In 2001, the Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce asked the UWF Whitman Center for Public Service to produce a Quality of Life and Livability study of Northwest Florida. They surveyed 600 Escambia…
Top Five Reads for the week, 12/8/24 edition
The blog had a 15% increase in readership last week, even though I spent one day out of town. 1. We broke the news that five Beggs & Lane attorneys were leaving…
Step-by-Step Guide to Subscribe to Our podcast
The first episode of our new podcast, (we don’t) color on the dog, has done well. However, we’ve had several readers ask how to subscribe to the channel. Subscriptions help us pay…
Dimmock, McDaniel and Green qualify to run for Congress
Aaron Dimmock, the Republican candidate backed by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy against Matt Gaetz in August, has qualified to run for Gaetz’s seat. He is joined by Write-in candidates Stan “Quick…
Skanska wins, local businesses and residents lose barge lawsuit
From the attorneys representing locals – Brian Barr (Levin Papantonio), Thomas Gonzalez (Beggs and Lane), and Sam Geisler (Aylstock Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz). “Thursday evening, a three-judge panel of the Escambia County…
Daily Outtakes: Congressional primaries begin to take shape
The qualifying period run for the First Congressional District seat has begun to take shape. The period ends at noon today. A new candidate announced and qualified yesterday: Navarre High School math…
Out of Office
I will be out of the office until noon tomorrow. Our daughter Cat is a finalist for Birmingham Business Journal’s CEO of the Year Awards. She is in the Nonprofit/Government category. We…
Daily Outtakes: Children’s Trust debates funding at Year 3 OST programs
The Escambia Children’s Trust Program Committee met on Tuesday to discuss its largest budget item, Out-of-School programs, and whether to fund all of them for the final year of their three-year agreement….
What will be in the 2024 State of the City address?
Mayor D.C. Reeves’s message will be two-fold when he gives this annual State of the City address at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5, at the Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox St….
Inweekly: Meet Improvable Cause
This week, our featured story profiles Improvable Cause. The cast includes Becca Timmons, Brooke Hardy, Cole Dickson, Laynie Gibson, Michael Daw, Rachel Earl, Topher Warren and Colleen Timmons. From the article: Improv…
See preview of airport expansion project
Pensacola International Airport will host a public open house from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. today. The public can review preliminary concepts for the passenger terminal expansion project. It will take place…
Daily Outtakes: Candidate, Cabinet Bingo
The News Service of Florida reports that Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister has withdrawn his name as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as the next administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency….
Reeves: Anniversaries, Planes and Tunnels
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves discusses his first two years in office, the tremendous growth at the Pensacola International Airport, and Palafox Street’s underground tunnels. Mayor Reeves bragged about the improvement of the…
GrayRobinson opens Pensacola office
GrayRobinson is expanding into the Pensacola market with a new office and a team of board-certified attorneys. Coming from a local Pensacola law firm, the five new attorneys joining the firm include…
Wentworth collection available online
On our new podcast, “(we don’t) color on the dog,” University of West Florida President Dr. Martha Saunders stated that the entire collection of T.T. Wentworth’s papers has been cataloged and is…
UWF welcomes first School of Education dean
The University of West Florida announces Dr. Denise Soares as the first dean of the newly formed UWF School of Education, effective January 6, 2025. This position will oversee the School of…
Daily Outtakes: Sheriff Simmons discusses DEA nominee
On our new podcast “(we don’t) color on the dog,” Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons discussed Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister, whom President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday nominated to serve as the…
UWF faculty member awarded prestigious NIH grant
Dr. Rodney Guttmann, a biology professor in UWF’s Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering, has been awarded his second major National Institute of Health R15 grant, marking a significant milestone in…
NAIA teams give back to Pensacola
Athletes from the NAIA Women’s National Soccer Tournament are set to make a meaningful contribution to Communities Caring at Christmas while competing at Pensacola’s Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex. The soccer players will…
NAIA Soccer Championship Tournament starts today
The 2024 NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championship will be played at Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex from December 2-9. In this 41st annual competition, the following 24 teams will compete for the championship…
