WSRE Imagination Station opens today at Bayfront Stadium
Press Release: Pensacola State College Learning Lab and WSRE Imagination Station officially open to public on Wahoos Opening Day. Pensacola State College’s Learning Lab and…
Navy Federal adding 1,500 more jobs, commits to $200M investment
Press Release: The Greater Pensacola Chamber announced today that it is another step closer to achieving its goal of bringing 3,000 new jobs to the…
Susan Campbell Jewlery Featured in 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition
Press Release: Pensacola jeweler, Susan Campbell, bedecks world famous models in yearly swimsuit tour de force. Campbells’s rectangle ID charm in 14K yellow gold on…
Fire Boat One
There will soon be a new boat on the local waterways—the Pensacola Fire Department’s Fire Boat One. The department, along with Mayor Ashton Hayward and…
Pennies for Pearl
A local teen is raising money again for Arc Gateway’s Pearl Nelson Center, which serves children with developmental issues. Here’s the press release from Arc:…
CRA Considers Hixardt
A few hours before the Blue Wahoos season opener at the Community Maritime Park, the Pensacola Community Redevelopment Agency Board will meet across the street…
Buzz: A New Name in House District 2 Race
We’re hearing that political strategist Scott Miller announced to the Republican Club of Santa Rosa County that he is running for Florida House District 2…
Dates set for special election for House Dist. 2
Primary is May 14, General June 11 – Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Search Extended, Raise Declined
The Escambia County Commission extended its search for a county administrator today, as Interim Country Administrator George Touart declined a proposed raise. Commissioners decided to…
The Perdido Key Name Game
The Escambia County Commission will be considering rescinding a resolution today that requested the Florida Department of Transportation change the map-designation of Perdido Key to…
Touart to Stay?
The Escambia County Commission is split on how best to proceed with efforts to fill the county administrator position. The Human Resources director described this…
Buzz: Wilson and Gene want to drop ‘interim’ from Touart title, plus a raise
Well, it’s happening. Commissioners Gene Valentino and Wilson Robertson are proposing this morning that George Touart be named the new county administrator and the county…
Perdido Key (Beach) Statement
Escambia County has released a statement on the Perdido Key (Beach) signage issue. The Escambia County Commission will apparently look at rescinding an earlier resolution…
Shipwrecks, with Pizza
Have some pizza and hear a presentation from UWF Associate Professor of Anthropology Dr. John Bratten about conserving shipwreck artifacts. Archaeology Cafe is Wednesday night…
Blue Wahoos attorney responds to Kerrigan epistle
Scott Remington, attorney for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, has responded to attorney Bob Kerrigan’s letter attacking the team and its owners over their agreements with…
Former Chamber CFO sues Boss and Chamber for $3.2 million
The former chief financial officer of the Greater Pensacola Chamber has filed a defamation lawsuit against the chamber CEO Jim Hizer, individually and as CEO,…
Bernstein coming to Pensacola to talk on government dysfunction
Press Release: Carl Bernstein shared a Pulitzer Prize with Bob Woodward for his coverage of Watergate for The Washington Post. His most recent book is…
Scott praises job growth in Pensacola metro area
Press Release: Governor Rick Scott announced the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) job growth rate increased by 2.3 percent in February 2013. The Pensacola…
Gray officially files for House District 2
This race could be more interesting than I originally thought. Gray has named former Pensacola City Councilman Dan Kopack, CPA.
Commission Meeting Moved to Tuesday
There has been a schedule change for next week’s regular meeting of the Escambia County Commission. Originally scheduled for Thursday, the meeting has been moved…
