Category: Business
Update on new Baptist Hospital campus
With most of the work on the 23,000-square-foot Central Energy Plant completed, cool air is now flowing through the air conditioning system on several floors…
Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Town Hall
Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) law firm will present a Town Hall to inform the people of Pensacola about Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Claims. The event…
Pen Air Generates Over $8,000 for Escambia County Public Schools
Pen Air Federal Credit Union is pleased to present the Escambia County Education Foundation with a check worth $8,372.87.53 courtesy of the Share It® program. “The…
More complaints against Banks Construction
Over the weekend, we continued to hear from people who shared their experiences with Banks Construction. Several asked to kept anonymous, and I’ve honored their…
More Banks Construction nightmares
NorthEscambia.com reports that Matthew Banks of Banks Construction has been arrested on an outstanding Pensacola Police Department warrant issued by the Pensacola Police Department. He…
Streamline Boats fine at Port [podcast]
In 2020, the Pensacola City Council approved a lease with Streamline Boats of Northwest Florida to build a sport fishing boat factory and create at…
UPDATE: Embattled contractor has ties to ECUA board member
Two brothers-in-law are in trouble, and their problems may extend beyond their construction companies. Matthew Banks of Banks Construction had his contractor’s license revoked in…
Remembering Rodney Jackson [podcast]
As we reported yesterday, Rodney Jackson passed suddenly yesterday.In 2006, 38-year-old Rodney Jackson was named to the PNJ 40 Under 40. When asked what he…
Gallery Night ‘Under the Surface’ coming Friday, Aug. 12
Featuring More Than 50 Local Fine Artists. PENSACOLA, FLORIDA –On Friday, August 19, from 5 p.m.-9 p.m., Gallery Night Pensacola’s theme is “Under the Surface.”…
Breaking: Rodney Jackson passes away suddenly
Retired banker Rodney Jackson passed away this morning after a brief illness. Rodney returned to Pensacola about ten months ago to serve as the Director…
August 2022 Experience HRT set of Aug. 16
Visit Pensacola will put on its August 2022 Experience HRT (Hospitality Roundtable) from 4-6 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 16, at Supposey Warehouse and Gardens, 101 South…
Recreational marijuana initiative launched
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Trulieve, the state’s largest medical-marijuana operator, and country-music legends The Bellamy Brothers are backing a…
Nighttime lane closures on Chappie James Bridge
Drivers will encounter the following nighttime traffic impacts on and near the Pensacola Bay Bridge (U.S. 98) in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties between 8…
Lily Hall will open in Old East Hill later this year [podcast]
Last August, Stalhman Hospitality announced its plan to convert the former Mount Olive Baptist Church site, which had been vacant since Hurricane Ivan, into a…
Milton shopping center filling up
The website rebusinessonline reports that Branch Properties has signed two restaurants to join the tenant roster at Merganser Commons at Dogwood Estates in Milton where…
Century officially rural [podcast]
State Rep. Michelle Salzman yesterday announced the designation of the Town of Century as a Rural Community. This yearlong project in partnership with Mayor Ben…
Mobile, Escambia County have successful youth employment programs [podcast]
Commissioner Lumon May and Katelynn Machado, Community Affairs manager for the City of Mobile, talk about their summer youth employment programs. The City of Mobile…
Arrest of Homeless Advocate spurs DIB boycott
By Jeremy Morrison The arrest of a Pensacola homeless advocate triggered by an organization representing downtown businesses has led to a boycott of those same…
FPL funding fake news called ‘chilling’
The Times-Union, Orlando Sentinel and Miami Herald have uncovered Florida Power & Light’s efforts to undermine media in the state to further its political agenda….
Pen Air presents $10K to Manna Food Pantries
Pensacola, Florida – (July 26, 2022) Pen Air presented $10,000 to Manna Food Pantries’ 5th Annual Donut Strike. The 2022 drive collected the equivalent of…
