Category: Business
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…
Expect TSA delays, starting April 24
Pensacola International Airport travelers are encouraged to arrive at least two hours early to go through the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint starting Monday, April 24,…
More on latest attack on Disney
DeSantis Ratchets Up Disney Fight By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Escalating his attacks on Walt Disney Co., Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Insolvencies hit policyholders in wallet
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — State insurance regulators last week signed off on a plan that will lead to policyholders…
Podcast: Waverly, City moving ahead
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves shares the latest update on the Waverly on Garden Street. The grocery store and apartments may be the first phase as…
Breaking: Banks indicted
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Matthew Banks, 40, of Pensacola, Florida, was indicted by an Escambia County grand jury charging him with Racketeering (Count 1), Aggravated White…
UWF College of Business maintains prestigious accreditation
The University of West Florida College of Business has earned re-accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, known as AACSB International. AACSB International…
Sheriff launches Operation Brownsville (not Good Neighbor, oops)
By Tom St. Myer Gun violence dominated the public forum discussion, but measures put in place to improve Brownsville as a whole took center stage…
Housing market slowing down
Real Estate Broker Larry Kuhn reports: As we have come to an end to March Madness not only on the basketball court but in the…
FPL dropping rates in May
The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) today approved a reduction of $494 million in 2023 fuel costs for Florida Power & Light Company (FPL). Of…
Pensacola almost became epicenter for MMA
Axios reports that Endeavor, the sports and entertainment company led by Ari Emanuel, has acquired World Wrestling Entertainment in a deal valuing WWE at $9.3…
