Category: Business
Governor gives PEDC $250K to help Corry Field; Santa Rosa $250K for land swap
Yesterday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced more than $2.1 million in additional funding for military-supporting infrastructure through the Defense Reinvestment Grant Program. The grants support infrastructure…
Daily Outtakes: Meet new FloridaWest CEO
New FloridaWest CEO brings wealth of experience A “phenomenal” location with an abundance of business assets and a quality of life that ranks “second to…
Breaking: Dr. Ken Ford steps down as IHMC CEO
After more than 34 years under the leadership of founder Dr. Ken Ford, the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition will see a new…
PYP seeks 2025 Mentor Pensacola applicants
Pensacola Young Professionals (PYP) announced that applications are now open for the 2025 Mentor Pensacola program, which pairs PYP members with local community leaders, fostering…
Hospital Safety Scores: Ascension Sacred Heart – A; HCA Florida West – B; Baptist declines to report
Sacred Heart Pensacola earned an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from the Leapfrog Group for the fall 2024 grading period. The Leapfrog Group, an independent national…
Cumulus cuts local voices nationwide, drops ‘Real News’ and goes all syndicated
We were notified today after completing our show that Cumulus, the owner of WCOA, has made a corporate decision to drop local programming from stations…
Real News: Downtown Parking, Ice Flyers
Constituent & Parking Services Director Lissa Dees discusses the new website, ParkPensacola.com, and improvements to downtown city parking. The Pensacola Ice Flyers host their annual…
Breaking: NAS Pensacola getting first female CO
UPDATE: THE NAVY HAS CONFIRMED CAPT. NEWMAN IS THE FIRST FEMALE COMMANDING OFFICER OF NAS PENSACOLA. Capt. Terry ‘Village’ Shashaty will be relieved as the…
Navy Federal responds to massive fine. It’s not the first
Escambia County’s largest employer, Navy Federal Credit Union, has been ordered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to refund more than $80 million to…
Why keep OLF-8 commerce park in public hands?
The Business Alliance of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties last week sent Escambia County Commissioners a request to deed the acreage designated for light-industrial use…
Texas wins SEC Soccer Championship
FROM SEC SPORTS: Mia Justus makes seven saves and Carly Montgomery scores the game-deciding goal in the 80th minute to secure a 1-0 victory over…
Real News hits 4,000-interview milestone
We interviewed our 4,000th guest on the radio show today. We started on Aug. 9, 2021. I don’t think any other 90-minute show has done…
Business Alliance wants to protect light-industrial use at OLF-8
The Business Alliance of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties issued their collective position on OLF-8 in support of job growth, following the masterplan, and keeping…
Daily Outtakes: Seeking Rising Star nominations for 2025
UPDATE: WE HAVE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE TO DECEMBER 15 Since 2008, Inweekly has recognized the under-40-year-olds in our community whom their peers, clients, and bosses…
HUD charges local property manager charged discrimination
From HUD: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has charged Pensacola property manager Jonathan Faircloth with discrimination against…
Real News: ‘There’s nobody to blame’
Don Gaetz easily won his old Florida Senate seat by 30 percentage points. “Republicans have to understand now at the federal level, at the state…
Fact-check: UWF Haas Center did analysis for DPZ, too
It is apparent that PNJ columnist Theresa Blackwell didn’t read the recent University of West Florida study regarding just 46 acres of OLF-8 before she…
Daily Outtakes: The Mythical Town of Beulah
News Journal columnist Theresa Blackwell delivered another dram of her wisdom on Sunday, blasting the Escambia County Commission, praising DPZ CoDesign and waxing poetically for…
We will get an new USPS downtown location
This message was posted on the USPS website last Friday. However, it appears that the USPS will get a new downtown location. USPS Announces Final…
Breaking: New downtown hotel breaks ground Thursday, Nov. 14
Catalyst HRE, The Thrash Group, and The 1559 Collective in partnership with Tandem Hospitality, will celebrate the official groundbreaking ceremony for Pensacola’s newest destination, Hotel…
