By LLOYD DUNKELBERGER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA State Sen. Don Gaetz is among more than 70 applicants seeking to become the next president of the University of West Florida. Gaetz, 68,…
Category: News
Zumwalt ad: ‘We need more war fighters and fewer politicians’
GOP Congressional candidate James Zumwalt has released his first television ad:
Judge rules City of Pensacola must pay legal fees
This morning Circuit Court Judge Scott Duncan issued an order in the dispute between Seville Harbour and the City of Pensacola finding that Seville Harbour, who leases Pitts Slip from the City,…
Grover asks Mayor to accept gas tax offer
Escambia County Commission Chair Grover Robinson has sent a letter to Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward urging him to “accept the proposal currently approved by the Escambia BCC.” “While I do have some…
Police release name of county employee in Friday shooting
The Pensacola Police Department released the name of the Escambia County employee who last Friday took in his life – Christopher L. Wynn. The full report will be released after the Medical…
Pari-mutuels put $5K in Mike Hill’s Florida Senate campaign
According to the latest reports on the Florida Department of State website, State Rep. Doug Broxson raised during the last reporting period more contributions than State Rep. Mike Hill in their battle…
Gas pump prices down 33 cents from same time last year
Average retail gasoline prices in Pensacola have fallen 0.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.13/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 249 gas outlets in Pensacola. This compares…
Who is the client of the City Attorney
Last week, City Attorney Lysia Bowling told the Pensacola City Council that she independently made the decision to file an appeal to Florida Cabinet regarding the distribution of the local option gas…
Escambia adds over 1,000 voters in July
According to the latest statistics provided by the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections office, 1,063 voters were added in the month of July. Only 195 of the new voters were inside the…
Olson expects VT MAE groundbreaking to be Sept. 8
City Administrator Eric Olson gave his monthly report to the Pensacola City Council at its agenda review on Aug. 8. He said the city would hold next month the groundbreaking for the…
Official statement on County shooting
From Pensacola Police Department: Foul play is not suspected in the death of a man whose body was found this afternoon inside a building on South Palafox Street. Police were dispatched to…
Breaking news: Shooting in County Administrative Complex (update)
Law enforcement has evacuated the Escambia County Administrative Complex on South Palafox Street. The street has been blocked off. The word is there has been an employee-involved shooting, one fatality. Stay tuned….
School Districts impact job creation, see Titusville
Florida Today reports that the City of Titusville in Brevard County has more than 1,000 jobs coming in the next two years, thanks to OneWeb, Embraer, Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin. Brevard…
City PIO named Event Lead for 2017 Relay for Life
The American Cancer Society (ACS) Relay For Life of Pensacola has announced Vernon Stewart, Public Information Officer for the City of Pensacola, will be the Event Lead for the 2017 Relay season….
Studer: Turnover starts with problems at the top [podcast]
On “Pensacola Speaks,” Quint Studer discussed his upcoming column in the Pensacola News Journal on how to retain new employees. I asked him, “When you see a company with a lot of…
Pensacola Fire Department overtime continues to climb in June
The City of Pensacola finally released the Monthly Line-item Financial Statement for June 2016. Once again, the overtime expenditures of the Pensacola Fire Department, $54,609, were over the monthly budget allocation. In…
Democratic Meet and Greet, Aug. 15
The Escambia County Democratic Executive Committee invites you to a Candidates Meet & Greet Democratic Fundraiser. The Meet & Greet serves as an Escambia Democratic Party fundraiser to help us grow, organize, and…
Senate race turns nasty
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Four months ago, state Reps. Doug Broxson and Mike Hill said they were friends who intended to run a “civil” race for an open…
Viewpoint: Democracy and Freedom of Speech being subverted
By Karen Sindel… I am Karen Sindel, Republican candidate for Escambia County Commissioner District 1. I need your help to ensure that democracy and freedom of speech in this District 1 election…
Bowling insists she appealed gas tax independently
Since last week, City Attorney Lysia Bowling has told the Pensacola City Council that it was her decision to appeal the Local Option Gas Tax distribution to the Florida Cabinet. In yet…