Category: Business
Rev. Powell rejects city offer, Reeves explains at 7 am on WCOA
Rev. John Powell has rejected the city’s offer to purchase the historic Smith Bakery building on the corner of Belmont and Devilliers streets, according to…
Breaking: George buys Alice’s
The owners of the award-winning George Bistro + Bar, George and Lubi Lzai, have purchased the building on 1504 W. Intendencia St. that was home…
Hosting Sun Belt basketball beyond 2025
By Tom St. Myer Fresh off a third consecutive year of successfully hosting the Sun Belt Conference men’s and women’s basketball championships, stakeholders eye a…
Yikes, Gannett has shed nearly half its workforce
Axos reports Gannett, the owner of the Pensacola News Journal and most of the daily newspapers in Florida, has shed nearly half of its workforce….
GE investing more into Pensacola plant
Last week, General Electric announced plans to invest more than $450 million in its existing U.S. manufacturing facilities this year, purchasing cutting-edge equipment and making…
Town Hall on FPL rate hike set for Monday
Customers Fed Up! FP&L Hikes Electric Bills Again! Public Service Commission (PSC) is set to yet again rubber-stamp new FP&L rate increases. Hard-hit Panhandle residents…
FPL finds ways to lower rates
Florida Power & Light has filed a plan that will reduce the April rate increase of $13/mo. by $4.43. According to FPL staff, in addition…
County Purchasing to host Free Vendor Open House
The Escambia County Office of Purchasing will host a free vendor open house Wednesday, March 22 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The open house will take…
Inside PHS report
First, the report is not a CPA audit report. The Pensacola Humane Society referred to the report produced by Saltmarsh, Cleveland & Gund as an…
About-face: FPL now plans to decrease rates in May
SANDESTIN — A day after announcing customers should expect an increase in their electric bills in April, Florida Power & Light announced plans to decrease…
Real News: Mayor Reeves hits 100-day mark
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves discusses his first 100 days in office, Pensacola 2.0 and appointed school superintendent. Airport Director Matt Caughlin discusses MRO complex, aviation…
FPL plans to increase electric bill rates in April
Florida Power & Light customers should expect yet another increase to their electric bills in April. J.T. Young, vice president and general manager of FPL…
Aviation Training Academy
As part of the ceremony, ST Engineering’s Jeffery Lam and Dr. Ed Meadows of Pensacola State College signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish an…
Sun Belt Conference looking to be here long term
Sun Belt Conference Deputy Commissioner Kathy Keene is excited to see the conference’s men and women start their championship tournaments today. “We have some unbelievable…
ST Engineering milestone
ST Engineering held a special ribbon-cutting ceremony for its second new aircraft maintenance hangar at the Pensacola International Airport on Monday. “The opening of this…
State budget growing as rapidly as population
By Tom St. Myer The state budget is growing as rapidly as the population in Florida. But what happens when the growth finally slows down?…
Visit Pensacola seeks grant requests for events
Do you need funding to promote an event in Escambia County? Visit Pensacola is now accepting grant applications for its event marketing program for events…
More offers for OLF-8
County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh says more parties are interested in buying OLF-8. The current high offer is $38 million. “We’ve got three additional interested parties,”…
Breaking: County gets new $35 million offer for OLF-8
Commissioner Jeff Bergosh announced on WCOA this morning that the Board of County Commissioners has received a $35-million offer for Outlying Landing Field 8. He…
Podcast: A Way of Seeing
Innisfree Hotels’ Luna Fine Art Gallery proudly announces a new exhibit specifically designed for blind and visually impaired people, open now through March 12 at…
