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Press release: The University of West Florida recently hosted the 18th annual U.S.–Japan Social Welfare and Caregiving Symposium, where UWF faculty, staff, students and members…

Governor Rick Scott announced yesterday that he has appointed Richard Delp of Gulf Breeze to the State Emergency Response Commission. Delp is an environmental engineer…

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has decided to not issue an opinion on Florida’s Enterprise Zones and EDATES. Instead, she has recommended that Escambia County…

Supervisor of Elections David H. Stafford, Vice Chairman of the Council on State Governments’ Overseas Voting Initiative (CSG OVI) Policy Working Group, participated last week…

By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Much of state government might be done for the year, but the judiciary spent the week still…

Pensacola State College’s fourth annual Fill the Ambulance food drive sponsored by EMT and paramedic students netted more than 4,000 pounds of donations for Manna…

BACKROOM BRIEFING: SOLAR FIGHT FLARES OVER INSTITUTE REPORT By JIM TURNER AND BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A conservative free-market think tank contends…

On Thursday, several board members of the Pensacola Big Game Fishing Club presented a check in the amount of $4,300 to Capstone Adaptive Learning &…

Former Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine was arrested last week for probation violations. He is on probation after being sentenced on charges of perjury and…

Press release: A well-known, independent insurance company will soon be moving to the Moulton Building at One Palafox Place, located at 3 W. Garden St….

Pensacola native Tom Garner, who had attended UWF and studied with archaeology, has found artifacts that are from the Spanish settlement led by explorer Tristán…

This ran during the Tuesday night GOP debate:

Last month, a delegation from Croatia visited Pensacola to discuss combating corruption and conflict of interest. The group consisted of attorneys prosecuting corruption in their…

Mayor Ashton Hayward announced today on Facebook that food trucks will be allowed at City Hall every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, beginning Jan. 7, 2016….

Upon the release of Sheryl Sandberg’s popular and at times, controversial book, Lean In – Women, Work and the Will to Lead, a grass roots…

Children’s Home Society of Florida received a $14,400 donation on behalf of the Sansing Foundation. Funds will benefit the organization’s Transitional Living Program, an initiative…

STATE CAPITAL BRIEFS (EVENING EDITION): TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2015 THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA MARIJUANA AMENDMENT REACHES 400K SIGNATURES Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment…

Press release: Health Advisory for Bayou Texar at Bayview Park Tuesday, December 15, 2015 – 3:30pm Effective immediately, in response to bacteriological sampling, the Florida…

Press release: Warm up your January with a bowl of steaming soup at the ninth annual Fill a Bowl for Manna event from 1-3 p.m….

Emeraldcoastkeeper Laurie Murphy is hosting a meeting to discuss the proposed dredging of Bayou Chico. “As you know, there is currently a very controversial and…