Category: Business
Disney sues state over ‘retaliation’
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Mostly silent on the issue for the past year, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts on…
Breaking: Community Action Program has funds for rental, utility assistance
Thanks to Sen. Doug Broxson and Rep. Alex Andrade, the Community Action Program will have assistance funds to help locals with rent and utilities, according…
Monorail Latest Target in Disney Feud
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Disney’s iconic monorail system would face periodic state inspections, as Republican lawmakers continue to back…
By the Numbers: March Housing Prices
By The News Service of Florida The industry group Florida Realtors on Friday released a report that said the statewide median sales price for single-family…
Mayor pushes back on Pickleball lease
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves has received some criticism about renting out Port Warehouse #4 for an indoor sports facility (Comment on Belmont Hall post). He…
$1.76 gas in Pace this Saturday
Residents of Pace and surrounding communities are invited to celebrate the grand opening of a new 76® gas station located at 4560 US 90 on Saturday, April…
Apply for Cox event grants
Local nonprofits that are planning fundraising and awareness events in the Gulf Coast market are encouraged to apply for an event sponsorship from Cox Communications….
Panel: Climate risks to local military bases [podcast]
UWF, American Security Project and retired military leaders to discuss climate-related risks to local military installations WHAT: UWF’s Office of Research Administration and Engagement and…
Belmont Hall explores port site [podcast]
Last week, we reported that Belmont Hall – food and entertainment complex – may move to a site near the Port of Pensacola and the…
Looking for new DIB board members
Mayor D.C. Reeves is accepting applications to be considered for two upcoming vacancies on the Downtown Improvement Board. Qualified individuals interested in serving on the…
ECUA gets competition for recycling
WM Breaks Ground on $30 Million Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Northwest Florida WM announced plans for its latest material recovery facility (MRF) at a…
Andrade defamation bill dead
Rep. Alex Andrade’s defamation bill (HB 991) is officially dead. The bill that drew criticism from both Republicans and Conservatives made it through the House…
Moorhead Law wins Battle of the Barristers
Moorhead Law Group took home the trophy at United Way of West Florida’s 2nd Annual Battle of the Barristers. The event tested the knowledge of…
Real News: Friday, April 21, 2023
Will Kennedy gives an update on UWF athletics. The involuntary manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin have been dropped. Jason Nathanson explains why. Casino Beach Bar…
Garcon Point Bridge moving under turnpike system
Legislative support continues to build for moving Northwest Florida’s Garcon Point Bridge into the state turnpike system. The House Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee on…
DEO: Pensacola job market grew 4.2 percent
Today, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity announced that the Pensacola area’s private sector employment grew 4.2 percent (+6,800 jobs) over the year in March…
Palafox Market South coming May 13
Palafox Market is expanding its popular Saturday farmer’s market into a new area of Palafox Street in Downtown Pensacola starting May 13, and the Downtown…
Buzz: Belmont Hall moving to Port
Last year, the PNJ reported on Jordan Yee and Alistair McKenzie building a food hall and multi-purpose outdoor area in the parking lot across from…
Six deepest pockets of poverty [podcast]
Eight years ago, the Studer Community Institute published a map showing the pockets of poverty in Escambia County based on the 2014 census data. Inweekly…
Valentino fought for public beach easement in the 2000s
Former Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino told Inweekly that tried to get county staff to get a declaratory judgment concerning the 75-foot public beach easement…
