By Margie Menzel, The News Service of Florida After a nearly two-hour debate that focused on Florida’s controversial “stand your ground” law, the state House on Thursday easily passed a bill that…
Scam: Phony Gulf Power calls
Joe Abston of Hopjacks and Tin Cow texted me last night. He said that there is a new telephone scam. Callers are saying that Gulf Power is about to call off the…
IMPACT 100 Membership Reaches Historic High
Organization will Give More than One Million Dollars to the Non-Profit Community IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a local women’s philanthropy group, is pleased to announce that its 2014 Membership Drive has…
Breaking News: Impact 1000 has 1,025 members
The group will give away this year $1,025,000. More later. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
UWF Rite of Passage Series to feature Professor Sikha Bagui, March 28
Dr. Sikha Bagui, professor and chair of computer science at the University of West Florida, will present the upcoming Rite of Passage lecture titled, “The Transformation of Data,†on Friday, March 28…
More photos of North Hill picket lines
Courtesy Gloria G. Horning
Does OHM Group have a basis for suing the City of Pensacola?
Mayor Ashton Hayward has repeatedly hinted in public meetings, press releases and Facebook videos that OHM Group might sue the city if the company is not awarded the airport food concessions contract….
North Hill residents picket Rick Scott fundraiser
Residents from North Hill stood outside The Fish House on the corner of Barracks and Main streets to protest the relocation of a state parole and probation office to North Palafox Street….
BP wins bids for Gulf of Mexico blocks
Less than a week after the Environmental Protection Agency lifted its ban on BP, the British oil giant wins big in the latest auction for oil and gas block in the Gulf…
Excerpts from the eulogies for Reubin Askew
Reuben Askew was considered the “Governors’ Governor.” He led the way for the New South on so many issues. Here are excerpts from his memorial service yesterday in Tallahassee: Former U.S. Rep….
County will bring independent investigator to look into animal shelter deaths
Interim Escambia County Administrator Larry Newsom told the county commissioners at their Tuesday meeting that he is bringing an outside person to investigate the deaths at the Escambia County Animal Shelter. In…
Best-selling author of ‘The Monuments Men’ to speak at UWF, March 26
The University of West Florida College of Arts and Sciences will host Robert Edsel, No. 1 New York Times best-selling author of the book, “The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and…