Category: Business
SRIA honored by Visit Florida
At Monday’s statewide tourism conference in Boca Raton, Fla., VISIT FLORIDA, Florida’s official tourism marketing arm, presented the Santa Rosa Island Authority with a bronze…
City opens today bids for advertising contract
The selection committee for RFP 14-022 Three Year Contract to Provide Advertising Services for Pensacola Energy meets today at 10 a.m. in the conference room…
American Community Survey shows we have slipped since 2010
The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey shows that Escambia County median household income has dropped over the past four years. The gap between man…
Studer Group ranked fifth nationally on Great Place to Work list
Press Release: Studer Group, a Gulf Breeze, Florida-based outcomes firm, is proud to be named a 2014 Best Small & Medium Workplace by Great Place…
Nine Mile to Receive Nearly $42 Million to Widen Road
Two projects will create four lanes from Beulah Road to US 29 The latest release of the Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) 5-year Work Plan…
Skill Assessment Testing coming October
CareerSource Escarosa offers Skill Assessment Testing as part of Community Occupational Talent Search (E-COTS) Through partnership with local government and a consortium of community organizations,…
Beck Properties merges with McGraw Insurance
Two longtime Pensacola companies are joining forces to offer a new level of service to property owners and to tackle the challenges of a changing…
Centennial Bank Hosts Lender Summit On Pensacola Beach
Centennial Bank is convening a Lender Summit for lenders, members of Executive Management and members of Home Bancshares Board of Directors at the Hilton Resort…
Chamber sends letter in support of proposed renovation of old PNJ building
Letter sent by Chamber President Jerry Maygarden to Mayor Ashton Hayward and the Pensacola City Council: Mr. Mayor, Honorable Council Members, I am writing to…
Pensacola City Council approves VT Mobile Aerospace agreement
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward was joined this afternoon by the Pensacola City Council to sign a lease with VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Inc. (VT MAE),…
Halliburton offers $1.1 billion settlement
It didn’t take long for the Halliburton Company, one of three parties (BP, Transocean and Halliburton) responsible for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill disaster to…
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…


