Category: News
Positives from the Escambia County School District
Bratt Elementary Wins $1,000 Wellness Challenge Bratt Elementary School has been named the winner of the first annual Choose Wellness Challenge. The school was presented…
Tropical Weather Outlook: Danny and two other storms
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of…
County Commissioners reach out to their constituents
Commissioner Lumon May yesterday hosted a Unity in the Community day in the Montclair neighborhood at Westernmark Park. See PNJ gallery. On Monday Aug. 17,…
Other areas around the state show huge job growth, according to Gov. Scott
Gov. Scott: Naples Area Adds 5,000 New Jobs Over Year in July 2015 On August 21, 2015, in News Releases, by Staff NAPLES, Fla. —…
Scott announces Pensacola MSA has added 3,000 jobs in the past year
Press release: Governor Rick Scott recently announced the Pensacola area again experienced positive annual job growth over the year in July 2015 with 3,900 new…
A bad lip reading of the first GOP presidential debate (video)
The potential Republican candidates weigh in on a variety of issues. Like on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/badlipreading Follow on Twitter! http://twitter.com/badlipreading
Good news in Jacksonville, too
The Florida Times Union reports that Citi plans to hire an additional 500 on top of about 3,500 employees already working at its Jacksonville financial…
And do not forget the Inweekly Winners
I almost forgot. Here are our “Winners” from the Aug. 20 issue: P.C. Wu During the June 2015 Northwest Florida League of Cities board meeting,…
This blog has good news, too
Not to be left out on the wave of optimism and positivity sweeping across the city, Rick’s Blog also highlighted good news this week: Gulf…
Special session falls apart
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A special session called to redraw state congressional lines was derailed Friday, the latest sign of growing…
Pratt featured in MIT Technology Review
I found this nice article about Dr. Jerry Pratt, senior research scientist at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. In October, he will…
Florida Senate reconvenes, votes to extend session
The Senate reconvened at 11:32 a.m., President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, presiding. Gardiner said the House declined to accept the Senate congressional redistricting offer. “It’s 11:32…
Council votes to vacate Bay Blvd
by Jeremy Morrison After hearing from a fairly evenly split gallery full of neighbors, the Pensacola City Council gave their unequivocal answer: half of the…
Breaking news: Special Session could be at impasse
The Senate and House failed to agree Friday morning on a congressional redistricting plan, increasing the likelihood they will not finish a special legislative session…
Backroom briefing: Scott leads cheers for more cash
By JIM TURNER AND JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Gov. Rick Scott says the state’s business-recruiting arm is running short of cash for…
Why anti-fracking resolution was important
Last night, the Escambia Board of County Commissioner voted, 3-2, for a resolution that supported a statewide ban of fracking. One of the citizens who…
Bare gives his reasons for the No-Confidence vote
Pensacola City Councilman Charles Bare passed out at last night’s meeting his reasons why he has no confidence in Eric Olson serving as the city…
Olson’s No-Confidence Conversation, part two
by Jeremy Morrison It’d been a long night by the time Melanie Nichols was hugging supporters in the lobby of Pensacola City Hall. She’d already…
Subway Pensacola Cycling Classic returns
The 6th annual SUBWAY® Pensacola Cycling Classic, September 12th and 13th, will bring a professional field of cyclists back to the Pensacola area. Regional professional…
U.S. Attorney announces resignation
Press release: Pamela Cothran Marsh announced her resignation today as United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, effective September 4, 2015. Since 2010,…
