West will be hosting a Job Fair to hire 50+ associates interested in becoming licensed insurance agents. West is seeking candidates with strong sales and customer service experience, and will pay all…
Area Poet presents ‘Carl Sandburg and Me,’ April 15
Area Poet presents “Carl Sandburg and Me” In celebration of April’s National Poetry Month, West Florida Literary Federation’s third Tuesday open mic will feature Gulf Breeze poet Jack Brooking, who writes under…
Hayward issues statement on decision by Judge Gary Bergosh
Statement from Mayor Ashton Hayward regarding Bergosh ruling Yesterday, Judge Bergosh made a wise ruling which was extremely fair and equitable to both the City and Mr. de Varona. I want to…
House of Sticks: Accounting with a Twist
Are you familiar with the term “mark-to-market” accounting? Okay…. mosey back into Google and look it up. This term represents where some economists want to place blame for the financial crises we…
Over $120,000 Recovered in Narcotics Arrest (video)
Shortly before 6:00 this morning, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team and Narcotics Unit served a search warrant in the 4000 block of Marlane Drive. When Antonio Blackwell was located and…
Notes on Airport Concessions hearing yesterday
Judge Gary Bergosh heard arguments for nearly five hours on a temporary injunction request by Robert de Varona, the airport’s food concessionaire, to prevent the city from removing and storing his restaurant…
Varona issues statement
Statement from Robert de Varona on Judge Gary Bergosh ruling that Varona Enterprises has sixty days to vacate Airport leasehold property: “Today Eloise and I are grateful that the court has taken…
Varona loses case but gets 60 days
Varona Enterprises lost its case for an injunction against the City of Pensacola. However, Judge Gary Bergosh said the company was entitled to 60 days because of the letter Airport Director Greg…
Health and Hope Clinics awarded CVS Caremark Charitable Trust grant
The CVS Caremark Charitable Trust, a private foundation created by CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) today announced it has awarded five grants totaling nearly $230,000 to community health organizations in Florida as…
Friends of West Florida Public Library to hold Book Sale April 25-27
Friends of West Florida Public Library, a non-profit support organization of the West Florida Public Library (WFPL), will hold its Big Spring Book Sale and Silent Auction April 25-27 at the downtown…
Jim Hizer joins Convergent Nonprofit Solutions
Convergent Nonprofit Solutions, one of the country’s preeminent fundraising and capital campaign management firms, has announced the addition of Jim Hizer, CEcD, CCE as project director. In his new role, Hizer will…
Gulf Coast Community Bank raises $3.055 million
Lee Bradley, Senior Managing Director of Community Capital Advisors, Inc., (“CCA”) recently announced the successful capital raise of $3,055,000 for Gulf Coast Community Bank (“GCCB”) in cooperation with the bank’s management team…
House of Sticks: Kneading (or Needing) the Dough
Grab your favorite search engine (Google always works for me) and type in “55 trillion”. A Bloomberg article dated 10-18-11, featuring writers Bob Ivy, Hugh Son, and Christine Harper, will appear. A…
Clash brewing over bid to revive vouchers
By Brandon Larrabee, The News Service of Florida The sponsor of a Senate measure that would help parents pay for education services for disabled children suggested Wednesday that she was not interested…
Partnership for a Healthy Community affiliates with Florida Public Health Institute
Partnership for a Healthy Community will be stronger thanks to its new affiliation with the Florida Public Health Institute, which conducts action-oriented research and promotes leadership to improve public well-being. The institute…
Commissioner Jim Williamson passes away
Santa Rosa County Commissioner Bob Cole told the Rscambia County Commission that His fellow commissioner, Jim Williamson, passed away this morning.
Varona hearing on temporary injunction today, 2 p.m.
Varona Enterprises of Florida will have its day in court today, that is unless the city can reach an agreement. As of last night, the hearing was set for 2 p.m. Varona…
Varona tells employees good bye and thank you
Note: Steve Barnes sends in articles occasionally for this blog. His focus has been sports, but he sent me this on Robert de Varona’s final meeting with his employees. Robert de Varona…
Report Shines Light on Racial Disparities for FL Children
By Stephanie Carroll Carson, Florida News Connection In just four years, children of color are expected to outpace the number of white children in the United States, according to the Census Bureau….
Studers partner with Vigodskys on BLAB TV
Today BLAB TV and Studer Community Development announced a partnership to build on the 30-year history of BLAB TV and local programming. “Brenda and I could not be more pleased,” said Fred…