Romney in Florida Today

Leading in the polls, Mitt Romney has skipped through South Carolina to campaign here today in West Palm.  VIDEO A record turnout is being expected,…

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Oil Spill Restoration Meeting

The second in a series of meetings to explore early oil-spill restoration will be held tonight at the University of West Florida. The Deepwater Horizon…

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Florida Ranks 11 in 2012 Quality Counts Report

Education Week’s “Quality Counts 2012: The Global Challenge – Education in a Competitive World” released the results today and ranked Florida eleventh in the nation…

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Year of the Dragon

The Japan-America Society of Northwest Florida will ring in the “Year of the Dragon” Saturday, Jan. 21 at the Bayview Community Center. The event will…

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Buzz: Hotel owners and Chamber to ask for delay

The Hotel owners who have been pushing for the tourism marketing and the management of the bed tax dollars to be taken away from the…

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BP clean-up contractors say they are owed millions

Biloxi Sun Herald reports the companies that responded to the BP oil catastrophe claim that they are still fighting for payments due from the time…

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There’s an App for That

The National Naval Aviation Museum app is available to download from iTunes and the Android Market. The app will be a great source for information…

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SRIA vendetta against DeLuna Fest continues

The daily newspaper published on its front page what they describe as a dispute between the DeLuna Fest organizers and the Santa Rosa Island Authority…

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Area gets nearly $1 million for homeless

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ANNOUNCES $72 MILLION IN GRANTS TO HELP HOMELESS ACROSS FLORIDA More than 300 local projects will be funded with federal…

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They have to get to know you first…

The Washington Post’s  Michael Tackett advances the theory that Republicans reject their candidates the first time around. Maybe it’s the idea that they are looking…

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Let the Games Begin

Sports fans, listen up. Alumni football is coming to Pensacola. The Gridiron Alumni is planning several alumni football games.  The first 40 players to sign…

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What is EDATE?

When voters head to local polling places Jan. 31 for Florida’s GOP primary, they’ll also be asked to weigh in on re-upping EDATE, or the…

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Something for Gen X nerds to do at lunch…

Where’s Morrissey? A weird picture of Morrissey (looking a little more melcancholy than Waldo usually does, of course)   has been hidden in Google Earth, standing outside the…

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UWF make U.S News & World Report’s Top Online Education Program rankings

Press Release: The University of West Florida was named in the first-ever edition of Top Online Education Program rankings by U.S. News & World Report….

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Stat of the Day

In Escambia County, 8.4 out of every 1,000 children is in foster care. The state average is 5.7 per 1,000.

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Fox Sports calls out Warrington and Crack Alley

Fox Sports says that Warrington is “rife with violence, drugs and poverty” in its profile and interview of Alabama football star Trent Richardson. The Escambia…

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Video: Romney momentum

‘Tonight We Made History’ Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, adding to a first-place finish in last week’s Iowa…

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Wilson Robertson/Forrest Gibbs hiring – Top Scandal of 2011

The blog readers have spoken – with 863 votes cast. The top local scandal of 2011 was Escambia County Commissioner Wilson Robertson helping his supporter…

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The Sam Hall Question

It seems Pensacola City Council President Sam Hall isn’t out of the woods yet when it comes to the free-speech debate he sparked when attempting…

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Syrah: The Perfect Wine for Winter

By David White—- All wines are appropriate for all seasons. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying a simple white or crisp rosé in the winter, and…

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