Category: News
Sansing Foundation presents $14K donation to CHSF
Children’s Home Society of Florida received a $14,400 donation on behalf of the Sansing Foundation. Funds will benefit the organization’s Transitional Living Program, an initiative…
Latest on Pot amendment and Florida primary ballots
STATE CAPITAL BRIEFS (EVENING EDITION): TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2015 THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA MARIJUANA AMENDMENT REACHES 400K SIGNATURES Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment…
PSC hosts Fill a Bowl for Manna Jan. 16
Press release: Warm up your January with a bowl of steaming soup at the ninth annual Fill a Bowl for Manna event from 1-3 p.m….
Town Hall meeting on Bayou Chico dredging
Emeraldcoastkeeper Laurie Murphy is hosting a meeting to discuss the proposed dredging of Bayou Chico. “As you know, there is currently a very controversial and…
Olson: Deepflex concerns, FEMA appeal, City Hall security tightens
At the end of last week’s five-hour Pensacola City Council meeting, City Administrator Eric Olson gave his monthly verbal report to the council. Olson said…
Pot licenses face several challenges
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Nurseries have filed more than a dozen challenges to the medical-marijuana licenses granted by Florida health officials,…
Volunteers needed for U-Count 2016 Homeless Service Day
EscaRosa Coalition on the Homeless is seeking volunteers for the annual Point In Time (PIT) count of the homeless and U-Count Services day. The events…
Three local projects get RESTORE funding
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council recently approved the initial Funded Priorities List, or FPL, of projects to be funded pursuant to the RESTORE Act during a…
RESTORE pitches begin
Having whittled the list of projects vying for local RESTORE dollars down to a manageable 62, the Escambia County RESTORE Advisory Committee heard from about…
Another long night for city council
City Council considers EDATE, getting matching tattoos by Jeremy Morrison With the progression of a $50 million downtown development potentially on the line, the Pensacola…
Enterprise Florida’s overseas sales figures questioned
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The state’s business-recruitment agency, which Gov. Rick Scott uses for international trade missions, needs to do a…
Manna Food Pantries only did what city officials told them
When Manna Food Pantries bought the old Pickens School property on Hayne Street, the Escambia County School District’s realtor, Danny Zimmern, told the non-profit that…
