Category: Business
Remembering Mel Showers
Renowned news anchor Mel Showers passed away this weekend. Mel worked at Mobile’s WKRG-TV for nearly 50 years and had profound influence in Mobile and…
SEC Soccer, Sun Belt Basketball contract renewed
The Escambia County Commission has approved new agreements to host the Southeastern Conference Women’s Soccer Championships and the Sun Belt Conference Basketball Championships through the…
Daily Outtakes: Triumph funds job training, American Magic/UWF WAVE Center
At its meeting in Pensacola on Tuesday, the Triumph Gulf Coast Board approved funds for job training programs in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties and…
Daily Outtakes: Plan B for Pensacola Bay Center. What is it?
Hoteliers are upset over the $90-million plan to use the fifth cent of the bed tax to cover the bonds to renovate the Pensacola Bay…
Breaking: PNJ paid print distribution tumbles to less than 5K
On Thursday, Oct. 3, the Pensacola News Journal published its United States Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation. The report shows the newspaper’s…
Snack Stock 2024 helps Ascension Sacred Heart cancer patients
PenAir Credit Union (PenAir) has launched its second annual Snack Stock, a community-wide snack collection drive to benefit Ascension Sacred Heart Cancer Centers. Its branches…
Real News: Megalopolis, Four Winds, UWF and more
I apologize for not uploading these interviews until today. My Friday was filled with other projects. Francis Ford Coppola’s new movie “Megalopolis” – is it…
Daily Outtakes: Once upon a time, we had an arena, field house and conference center proposal
Seven years ago, Pensacola hotelier Jay Patel presented an ambitious plan, involving eight national companies, to create a $65 million public-private partnership to build a…
Real News: Housing, Murder, Nursing, Voting and more
Mayor D.C. Reeves discusses why he supports the Community Land Trust. A 20-year friendship came to a devastating end when the Letcher Co, Kentucky elected…
Daily Outtakes: Location of indoor sports facility does not matter
Studies show that an indoor sports facility would have a much more significant economic impact than adding a conference center. While neither project would generate…
Pensacola loves to kill projects, the methods do not change
For the past two weeks, I have researched how Pensacola and Escambia County have studied sports tourism, indoor sports facilities and meeting facilities for the…
Real News: This is the week for National Estuaries, Banned Books
The Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program (PPBEP) invites the community to celebrate National Estuaries Week from Sept. 21-28. National Estuaries Week is a nationwide…
BOC winner The Daily Squeeze comes to its end
From their Facebook page: So it’s true what they say, all good things must come to an end. In 2019 we opened our doors to…
Pensacola Chamber holds annual meeting
Press Release: The Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 134th Annual Meeting at Sanders Beach Resource Center on Wednesday, September 18th. The meeting featured…
Landrum 5K coming in October
Runners, walkers, and all those passionate about mental health are invited to join the Second Annual LandrumHR 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, Oct. 12. The 5K…
Real News: Steaks, TikTok, Scooters and D.C.
Seville Rotary’s annual tradition of up to 20 Grill Teams battling it out in good fun to see who has the BEST Steak right in…
Real News: HCA Rehab hits 50, UWF Marching Band, Election dates
HCA Florida West Hospital is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of its Rehabilitation Center with an Open House featuring former patients, the latest technology used in…
ST still projects 1,735 workers in Pensacola, offers help to Chilean workers
ST Chief Integration Officer Bill Hafner appeared on “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning. We discussed his company’s workforce needs in Pensacola and the…
Top Podcasts: Childers, Bergosh, Indoor Sports
This past week, we had 24 guests on WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen. The most played podcasts concerned County Clerk Pam Childers, the proposed…
ST Engineering begins communication process
Press Release: VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering (MAE), a subsidiary of ST Engineering, is sharing details on their comprehensive efforts to train and hire Pensacola area…
