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Dr. Sherry Harnett previews the 2022 UWF Women in Leadership Conference. A new television program on WSRE PBS will spotlight a variety of cultural interests…

Last month, Osceola County School District canceled a professor’s civil rights history seminar for teachers, citing in part concerns over “critical race theory” — even…

Pensacola State College press release: We’ve all seen the headlines. Closer to home, we’ve seen the “Help Wanted” signs. Employers nationwide are hungry from workers….

Last month, FloridaWest welcomed Pensacola’s latest corporate addition, Circulogene, with an open house at the biotech’s new downtown offices and lab. Headquartered in Birmingham, Ala.,…

Renters in Escambia County struggling to pay rent or utilities due to COVID-19 may be eligible for emergency rental assistance through the Escambia County Emergency…

Teachers and schools invited to apply for Cox Charities Education Grant Local educators with brilliant ideas are encouraged to submit applications for funding through Cox…

The Mental Health Task Force of Northwest Florida has released free, shareable materials to raise awareness about mental health and encourage community support for each…

“Weather predicting Milltown Mel dies just before Groundhog Day” via Fox 5 NY — A weather-predicting groundhog died just before his annual big day, Groundhog…

Single-game tickets for the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments will go on sale Tuesday, Feb. 1 at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m….

The Pensacola Foo Foo Festival is returning bigger and better than ever in 2022. On Monday, February 7, 2022, the Foo Foo Fest committee will…

Here are the 2009 Rising Stars: ALLAN BELL, 33 Real Estate Broker, Developer Why nominated: Allan is a hard-working real estate broker, developer and entrepreneur….

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is holding a free virtual educational conference on Wednesday, Feb. 16 as part of its Educating America Tour to provide Florida…

Clay Ingram discusses his political and professional careers since being named an Inweekly Rising Star in 2008. Clay’s advice to the 2022 Rising Stars: “Adopting…

Two weeks ago, more than 100 cross-sector community leaders convened to analyze the 2022 goals for the broader Pensacola 2030 Initiative. That engagement led the…

Here is the inaugural Rising Star class from 2008.  We did smaller versions in 2006 and 2007, but we realized the highlighting of our young…

District 1 Commissioner  Jeff Bergosh will host a town hall Monday, Jan. 31 from 5:30-7 p.m. The town hall will take place at Perdido Bay…

A $20 million hub of research into human healthspan, resilience, and performance is moving closer to coming out of the ground. The Florida Institute for…

City of Pensacola press release: Today, Monday, Jan. 31, is the deadline for individuals living in the homeless encampment under Interstate 110 to vacate the…

Pensacola Mardi Gras and Palafox Market will collaborate for a special event to commemorate the beginning of the 2022 Mardi Gras season. On Saturday, Feb….

Florida Power & Light customers in the North Hill area are without electricity this afternoon. FP&L says about 600 customers left with no power in…