Quint Studer’s new company Healthcare Plus Solutions Group – which he co-founded with Dan Collard of his former company, Studer Group – has become an exclusive partner with Aramark Healthcare+. Aramark (NYSE:…
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Myers speaking at next WRL
Women for Responsible Legislation will hold their monthly meeting 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, at Pensacola City Hall. This month’s speaker will be former Pensacola City Council member Sherri Myers….
Humane Five have GoFundMe to pay legal bills
The Pensacola Humane Society board of directors is suing five former department heads and the bookkeeper of its animal shelter in excess of $30,000 claiming false and damaging statements were made by…
Mental Health focus
This week, Inweekly delves deeper into mental health care, not just locally but statewide. Escambia County isn’t the only county trying to figure how to improve mental health care. Our story goes…
Podcast: Drug abuse among local teens
Last October, Stephanie Shepard lost her son, age 18, to a drug overdose. Since then, she has formed a nonprofit Hope Above Fear to establish a youth inpatient rehab in Escambia County. …
Mobile, Ala. has lowest life expectancy
According to MoneyGeek, life expectancy at birth in the United States has experienced a significant decline in recent years, dropping from 77 to 76.1 from 2020 to 2021, the lowest level since…
DeSantis targets prescription drug ‘middlemen’
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Calling for “long overdue reforms,” Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday outlined proposed legislation that would target pharmacy benefit managers to try to…
Santa Rosa Education Foundation receives grant
Santa Rosa Education Foundation, a local nonprofit that supports education in Santa Rosa School District, today announced it has received a grant for $15,000 as part of a two-year $500,000 grant from the Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation…
Mental Task Force has surprise meeting
Press Release: The Mental Health Task Force of Northwest Florida is diving into the details this quarter. Through the collaborative work of the Task Force, a contract has been made with Ernst…
Trust needs to focus on 32505 zip code
The Escambia Children’s Trust meets today to interview 29 providers about their proposals for out-of-school-time programs. While the Trust staff produced a Needs Assessment, it failed to list the neighborhoods it should…
Escambia Children’s Trust gives BCC annual report
The Escambia Children’s Trust staff has delivered to the Board of County Commissioners its annual report for 2022. The annual report must include the following: A) Information on the effectiveness of activities,…
Children’s Trust reboots grant reviews
The Escambia Children’s Trust will conduct interviews with the top 29 ranked proposers for its Out-of-School-Time RFP. The first is 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 4 at its offices on Pensacola State…