The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) today voted to reduce the fuel and purchased power charge on Gulf Power Company (Gulf) customer bills. Gulf residential customers using 1,000 kilowatt hours will see…
Wahoo game times set
All game times are now set for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos inaugural season. The standard game time for all Monday-Friday games is 7:00 p.m. Saturday games will start at 6:30 p.m. with…
Gupta and Vena named Sunshine STEM scholars
Preeyal Gupta of Pensacola High and Roman Vena of Pace High have been named among the Florida Panhandle’s highest achieving science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students. They will join their peers…
BP faces fraud claims by investors
BP faces fraud claims by investors who said the company lied before and after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill about its accident response capability, thanks to a ruling by U.S….
Buzz: Buddy’s owner pays liens
We’re hearing that the owners of Tom Ann Buddy’s, the site of frequent public disturbances and violence over the years, paid their nearly $40K lien. Neighbors had hoped the liens would have…
U.S. Chamber misstates unemployment prediction…or leaves out a few details.
FactCheck.org has caught the U.S. Chamber of Commerce misleading the public. The group claims in a TV ad that the Congressional Budget Office says unemployment “could top 9 percent in 2013.†Instead,…
White House Fact Sheet: Women’s Preventive Services and Religious Institutions…beta version
The White House Office of the Press Secretary February 10, 2012 Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, most health insurance plans will cover women’s preventive services, including contraception, without charging a co-pay…
FL Public Land Up For Grabs?
Source: Les Coleman/Florida News Connection Pending Florida legislation could convert some 500,000 acres of publicly owned shoreline into private ownership. Opponents, including Audubon Florida Director Eric Draper, warn that it’s a land…
BP fines could go into federal black hole
Congress, even a Republican-controlled one, can’t control its avarice when it comes to billions that BP will have to pay in environmental fines for the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. According to D.C….
Houston’s death not considered suspicious
Paramedics found singer Whitney Houston unresponsive in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton hotel on the eve of the Grammy Awards. CBS News correspondent John Blackstone reports. Source: CBS
Victor Steen’s death part of Orlando Sentinel report
The Orlando Sentinel has investigated the deaths caused by Florida law enforcement vehicles. From 2006 to 2010, 118 people were killed in fatal crashes involving Florida law-enforcement vehicles, according to the paper….
BP won’t have to admit it’s a felon
BP, owner of the “Deepwater Horizon†oil platform that exploded April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers and spewing 205.8 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, won a major…
Veterans Bill of Rights
A Veterans Bill of Rights petition is being circulated by Project Foot, a charity for homeless veterans and military families. The Veterans Bill of Rights addresses key issues with the Department of…
Kudos to Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr and Smith
Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith (GJTBS) will celebrated 25 years of service to its clients on February 9, 2012. The Firm continues to grow with the recent opening of its office…
Allegations surface concerning Navarre High baseball coach
The Daily News reported that former Navarre High baseball coach Mickey O’Quinn resigned after allegations of inappropriate behavior surfaced. O’Quinn was being investigated by the school district for “kissing female students, changing…
St. Michael the Archangel, Pensacola, inaugurated as a Minor Basilica
Most Rev. Thomas G. Wenski, archbishop of Miami and apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, presided tonight at the Solemn Celebration of the Eucharist inaugurating St. Michael the Archangel Church in…
Sen. Gaetz blasted for lynching metaphor
Representative Mia Jones (D-Jacksonville), chair of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus, issued the following statement: “Today, the 24 Members of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus partnered with the NAACP in a Unity…
Ice Flyers sign 3-year lease for Civic Center
Press Release: The Pensacola Ice Flyers are excited to announce that they have signed a new 3-year lease with Escambia County and thus will continue to call the Pensacola Civic Center their…
A.A. Dixon Gets a Set of Wheels
Buses are something that most schools probably take advantage of, however the strain from renting them has cost A.A. Dixon Charter School of Excellence $150,000 a year on transportation. Board President, Rev….
City IT has issues
The City of Pensacola hired H2 Performance Consulting Corporation (H2PC) to conduct a review of the Management Information Systems (MIS) function of the City. The consultants found several problems with the department….