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Dusti Sluder has been named dean of Pensacola State College’s Warrington campus. Sluder had worked as a faculty member and served in various administrative positions…

WalletHub compared 1,268 cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000 based on 30 key indicators of livability. They range from “housing costs” to “school-system quality”…

Governor Rick Scott joined state, county and city officials to break ground on the long-awaited aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility for VT Mobile…

Note: Supervisor of Elections David Stafford sent us this latest update on voter registration: Rick, we are actually up over 210,000 registered voters currently. The…

Congressman Jeff Miller spend 20 minutes yesterday giving an update on local and national politics on “Pensacola Speaks.” On efforts to recollect bonuses from National…

Actress Alfre Woodard appeared on “Pensacola Speaks” yesterday to promote early voting and Hillary Clinton’s candidacy. Woodard has been nominated once an Academy Award, Grammy…

The Board of Directors of Innovation Coast has announced Tiffany Sullivan is the nonprofit organization’s new executive director. Sullivan will tap into her background as…

Quint Studer’s column for the Pensacola News Journal talks a short list of recommended business books. He discussed the list on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s…

The Friends of Loblolly are back with their Halloween production of “Fame and Fortuna,” an “original, grotesque satirical work with songs and scenes written and…

Last year was another above-average year for fishing and seafood consumption, with the average American adding nearly an extra pound of seafood to their diet,…

On News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks” today, we will interview Congressman Jeff Miller in the first half-hour of the show. In the second half,…

In 2015, the Pensacola Police Department reported four murders. The City’s murder rate ranked 16th among all Florida cities and third among cities with populations…

Santa Rosa Education Foundation is pleased to announce the thirty-three nominees for Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year. Nominees were selected by their peers at…

Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) representatives unveiled a newly-designed ECAT website and online trip planner to the community at an Oct. 27 event. With the…

Twenty years ago the City of Pensacola had over 7,000 more people living within its city limits and only two murders. As I reported yesterday,…

According to state reports, the investigations of child abuse in Escambia County match the racial demographics of the area.   [supsystic-tables id=’87’]   Last year,…

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and everywhere you look you see the color pink. Breast cancer is a disease that touches us all in…

Cox Business has announced the finalists of Get Started Pensacola, taking place on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 5:30 p.m. at the Pensacola Little Theatre. The…

Health insurance premiums on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces were announced earlier this week. Nationally, the average rate increase is projected to 22 percent, before…

Today, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) Executive Director Cissy Proctor joined Senate President Andy Gardiner, along with Florida businesses and advocates, to announce the…