Category: Business
BP is not happy
From its website: BP strongly disagrees with the decision issued today by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and will…
PSA/Visit Pensacola Launch runningpensacola.com
The Pensacola Sports Association and Visit Pensacola are pleased to introduce a brand new website and resource for the Pensacola running community – www.runningpensacola.com. The…
Findings of Fact and Conclusion of Law in BP trial
Here is the summary of U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier’s conclusions (a link to the full document is below) The Court’s conclusions relative to the…
Judge rules BP acted with gross negligence in 2010 oil disaster
Bloomberg is reporting that U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier had ruled that BP acted with gross negligence in setting off the biggest offshore oil spill…
Hayward to sign airport development lease next week
From City Hall: City to hold meeting on aerospace lease, signing ceremony and press event to follow Mayor Ashton Hayward has called a special meeting…
Blue Wahoos Groundskeeper Wins League Honors
The Southern League announced Ray Sayre, Director of Sports Turf Management for the Blue Wahoos, is this year’s Groundskeeper of the Year, as selected by…
Sea monsters and BP oil spill
The Bellona Foundation reports the Louisiana shrimpers are reporting an ever-rising rash of horrifically mutated shrimp, crabs and other sea life covered with oozing growths…
Pensacola airport bonds downgraded, but outlook stable
Fitch Ratings has downgraded to ‘BBB-‘ from ‘BBB’ its rating on the city of Pensacola’s (Florida) approximately $33.5 million in outstanding series 2008 airport capital…
More changes at WEAR TV 3, news director fired
Inweekly has confirmed the News Director Kyle Brinkman was fired from WEAR 3 on Thursday. Last month, Sinclair,owner of the station, let off the station’s…
Marcus Pointe Country Club closing, can Pensacola afford to keep Osceola open?
The News Journal is reporting that Marcus Pointe Golf Club that it will close its course at the end of this year. Rodney Sutton at…
NorthEscambia: Century and Pensacola lock horns over natural gas
NorthEscambia.com reports the Town of Century has finally received the records it requested from Pensacola Energy to investigate how the city of Pensacola has encroached…
New GM for WEAR TV 3 named
MarketWatch reports that Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. has announced that J.C. Lowe, who was Sinclair’s General Manager in Birmingham, will become the General Manager of…
Payday Lending Town Hall Meeting
The Raise Florida Network in collaboration with Community Enterprise Investments, Inc. (CEII), Zion Hope Primitive Baptist Church, and the Friendship Primitive Baptist Church will hold…
Local Fox TV affiliate, WALA-TV, sold
RTT News reports that Meredith Corp. has agreed to buy the broadcast assets of WALA-TV, the Fox affiliate in Mobile-Pensacola, from Media General, Inc. for…
Harper joins Studer Institute
The Studer Institute and the University of West Florida have created a partnership that will allow Rick Harper, the University of West Florida’s assistant vice…
University of Oregon retweets my column
UO Journalism & Comm –Newsrooms in the age of digital metrics: @routzen: Quality journalism can’t be measured by social media clicks http://sojc.co/1oK3rJI — Nice
Tin Cow expands to Tallahassee
Joe Abston is bringing his unique hamburger joint to the state capital. The Tallahassee Democrat reports Abston and Mike Weeks of Pensacola have leased the…
Unemployment rate holds steady in Florida
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Florida’s jobless mark continued its steady run through 2014, holding at 6.2 percent from June to July,…
Internet trolls attack daughter of Robin Williams
Zelda Williams shared her thoughts and emotions about her recently-deceased father, Robin Williams, on Twitter. Forbes reported that the tweets were “little more than a…
PNJ publisher leaving town, too
The PNJ is reporting that its publisher, Terry Horne, announced he will be leaving Pensacola to become West Group Regional President for Gannett. No known…


