Category: News
Pensacola Chamber and Florida SBDC at UWF to host media relations workshop
The Greater Pensacola Chamber and the Florida SBDC at UWF are joining forces to host a one-hour, no-cost workshop on helping businesses receive media coverage….
Rousing speeches not the answer for Escambia County School District
Yesterday, School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas encouraged his administrators, principals and teachers to aim higher. Using what he read from the book “Mindset: The New Psychology…
Wassermann Schultz gets booed at Florida delegation breakfast
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Four years after the Democratic National Convention marked a highlight of Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s career, the 2016…
Deadline for Voter Registration and Party Changes, Aug. 1
The Escambia County Supervisor of Elections office will hold extended hours on Monday, August 1, to allow voters to register or change parties before the…
FDOT manager to speak at upcoming Gopher Club
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) plans to replace the Pensacola Bay Bridge in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties as early as 2017. Kerrie Harrell…
Gov. Scott heads to Ft. Myers
Gov. Rick Scott canceled a scheduled appearance Monday in Fort Lauderdale to meet with law enforcement in Fort Myers after a deadly shooting in the…
AppRiver: Malware activity high for second quarter [podcast]
In its Q2 Global Security Report, AppRiver, the global email security firm based in Gulf Breeze, noted that it had dealt with 4.2 billion malicious…
Breaking news: Two teens killed @ Ft. Myers club
More than a dozen people were shot and at least two were killed in an early morning shooting during a teen event at Club Blu…
Bubba Watson and the new hot spot of downtown Pensacola
By Blanton Stagno Coming out of the front door of the Sweet Spot, Bubba Watson was wearing some crazy socks and untied running shoes. You…
Fill the Boot breaks record
The unofficial tally for 2016 Fill the Boot by the Professional Fire Fighters Association Local #707 is $14,781.7o, which breaks last year’s record. The funds…
Huckabee endorses Gaetz for Congress
The Matt Gaetz campaign today announced that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has endorsed the Fort Walton Beach state lawmaker for Congress. “I’ve seen a…
Facts belie explanation of fire department overtime
In a television interview on July 19, Pensacola Fire Chief David Allen defended his sharp increase in overtime as being cyclical. “It tends to happen,…
