The Visit Pensacola Board of Directors meets today from 3-4:30 p.m. at the Perdido Community Center. The Tourism Statistical Report for February 2014 shows that bed tax collections were up 11.2 percent…
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UWF Expands Partnership with Gulf Coast State College
The University of West Florida and Gulf Coast State College (Panama City) have announced the expansion of the current GCSC2UWF Program with a new articulation agreement. Through this partnership, students have the…
World’s Largest Food Truck Festival Ever, Part II, March 29 and 30…Tampa
Press Release: From chowder to cherry cheesecake, gourmet macaroni to 3-mile salsa, slushies to blackened salmon and everything in-between, foodies from all over Florida will find that and then some in the…
Nate Silver pegs GOP as slight favorite to take control of U.S. Senate. Democrats are furious
Nate Silver won acclaim for correctly predicting the 2012 presidential election. Karl Rove last his head on Fox News the night of he election when it became clear Silver was right in…
Video on Sean’s Outpost is going viral
This video uploaded by M.K. Lord has already garnered over 36,000 views. The Escambia Board of County Commissioners discuss replacing Janet Lander, the Special Magistrate assigned to hear the code enforcement. Here…
SouthSounds Music Festival set for Mobile, April 11-13
SouthSounds Music Festival, the nation’s first music festival dedicated to promoting Southern artists, is proud to announce the line up for SouthSounds 2014 – April 11-13 in downtown Mobile, Alabama! SouthSounds is…
University of West Florida Upcoming Events, March 23-29
Environmental Studies Seminar: Beach Nesting Shorebirds; Florida’s Original Beach Babies Date: Tuesday, March 25 Time: 4 to 5 p.m. Location: Building 13, Room 230 Details: Join us on Tuesday, March 25 at…
Terhaar writes he will not support modified zoning request on Spanish Trail property
‎ Pensacola City Council Andy Terhaar had posted on the Facebook page “No to Dollar General at the Corner of Summit and Spanish Trail!!!” that he will not support the latest zoning…
City Environmental Advisory Board discusses fish hatchery on Wednesday
The City of Pensacola Environmental Advisory Board will meet on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 beginning at 2 p.m. in the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Conference Room, 1st floor, City Hall, 222 West Main…
Scott vs. Crist on Vehicle Registration Fees
Scott was on the House floor last Thursday when the chamber unanimously approved his top election-year priority, a rollback in vehicle-registration fees authorized by the Republican-dominated Legislature in 2009, when Crist just…
Local law enforcement do Torch Run for Special Olympics
Law enforcement officers around the world go above and beyond the call of duty in support of Special Olympics through the Law Enforcement Torch Run.® Today local law enforcement officers and employees…
Coffee Party hosts organizing meeting on ‘Move to Amend’, March 26
On Wednesday evening, March 26 from 6:30 p.m. at the Tryon Public Library on Langley Ave, midway between Ninth Ave and Davis Highway, there will be a special meeting of the Pensacola…
Viewpoint: Orange Rising redefining the power of locals
By Daniel Tilson “All politics is local†is a saying most are familiar with. “Think globally, act locally†is another. Both underline a point that people of any ideological persuasion or political…
Weekend Buzz: Scarborough reunion, Scott called and Bush in 2016
“I Was There!” Reunion Joe Scarborough, former Congressman (R-Pensacola) and MSNBC host of “Morning Joe,” was in Pensacola this past weekend to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his 1994 campaign. Fifty friends,…
Hayward signs contract with OHM for airport concession contract
Flanked by City Council President Jewel Cannada-Wynn and Council members Larry B. Johnson, Andy Terhaar, and Brian Spencer, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward this afternoon signed a contract with OHM Concessions Group to…
Michigan Tourist wins $1M Mega Millions in Pensacola
Gary Shepherd of Owosso, Michigan decided to buy a Mega Millions ticket while vacationing in Pensacola earlier this week. He matched all five numbers, which were 11-19-24-33-51. He could have been an…
Official Statement on Parole and Probation Office in Pensacola
Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Mike Crews issued the following statement today regarding the agency’s Probation and Parole office in Pensacola: “At the direction of Governor Scott, the Department of Corrections will…
Gov. Scott makes decision not to locate DCC near North Hill
Mayor Ashton Hayward is reporting that Gov. Rick Scott has made the decision not to locate a Florida Department of Corrections probation and parole office at 1625 North Palafox Street, near the…
Scam: Phony Gulf Power calls
Joe Abston of Hopjacks and Tin Cow texted me last night. He said that there is a new telephone scam. Callers are saying that Gulf Power is about to call off the…
IMPACT 100 Membership Reaches Historic High
Organization will Give More than One Million Dollars to the Non-Profit Community IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a local women’s philanthropy group, is pleased to announce that its 2014 Membership Drive has…