Frontier to add non-stop route to Denver next spring

Frontier Airlines announced today that Pensacola International Airport will get non-stop service to Denver, Colorado beginning the spring of 2018. In the press announcement, Mayor…

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Viewpoint: The City’s Forgotten Panhandling Ordinance

By Christopher J. Lewis In a letter to the editor of the Pensacola News Journal (Support for ban on panhandling, May 20) Pensacola city resident…

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Pensacola Mayor proposes $226.7 million budget

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has proposed a $226.7 million operating budget for FY 2018 – a $8.66 million increase, or a 4-percent, over the current…

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Don Gaetz to chair Triumph Gulf Coast

From The News Service of Florida: Former House Speaker Allan Bense on Thursday kept the position of chairman of the non-profit organization Triumph Gulf Coast…

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Visit Pensacola marketing works, air travel to area up

Visit Pensacola markets the Pensacola area to the world. The latest travel numbers from the Pensacola International Airport validate the tourism agency’s effectiveness. The airport…

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Report on healthcare town hall

By Sammy Sontag INWEEKLY Indivisible Northwest Florida presented a Healthcare Town Hall meeting featuring the group’s founder, Vickie Neapolitan-Scott, and Dr. Jennifer Zimmerman at the…

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Business leaders unite for economic development

More than 30 businesses in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties have joined together to form First Place Partners, a private-sector group designed to support economic…

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Christmas in July Toy Drive for Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart

To benefit sick and injured children during their time in the hospital, The Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart has launched a Christmas in…

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Welcome to Black Hole Budgeting: Showdown looms

In the good old days – or should I say “good old boy days” – of county government, County Administrator George Touart and Sheriff Ron…

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County Jail: How to create a Black Hole…ignore experts

Yesterday, I sat down with a local judge to discuss the skyrocketing costs of the Escambia County detention program – up $12.5 million since the…

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Gulf Power tackles Rechargeable Battery technology

By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY Think of rechargeable batteries like the ones that power your cell phones, laptops or electric cars. Gulf Power is testing a…

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Voters remain concerned as data request put on hold

By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Local elections officials are trying to talk voters out of unregistering, as privacy concerns continue to mount…

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