation from Pensacola Sports
Pensacola State College’s Athletics Program received a historic boost with a $250,000 donation from Pensacola Sports Association. The donation – announced at the College’s Pirate Experience held Sept. 27 on the Pensacola…
UWF Center for Leadership lands Navy contract
The University of West Florida Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz Center for Leadership, in collaboration with the UWF College of Business MBA Program and Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering, is…
Daily Outtakes: Chaos, Reimagining, More Nurses
Congressional Chaos Congress passed an emergency funding bill to avoid a federal government shutdown. Our congressman, Matt Gaetz, announced that he is filing a motion to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of…
SEC Soccer Tournament tickets on sale
Several nationally-ranked Southeastern Conference soccer teams will be competing for the SEC Championship title from Sunday, Oct. 29, through Sunday, Nov. 5, at Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex. Tickets are on sale now…
Daily Outtakes: Salzman, McDaniel, Lutimothy shuffle
State Rep. Michelle Salzman has scuttled her bill, HJR 19, to put a constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot that would set term limits. On Tuesday, the lawmaker filed a new bill,…
Daily Outtakes: Say bye to D.R. Horton, Lutimothy and hello NYC
D.R. Horton has pulled its offer to buy 297 acres of OLF-8 in the Beulah area, according to an email published by NorthEscambia.com. The home builder first offered $33 million then bumped…
Escambia book battle continues
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With Escambia County a key battleground in a broader debate about school books, plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the county school board…
UWF ranks top 10 in U.S. News & World Report’s Top Public Schools – Regional South Rankings
Pensacola, Fla. – Sept. 18, 2023 – For the second consecutive year, the University of West Florida ranks in the top 10 public institutions in the region by U.S. News & World…
Report details voucher growth
By Ryan Dailey TALLAHASSEE — Nearly 123,000 new students have received private-school vouchers after state lawmakers this year passed a major expansion of voucher programs, while a group that administers the programs…