Amazon today announced the 20 finalists in its quest to build second headquarters. The company had 238 applicants, including Pensacola. At stake are 50,000 jobs. “We expect to invest over $5 billion…
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Which is more important – a life or boathouse
My Outtakes column this week gives another example of how government has money to spend on the projects it wants. Others are delayed and “slow walked.” West Cervantes Street is a deathtrap…
AJC spotlights local food and music
The Atlanta Constitution-Journal has spotlighted local food and music today. In Florida: 3 ideas for where to go for blues, rock, jazz, Five Sisters Blues Cafe is listed. The two other venues…
Pensacola Bay Bridge open
11:15 a.m. Update: Bridge Closures and Openings All lanes of the 3 Mile Bridge between Pensacola and Gulf Breeze are now open to traffic. Please continue to use caution.
Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series postponed
Last week, we featured the lecture – “The Typewriter Project: Poetry as Public Art.” Due to projected inclement weather, the Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series will be rescheduled. Date to be announced….
Pensacola Bay Bridge closed (update)
7:30 a.m. Update: Bridge Closures and Openings The Theo Baars Bridge on Perdido Key Drive is open. Law enforcement has closed the following bridges due to ice: 3 Mile Bridge (between Pensacola…
UWF Luna Settlement project wins top award
The University of West Florida Division of Anthropology and Archaeology recently received the 2018 Daniel G. Roberts Award for Excellence in Public Historical Archaeology for the Tristan de Luna y Arellano project….
Freezing weather to close schools on Wednesday
Temperatures are expected to drop more than 30 degrees over the next 12 hours. Wind chill could drop temperatures to upper single digits to lower teens combined with the wind speeds. Public…
Gaetz: Treasury Secretary to protect bank accounts of marijuana dispensaries [podcast]
Congressman Matt Gaetz yesterday said on “Pensacola Speaks†that he met last week wth Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin in the Oval Office to discuss medical marijuana and the banking industry. “He indicated…
MLK day: Black & White six years later
In February 2012, I wrote a cover story, “Black & White,” on the wide disparities in business, education, health and juvenile justice between blacks and whites and how they had gotten worse…
Seligman First Amendment Lecture Series hosts Sen. Bob Graham
The University of West Florida College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities will host Sen. Bob Graham on Jan 16. from 1 to 2:30 p.m. for the inaugural event of the Seligman…
Deadline for bids for Bruce Beach fish hatchery delayed another month (update)
The submittal date for bids to construction the Bruce Beach fish hatchery has been delayed to 3:30 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, Feb. 8. The pre-bid conference led to several questions and more…
Nelson calls out Zinke and Scott on offshore drilling flip
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) sent a letter yesterday to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke demanding specific details on any new five-year offshore drilling plan the agency may be considering. The move comes…
Studer podcast: Importance of job evaluations
Quint Studer discusses in his upcoming column for the Pensacola News Journal.
Living the Dream announces 2018 honorees
“Will we march only to the music of time, or will we, risking criticism and abuse, march to the soul-saving music of eternity?†-Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength of Love, 1963 While…
Phillip Levine on ‘Pensacola Speaks’ today at 5 p.m.
Miami Beach Mayor Phillip Levine and his Florida’s Living Rooms Bus Tour will in Pensacola this afternoon. Mayor Levine will also be my guest on “Pensacola Speaks” at 5:05 p.m. today. A…
Semifinalists for Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year announced
The Santa Rosa Education Foundation has announced the five semifinalists selected from 33 school nominees for Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year. Congratulations to April Ballard, S.S. Dixon Intermediate; Erin Cosky, Gulf…
Feds drop possible drilling off Florida Coast
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida waters were removed Tuesday from White House plans to open previously protected parts of the Atlantic Ocean and eastern Gulf of…
Fishbein tackles anti-bullying [podcast]
Fishbein Orthodontics is launching an anti-bullying essay contest for Escambia County students in grades K-12 in an effort to spread positivity and acceptance throughout the community. The inaugural EmBraces initiative – open…
Gaetz: Soup not ‘fully cooked’ on offshore drilling [podcast]
On Jan. 4, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke that the White House plans to allow offshore drilling for crude oil and natural gas off the coast of Florida. The decision…