Hatchery one step closer to reality
Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Herschel Vinyard announced yesterday in Panama City that several Florida Panhandle counties are slated for about $90 million worth…
2013 Pensacola Airport Runway 5K tomorrow afternoon
The inaugural Runway Run 5k at Pensacola International Airport is Saturday, on Dec. 7. The City promises runners and walkers will get a view of…
Myers proposes changes in land development code to prevent another Dollar General debacle
Councilwoman Sherri Myers has proposed changes to the city’s land development code that will require more notification of rezoning changes. Recently the city of Pensacola…
Downtown Christmas parade trumps Palafox Market
There will be no Palafox Market Saturday, Dec. 14. It will be closed due to the Cox Pensacola Christmas Parade, which is set to begin…
Niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. remembers the courage of Nelson Mandela
Alveda King remembers President Mandella’s Courage and his smile: President Nelson Mandella paid a heavy price to stand against apartheid while campaigning for human justice…
Touart no longer in pool for administrator
Commissioners Grover Robinson, Lumon May and Steven Barry voted to drop the interim county administrator, George Touart, from the pool of candidates that will be…
Pensacola Beach Boat Parade tomorrow
Festivities for “Season Your Holidays with Island Spirit†kick off this Friday, December 6th. The fun begins at 5:00 pm at Shaggy’s Bar and Grill,…
UWF Women’s Soccer team back in national championship
The team beat Western Washington 2-1 Read more – Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Jay Bell named to Reds coaching staff
New Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price today announced the club’s Major League coaching staff heading into the 2014 season. Assistant pitching coach Mack Jenkins has…
Commission agenda review notes
Escambia County Clerk of Courts Pam Childers has told the Board of County Commissioners that she has heard from the federal government that the BP…
News Journal publishes correction on The Fish House headline
Yesterday, the daily newspaper printed its story on The Fish House’s response to Mayor Ashton Hayward’s notice of default on the leases for Pitt Slip…
City Council will discuss adopting city motto. City of Five Flags vs. Upside of Florida
Councilman Charles Bare has put on the city council’s agenda for Dec. 12 a resolution that would make the city’s official motto: “The City of…
Escambia County State Legislative Delegation sets date for hearing on local bills for Jan. 21
The Escambia County State Legislative Delegation will a public hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 from 5-7 p.m. at the Jean & Paul Amos Performance…
Game of Thrones, Escamiba County edition debuts today
Today the Escambia County Commission will discuss, possibly as early as this morning, who will be the next county administrator. Here is the list: Vincent…
Rolling out red tape for small business in Pensacola
The Mayor-elect for St. Petersburg is Rick Kriseman. He posted on his Facebook page today: Heard at Harvard’s Seminar on Transition and Leadership for Newly…
City went silent on its default notification
The day after the PNJ published its article on the dispute between Mayor Hayward and The Fish House, I requested interviews with the city and…
Document trail on Pitt Slip leases gives the behind-the-scenes view. Several of these are published here for first time
As part of the investigation into the Independent News’ cover story, “How NOT To Do Business: City vs. The Fish House,” we gathered the letters…
Merrill and Russenberger reject default notification
Mayor Ashton Hayward hired attorney Nix Daniel to send a notification of default to Ray Russenberger, whose company, Seville Harbour, Inc., has the master lease…
DIB Wine Festival may become Wine Walk
Downtown Improvement Board may have a more creative replacement for its Pensacola Wine Festival, which was eventually canceled for 2013 after Tropical Storm Karen threatened…
Hayward delays vote on airport food services for third month
Michael Laven, contract manager at the Pensacola International Airport, sent notification to Creative Food Group -that includes The Fish House, Varona’s, Bagelheads and Pensacola Brewery,…
