Gulf Coast Economics Club brings in policy advisor, Christian Camara, from right-wing Heartland Institute, which has been backed by the Koch Brothers. The Heartland Institute was worked hard to debunk Climate Change….
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Cronimet to invest $5 million in Pensacola area
Press Release: The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce announces the addition of Cronimet Corporation to the Pensacola Bay Area. Cronimet plans to add fifteen well paying manufacturing and administrative jobs to…
Who lays pipe the best?
Though the industry sometimes touts natural gas drilling as dominated by small businesses, the 10 largest drillers account for one-third of all domestic production. ProPublica reports that Exxon Mobil tops the list….
Mediacom still without Fox 10
And nobody seems to care. Unlike the WEAR TV 3 negotiations with cable company that serves most of Santa Rosa County, no one appears to be in an uproar for Fox 10…
Saenger brings back movies
Press Release: The Saenger Theatre will sponsor a free showing of the movie and musical comedy “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,†at 8 p.m. on September 16–Gallery…
Blog has record month
We had 27,139 unique visitors. Total visitors (excluding traffic generated by robots) 96,600. Page views 472, 955. Our bounce rate is 6.3 percent. If you include the robots and automated traffic, August…
Downtown moratorium
Tattoo parlors, restaurant chain cannibals, what’s next? Maybe somebody will bring back the Red Garter. For all its parking tickets, the Downtown Improvement Board and the Pensacola City Council have never a…
Seahawk Doug Baldwin credits PNJ publisher
The Kitsap Sun credits PNJ Publisher Kevin Doyle and former Buffalo Bills’ head coach Kay Stephenson for GBHS grad Doug Baldwin’s scholarship to Stafford and his opportunity with the Seattle Seahawks. It…
Gulf seabed: ‘Slimy, Soupy Mess” (video)
CNN International interviewed Dr. Samantha (Mandy) Joye who is part of a group of scientists from Georgia and Florida that are studying the sea-floor in the same area where the Deepwater Horizon…
Buzz: Mayor creates Pensacola challenge coin
Mayor Ashton Hayward now carries a challenge coin bearing the seal of the City of Pensacola. For a military town like Pensacola that are fitting. A challenge coin is a medallion that…
State GOP chair resigns
Sun-Sentinel reports the state Republican Party chairman, David Bitner, is resigning because he has Lou Gehrig’s disease. “Something I would never allow to happen on my watch is for the future of…
Firefighters’ Union supports Hayward budget
Press Release: The Pensacola Professional Firefighters support Mayor Hayward and his budget as presented to the Pensacola City Council. Both the Mayor and his union partners have always been focused upon the…
Sen. Nelson gets comments on Restore Act 2011
Press Release: Today, the Florida Association of Counties (FAC) coordinated a meeting of elected officials and staff from eight of Florida’s Panhandle counties to meet with Florida Senator Bill Nelson on the…
Gulf Cleanup Chaos
from Florida News Connection: “Gulf Cleanup Chaos”: Report Details Dangers of Dispersants –By Les Coleman The dispersants used in cleaning up the Gulf Deepwater Horizon oil disaster may have the same types…
Change Your Life Forever scam
From PPD: Another scam promising to pay large sums of money and “change your life forever†has surfaced in the Pensacola area. The “final notice†informs recipients they are one of the…
Last day to vote on Best of Coast
We close the voting tonight on 2011 Best of the Coast. As of Monday, over 39,000 votes had been cast. This will be the biggest BOC ever. To vote click on the…
What is the point?
Okay, I’ve read parts of the daily newspaper’s series on abandoned buildings -“Building on the Past.” Other than Mayor Ashton Hayward’s plan for the Blount school, I don’t see anyone building. What…
Childers filed today
Pam Childers has filed today to run for Escambia County Clerk of Courts, the position held by Ernie Lee Magaha before color televisions were invented.
Buzz: GLA getting portables
My earlier buzz item has spurred a flurry of text messages and emails. The Global Learning Academy has taken in so many students from outside of its attendance zone that they are…
Buzz: Thomas out to close A.A. Dixon
The word from the Pace Boulevard Palace (Escambia Co. School Administration office) is Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has made up his mind about closing the A.A. Dixon Charter School. Even though Thomas and…