Posted in Escambia County News Pensacola

Sunshine training coming for City of Pensacola and Greater Pensacola Chamber

The Florida First Amendment Foundation will conduct Sunshine and Public Records Law training for Pensacola city employees, board members and council members next Tuesday, August…

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Posted in Politics State & National News

Cohen loses out on Miramar job

The Miramar, Fla. city council chose Kathleen Woods-Richardson, former director of Miami-Dade County’s Public Works and Waste Management Department where she oversaw more than 1,730…

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Posted in Caring Crime Escambia County Politics Protests

NAACP state and local leaders misspeak…twice

Adora Obi Nweze, president of the Florida State Conference NAACP, made a misstatement while she was in Pensacola last Saturday morning for a town hall…

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Posted in Caring Health State & National News

Viewpoint: Turning the Tide on Childhood Obesity

by: Dr. Janey Thornton, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services As the Department of Agriculture’s Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition…

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Posted in Escambia County Politics

County wants to cut Sheriff Morgan’s budget by $4.6 million to help with jail transfer

By Jesse Farthing Last week Interim County Administrator George Touart said that it was his budget director, Amy Lovoy, that wanted 40 percent of the…

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Posted in Politics

Buzz: Thaddeus Cohen finalist for Miramar city manager

Former Pensacola Community Development director and CRA chief Thaddeus Cohen is a finalist for job of city manager of Miramar, Fla.–a Broward County city of…

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Posted in BP Disaster Environment Protests

BP fraud toll-free number hijacked

The fraud hotline that BP has been advertising in the Pensacola News Journal and other daily newspapers along the Gulf Coast has been hijacked by…

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Posted in Escambia County Protests

Baptist Ministers Union to meet with Sheriff Morgan on Middleton Shooting

On Saturday night, the leadership of the Baptist Ministers Union held a press conference at Greater True Vine Baptist Church to show their support for…

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Posted in Pensacola

Bare joins Deweese lawsuit against Mayor Hayward

Press Release: In November 2009, the voters of Pensacola chose to change the city’s form of government from a council-manager to mayor-council. Prior to this…

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Posted in Business Education

UWF hires USM official for first Chief Diversity Officer

This notice was sent to the University of West Florida staff: I’m pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kim LeDuff as the university’s new…

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Posted in Business

Local Food World stores sold to Greer

The judge in Belle Foods’ bankruptcy case has approved the sale of seven stores to six buyers. According to bankruptcy court filings, Food World stores…

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Posted in Jeremy's Notebook

RFP-Lite, or ‘Meander, Meander, Meander’

By mid-September, the Escambia County Commission should be selecting the search firm that will be helping to select a permanent county administrator. The board decided…

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