Joe McGinniss’ new book, ‘The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin,’ claims GOP presidential heartthrob had a fling with future NBA star Glen Rice, snorted cocaine off 55-gal. drum and cheated…
Chamber to delay permanent search for Tourism VP
From Jim Hizer, Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce President/CEO: I have received several calls regarding this quote from yesterday’s press release…. “We are prepared to conduct a national search for a…
Drug possession law unconstitutional?
Circuit Judge Scott Brownell in Manatee County threw out 42 felony drug possession cases, ruling that Florida’s drug possession statute is unconstitutional. This comes on the heels a Miami circuit court judge…
IMPACT 100 names 10 semi-finalists
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a local women’s philanthropy group is pleased to announce that ten grant finalists for 2011 have been selected by five Focus Committees. The organization is pleased to…
Meet the Coastkeeper
Jamie Rodgers is a graduate of the University of West Florida with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry. She began as a volunteer at Emerald Coastkeeper and was recently offered the Coastkeeper position…
Only in Pensacola…
…would the daily newspaper help run off a multiple year, award-winning tourism director, weeks after his operation had the best months for tourism in the county’s history.
Florida bouncing back, Pensacola seen as expanding market
Wells Fargo sees Pensacola as an expanding market as the Florida bounces back. Overall employment in the Sunshine State’s leisure and hospitality industry is up 5.8 percent over the past year, while…
Time to look at Tourism
Before the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce hires a new VP of Tourism, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners needs to look at how it wants to handle tourism marketing and…
How GOP Crippled Our Postal Service
The last great union for government employees is the U.S. Postal Service. For 44 cents, you can have a letter delivered to anyone in the country–whether they have a computer or not….
Schroeder out, Scruggs in
Press Release: Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce announces former business executive, Terry Scruggs, as interim vice president of tourism. Ed Schroeder, former vice president of tourism was placed on administrative leave…
If you can dodge traffic, you can dodge a ball
Press Release: The Pelicans Training Academy will start its first Adult Dodgeball League this fall. The league’s regular season begins on October 4th and runs through November 8th. Each team is guaranteed…
Gulf Coast Restoration says report points out BP grossly negligent
Press Release: The joint investigation identified numerous, significant decisions by BP that directly led to the BP drilling disaster, the impacts of which are still being felt by the Gulf and our…
Judge blocks Evers gun law
Federal Judge Marcia Cooke blocked yesterday the implementation of Sen. Greg Evers’ new law (Firearm Owners’ Privacy Act) restricting the rights of doctors to obtain information form their patients about firearms and…
Sheriff’s Office looks for leads on 1975 cold case: Reynold homicide
Thirty-six years ago, on the Sunday morning of September 14, 1975 the body of forty-two year old black male Walter McReynold was found in his home in the 7700 block of Kershaw…
Federal panel blames BP and contractors for rig explosion
The Joint Investigation Team of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (“BOEMREâ€) (formerly the Minerals Management Service or “MMSâ€) and the United States Coast Guard, the BOEMRE panel of…
Independent auditor of BP claims coming
Attorney General Eric Holder asked Ken Feinberg, head of Gulf Coast Claims Facility, to hire an independent auditor to review the claims process. Feinberg agreed, and he told FOX 8 of New…
Romney and the dog on the car roof
PolitiFact tracks down the truth about GOP presidential Mitt Romney and NYT columnist Gail Collins’ story of how Romney drove his family to Canada with the family dog strapped to the roof…
Florida city votes to drop its pensions
The City of Pensacola pays nearly $13 million annually for its general, fire and police pensions. Imagine what the City could do with that money. Mayor Ashton Hayward has a panel reviewing…
Wooden bridges for red-headed stepchild
North Escambia is the county’s red-headed stepchild. Few people realize that when they drive to the University of West Florida campus that they have reached the mid-point of the county. North Escambia…
Sabra Thornton free, appeal upheld
The First District Court of Appeals declared Monday that it will not revisit its decision to overturn rheft and grand theft convictions of former Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris chief of staff…
