Pensacola Bay Bridge open
11:15 a.m. Update: Bridge Closures and Openings All lanes of the 3 Mile Bridge between Pensacola and Gulf Breeze are now open to traffic. Please…
Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series postponed
Last week, we featured the lecture – “The Typewriter Project: Poetry as Public Art.” Due to projected inclement weather, the Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series…
Pensacola Bay Bridge closed (update)
7:30 a.m. Update: Bridge Closures and Openings The Theo Baars Bridge on Perdido Key Drive is open. Law enforcement has closed the following bridges due…
UWF Luna Settlement project wins top award
The University of West Florida Division of Anthropology and Archaeology recently received the 2018 Daniel G. Roberts Award for Excellence in Public Historical Archaeology for…
Freezing weather to close schools on Wednesday
Temperatures are expected to drop more than 30 degrees over the next 12 hours. Wind chill could drop temperatures to upper single digits to lower…
Gaetz: Treasury Secretary to protect bank accounts of marijuana dispensaries [podcast]
Congressman Matt Gaetz yesterday said on “Pensacola Speaks†that he met last week wth Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin in the Oval Office to discuss medical…
MLK day: Black & White six years later
In February 2012, I wrote a cover story, “Black & White,” on the wide disparities in business, education, health and juvenile justice between blacks and…
Seligman First Amendment Lecture Series hosts Sen. Bob Graham
The University of West Florida College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities will host Sen. Bob Graham on Jan 16. from 1 to 2:30 p.m….
Deadline for bids for Bruce Beach fish hatchery delayed another month (update)
The submittal date for bids to construction the Bruce Beach fish hatchery has been delayed to 3:30 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, Feb. 8. The pre-bid…
Podcast: Levine says his campaign is different
On “Pensacola Speaks” yesterday, Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine explained how his campaign is different that others running from governor. “I’m not right, I’m not…
Nelson calls out Zinke and Scott on offshore drilling flip
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) sent a letter yesterday to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke demanding specific details on any new five-year offshore drilling plan the…
Studer podcast: Importance of job evaluations
Quint Studer discusses in his upcoming column for the Pensacola News Journal.
Living the Dream announces 2018 honorees
“Will we march only to the music of time, or will we, risking criticism and abuse, march to the soul-saving music of eternity?†-Martin Luther…
Phillip Levine on ‘Pensacola Speaks’ today at 5 p.m.
Miami Beach Mayor Phillip Levine and his Florida’s Living Rooms Bus Tour will in Pensacola this afternoon. Mayor Levine will also be my guest on…
Semifinalists for Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year announced
The Santa Rosa Education Foundation has announced the five semifinalists selected from 33 school nominees for Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year. Congratulations to April…
Feds drop possible drilling off Florida Coast
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida waters were removed Tuesday from White House plans to open previously protected parts of…
Scott outlines key components of his final legislative agenda
Gov. Rick Scott gave his State of the State address today. Here are his big “asks” of the Florida Legislature: # “I want 2018 to…
Corcoran and his ‘House of Reformers’
Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran challenged the lawmakers to be a ‘House of Reformer’ in his speech to open the 2018 session. He said, “…there…
Fishbein tackles anti-bullying [podcast]
Fishbein Orthodontics is launching an anti-bullying essay contest for Escambia County students in grades K-12 in an effort to spread positivity and acceptance throughout the…
Gaetz: Soup not ‘fully cooked’ on offshore drilling [podcast]
On Jan. 4, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke that the White House plans to allow offshore drilling for crude oil and natural gas…
