Category: Business
Florida TaxWatch includes Pensacola airport project in “Turkey” report
Every year, Florida TaxWatch issues a report on the items the state budget that it considers “turkeys”-appropriations included without being fully scrutinized and subjected to…
IHMC Open House marks National Robotics Week
IHMC will have a family friendly open house on Friday, April 13, in celebration of National Robotics Week. People will be able to tour IHMC’s…
1 Million Cups series comes to Pensacola
The Kauffman Foundation is bringing 1 Million Cups to Pensacola. The entrepreneurial networking program is based on the notion that entrepreneurs across America can connect…
Inaugural Bueno IHMC Medical Conference tomorrow
The inaugural Bueno IHMC Medical Conference will be held tomorrow. Dr. Raphael Bueno is the sitting Fred G. Levin Distinguished Chair in Thoracic Surgery and…
AppRiver acquires Roaring Penguin
AppRiver, LLC, yesterday announced that it has acquired Roaring Penguin Software, Inc., an Ottawa-based email security firm. The move that will bolster AppRiver’s footprint in…
Community input period extended for CRA design criteria
The City of Pensacola Community Redevelopment Agency has extended the Community Input period for the draft Urban Design Standards Overlay to include additional Public Input…
Gulf Power lowers bills
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to quick reductions in monthly electric bills, state regulators Monday approved a plan that…
UWF Center for Cybersecurity partners with Florida Agency for State Technology
The University of West Florida (UWF) Center for Cybersecurity is partnering with the Florida Agency for State Technology (AST) to provide cutting-edge cybersecurity education and…
Pensacola makes semi-finals of Strongest Town Contest
Pensacola easily outpolled Twin Falls, ID in the Elite Eight round of the Strongest Town Contest. Some of the races this round were extremely close….
Another signal more VTMAE jobs coming to Pensacola
Last week, I wrote Gov. Rick Scott was giving the Triumph Gulf Coast signals he wants the board to help the City of Pensacola add…
Pensacola stores escape Winn Dixie closures
Southeastern Grocers, parent company of Winn-Dixie, announced yesterday that it will close 94 underperforming supermarkets in seven southern states as part of restructuring plan. “This…
County and Sheriff have budget agreement
County Administrator Jack Brown and Sheriff David Morgan have offered a mediation agreement to the Escambia Board of County Commissioners: 1. The first year, the…
Cyberthon 2018 sets records
More than 300 local students from dozens of schools across Northwest Florida participated in Cyberthon 2018 this past weekend, the fourth annual cybersecurity awareness and…
Pensacola advances to next Strong Town round
Pensacola, Fla. received the largest percentage of votes in all the first round of the head-to-head contests in the third annual Strongest Town Contest, besting…
More growth without tariffs
President Donald Trump yesterday placed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from all nations, except Canada and Mexico. Will the tariffs help our economy grow?…
Strongest Town ‘Sweet 16’ Battle
The 2018 Third Annual Strongest Town Contest — a bracket-based competition to find the strongest town – has begun and Pensacola is in the competition. …
Pensacola International Airport has a record-setting January
Pensacola International Airport had a recording-setting month in January. The facility handled 117,766 passengers, a 10.1 percent increase over January 2017. In 2008, the airport…
Job Growth may signal VTMAE expansion
Yesterday, Gov. Rick Scott announced a $4 million Job Growth grant for the Pensacola International Airport. The grant most likely signals that Triumph Gulf Coast…
Buzz: CSX wants to sell Pensacola-Jacksonville rail line
WFSU has reported that CSX is selling its rail line that runs from Jacksonville to Pensacola. At an investors meeting on March 1, executives announced…
Delta CEO memo: Delta and the school safety debate
Last Friday, Delta CEO Ed Bastian issued a memo to all his employees. He explained the company wanted to stay neutral in the debate over…






















