Nelson pushes White House to release RESTORE funds

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) met with city and county leaders as part of a push to get the administration to release hundreds of millions…

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Pensacola Beach on Travel Channel tonight, 8 p.m.

The Travel Channel’s American Grilled features Pensacola Beach Brawl: Four killer grillers in Pensacola, FL, battle it out for $10,000 and the title of Pensacola…

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Tampa finds parking enforcement is a loss leader

The Tampa Tribune reports today that its city’s mayor is asking for nearly $1.2 million in subsidies for Tampa’s parking system — $700,000 to upgrade…

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Transcript of Johnson v. Myers

At the July 17 Pensacola City Council meeting, Councilman Larry Johnson brought back up his effort to have the council investigate fellow Council member Sherri…

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Battle for Wedgewood update

Rolling Hills Construction & Debris Recycling Center is still operating. The owner, South Palafox Properties, LLC, is allowed to keep the facility open pending a…

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Dr. John to perform at the Saenger Theatre

Dr. John, a six-time Grammy Award-winning musician and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee will bring a bit of New Orleans to the Saenger…

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Gent’s Formal Wear continues expansion, opens sixth store

Gent’s Formal Wear, a small Pensacola, Fla.-based tuxedo chain, opened new store on July 30 at the Shoppes at North Augusta (GA) center. Michael Martin…

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Wedgewood Air Quality Health Alert lifted

Press Release: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 – 2:00pm Effective immediately, in response to air quality monitoring performed by Escambia County, the Florida Department of Health…

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Tallahassee bar unveils new drink, The Jerry-mander

Peter Schorsch, founder of SaintPetersblog, reports on new special cocktail in honor of the special legislative session to redraw the congressional districts in Florida. To…

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PNJ editor announces more changes

Today Gannett, owner of the News Journal, announced it is splitting its newspaper division business off into its own company. The more profitable broadcasting and…

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What the heck is going on in the District 2 GOP primary

Illegal robo calls and glossy mailers, neither identify the PAC or person paying for them. The mailers even have postage stamps so that no one…

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BP petitions SCOTUS

British oil giant, BP, petitioned on Friday the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in its battle over claim payments resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon…

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