Category: Business
Frontier Airlines announces new nonstop flight to Orlando
Low-fare carrier Frontier Airlines announced this week expanded service at Pensacola International Airport that now includes a nonstop flight to Orlando (MCO). This new route,…
SBA offers PPP loan forgiveness
The U.S. Small Business Administration is launching a streamlined application portal to allow borrowers with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under $150,000 through participating lenders to apply for forgiveness directly through the SBA. “With the new simplified application portal,…
Pensacola nominated for two Southern Living awards
Southern Living has announced that Pensacola has been nominated for two categories for The South’s Best 2022 Awards. The South’s Best acknowledges the destinations that…
Gannett has sold four Panhandle publications – correction
Gannett has 26 newspapers across its media empire to local groups, including four in Northwest Florida. The Pensacola News Journal was not one of the…
DeSantis moves to cut Garcon Point Bridge tolls
By Jim Turner ©2021 The News Service of Florida. All rights reserved; see terms. TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis wants court-ordered toll rates to be…
Inside employment numbers
Sometime you need to look deeper to understand statistics. The unemployment rate for June in Escambia County increased, according to data recently released by the…
Homebuilders win appellate case re: Santa Rosa impact fee
The First District Court of Appeal today affirmed Santa Rosa Circuit Court Judge Darlene Dickey’s temporary injunction against collection of the Santa Rosa County’s school…
FRLA partners with Blue Angels Foundation
Today, the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (FRLA) announced its partnership with the Blue Angels Foundation to raise awareness and funding to support wounded veterans…
Childers still upset about audit of how she handles bed tax
Escambia County Clerk of Court Pam Childers is upset that Tourist Development Council chair David Bear has asked for the Florida Auditor General to conduct…
Best of the Coast voting passes mid-point
The Best of the Coast voting is going strong. The readers’ survey continues through Wednesday, July 21. Just like we have every summer for the…
DeSantis appoints local
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Katie Spear and David Rouse to the Board of Optometry. Katie Spear of Pensacola, is a licensed…
Nothing free with Gulf Power
Gulf Power customers will pay for the utility’s COVID-19 measures, thanks to the Public Service Commission’s approval a settlement on Thursday, July 8 that allows…
City may make a Tiny House development possible
The Pensacola City Council’s agenda for Thursday, July 15 has been released. The council will  consider  whether to annex two vacant lots on Pace Boulevard at…
Project Titan begins
In December 2019, Mayor Robinson and Bill Hafner, chief integration officer for ST Engineering Aerospace in Pensacola, announced that Project Titan would begin in 2020….
Ascend receives award
Ascend Performance Materials has received the General Motors 2020 Supplier Quality Excellence Award for its Pensacola polyamide 66 plant. The award recognizes GM suppliers who…
ExxonMobil sells Pensacola site
ExxonMobil Chemical Company has signed an agreement with Celanese for the sale of its global Santopreneâ„¢ business for $1.15 billion, subject to working capital and…
Oyster restoration project launched
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and partners announce the start of construction on the Pensacola East Bay Oyster Habitat Restoration Project to boost oyster populations in…
Ratepayers to pay for Gulf Power’s COVID costs
From The News Service of Florida: Gulf Power and consumer attorneys have reached a proposed $13.2 million settlement about costs for the utility related to…
Dismal picture painted of ECAT work conditions
ATU Local 1395 president Mike Lowery painted a dismal picture of the work conditions inside Escambia County’s transit system and blamed the county administrator and…
Call for the best Southern-made products
The official call for entries for Garden & Gun’s twelfth annual Made in the South Awards is open through July 1. The magazine is seeking…
