Posted in Education

Carnegie Foundation honors UWF

The University of West Florida has been selected to receive the 2015 Community Engagement Classification, an honor designated to 361 institutions nationwide by the Carnegie…

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Where the heaviest rainfall occurred on April 29, 2014 (more added)

This graph presented yesterday at the SWAT meeting shows how much rainfall was measured in the Pensacola area in a grid format – the numbers…

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Posted in Politics

Randy Oliver new Citrus County administrator

Randy Oliver, the former administrator of Escambia County, is the new county administrator for Citrus County, Florida. Yesterday Citrus Commissioners unanimously approved his $140,000 contract…

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SWAT meeting: Frustrations, Engineering reports and promises to act

Over 60 citizens crammed into a Pensacola Bay Center meeting room to hear from the engineers, city and county staff and the Storm Water Advisory…

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Forgotten memorial to teachers and parents

This weekend I came across this forgotten marker in front of the old school district offices on Garden Street. Surrounded by weeds and trash, marker…

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NOAA creates lionfish web portal to fight aggressive invasive fish

NOAA announced today it has partnered with the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute to launch a new web portal to provide managers, researchers, and the…

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Posted in Pensacola

Psst, someone needs to tell Pensacola City Council a hard freeze is coming

Late this afternoon, the Pensacola City Council will release its agenda for its Jan. 15 regular meeting. Will the council discuss the recommendations made by…

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Posted in Caring

Check out The Rex Project

The non-profit organization that purchased The REX Theatre in downtown Pensacola is on a quest to collect memories from those who watched movies, went on…

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Walton clerk joins Santa Rosa and Okaloosa in halting courthouse weddings

The Northwest Florida Daily News reports the Walton County Clerk of Courts Alex Alford and his staff will no longer conduct wedding ceremonies at the…

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Posted in Business

Florida TaxWatch: Florida Economy expects a sunny year

Florida TaxWatch, a nonprofit public policy research institute and government watchdog group, expects another year of economic growth and recovery in 2015, according to its…

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Christmas Tree Collection and Drop-off Locations for Pensacola Sanitation Customers

City of Pensacola Sanitation Services customers can place their old organic Christmas trees curbside to be picked and disposed of as normal yard waste. Residents…

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Viewpoint: Let’s Tell the Truth About the CSA Battle Flag Origins

By George Hawthorne President, Diversity Program Advisors, Inc. I have seen and heard the comments from “CSA Battle Flag” supporters that have invoked the “teachings…

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