Studer podcast: Importance of small businesses

Quint Studer has great empathy for small business owners. He encourages readers in his upcoming column to support local businesses. “Each time you stay local…

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Amazon announces finalists for second HQ

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….

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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….

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