By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The Florida Supreme Court today rejected a last-ditch appeal challenging the state’s de facto school-voucher program, essentially ending the battle over a program that…
AG Pam Bondi sues Big Tobacco for violating 1997 settlement
Attorney General Pam Bondi today filed an enforcement motion against ITG Brands, LLC f/k/a Lignum-2 LLC (ITG) and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) to enforce the explicit terms of the tobacco settlement…
UWF Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering paid internship program
The University of West Florida Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering launched a new internship program to prepare students to enter professional work in all STEM fields. The need was first…
Criminal Justice Reform: Inmates find a pathway to turn around lives
By Duwayne Escobedo: Phillip Carrier became the newest former inmate to successfully complete the Pathways for Change court-ordered addiction treatment program.’ During the rigorous, 18-month program, his father died, but the 42-year-old…
Japanese New Year Celebration coming to Wright Place Jan. 21
The Japan-America Society of Northwest Florida will usher in the “Year of the Fire Rooster†with its 23rd annual Japanese New Year Celebration on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, at the Wright Place…
Pensacola Women’s March, Saturday, Jan. 21
Press release: In a call to reaffirm the core American values of freedom and democracy, Pensacola will add its voice to the Women’s March on Washington along with 300 other sister marches…
Downtown mural dedication tomorrow
On Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 10 a.m., local non-profits Friends of Downtown Pensacola and Foo Foo Festival will join the Downtown Improvement Board in dedicating a newly completed 3,000 sq. ft. mural…
League of Women Voters discuss Pipeline to Prison
Pipeline to Prison: “Resilience: the Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope†Who : League of Women Voters of the Pensacola Bay Area, ACLU, Coffee Party, Escambia Youth Justice Coalition and…
If the walls of Hallmark Elementary could talk…
Last week, we learned that the City of Pensacola approved a demolition contract for Hallmark Elementary on the west side of the city. The school served west Pensacola from 1928 to 2012….
Cyberton returns this weekend
The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA)–Blue Angels Pensacola Chapter hosts CyberThon 2017 at the National Naval Aviation Museum and National Flight Academy on board Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, Jan….
Pensacola Bay ferry service delayed a year
Last week, Gulf Islands National Seashore, City of Pensacola, and Escambia County officials announced the delay of the Pensacola Bay ferry service which had been scheduled to begin this spring. All partners…
Pensacola Police Chief wants to keep his job
Pensacola Police Chief David Alexander told the Pensacola City Council last week he wants to keep his job past his DROP date in May. At the end of his monthly report to…
NPR talks of Ashley Hardaway Theriot
NPR’s Scott Simon spoke of our former writer this morning and how through organ donation Ashley saved the lives of others. “The death of a vibrant young person is a tragedy in…
Suntrust donates $25K to Junior Achievement
Yesterday, the SunTrust Foundation presented a $25k check to Junior Achievement of Northwest Florida. “SunTrust’s generous $25,000 donation to Junior Achievement of Northwest Florida will fund economics and personal finance programming for…
Quint Studer: Taking home to work [podcast]
On “Pensacola Speaks,” Quint Studer discussed his upcoming column in the Pensacola News Journal. “As human beings it is hard to segment life into two neat little boxes. What happens at work…
Transformers cleaning up historic Pensacola cemetery
As part of their MLK Day of Service community outreach project, Gulf Power’s service organization, Transformers, and the Gulf Coast Chapter of the American Association of Blacks in Energy, will partner with…
Florida House not to consider using BP money for incentives
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Don’t expect settlement money from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster to be used directly to attract tourists or new businesses, House lawmakers said, as…
Hayward administration scrambles on Tanyards project
The City of Pensacola is placing hangars on doors in the neighborhood around the Government Street Stormwater Project. Dr. Gloria Horning told Inweekly, “The city is in our neighborhood passing out flyers…
Demolition Ordinance removed from Pensacola Council agenda
Proposed Amendment to Section 12-12-5 of the LDC – Historic Building Demolition Review has been removed from this evening’s 1/12/17 City Council Agenda by its sponsor, Brian Spencer, City Council President. In…
A man saved by Ashley Hardaway Theriot
When Ashley passed, she became an organ donor. She has impacted the lives of at least eight people. The New York Post reported on how her kidney saved the life of a…