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DEFUNIAK SPRINGS — MarJam Supply Company – a seller and distributor of building materials in 12 states to East Coast customers – will expand its…

The overall graduation rate for Escambia County has improved over the past nine years, but so has the state graduation rate. Sadly the rate of…

Press Release: Blue Wahoos owners Quint and Rishy Studer today announced the development team for their estimated $12 million office building to be built at…

Press Release: The state of Florida has awarded $1,581,245 in Defense Infrastructure Grants for fiscal year 2012-13 (July 1 – June 30) to local community…

By Shelby Smithey…. FavorHouse of Northwest Florida, Inc. is now providing services to children who have experienced domestic violence in their families with its very…

The Florida Department of Education released on Friday the graduates rates for Florida public schools, according to federal standards. Escambia County has the lowest graduations…

The director of the Pensacola International Airport will be leaving soon for a job in Virginia. The city of Pensacola—which owns the airport—released a statement…

On Thanksgiving night, a local woman, Annette Bennett, was arrested at Wal-Mart and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting an officer without violence and trespassing after…

Press Release: Florida Local Environmental Resources Agencies Awards Commissioner Grover C. Robinson, IV with the Outstanding Environmental Leadership Award.. The Florida Local Environmental Resources Agencies…

Press Release: Carol Carlan, a successful Pensacola business executive and long-time community leader, has been selected as the next president of the Sacred Heart Foundation….

Press Release: House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH-08) announced today that Congressman Jeff Miller (R-FL-01) will remain the Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee for…

Prior to swearing in new Pensacola City Council members yesterday, outgoing members were honored. Each was given a framed resolution in recognition of their service…

Before the Pensacola City Council voted yesterday on its new president and vice-president, Councilwoman Sherri Myers handed out a memo entitled “Time for a Fresh…

After swearing in four new members, the new incarnation of the Pensacola City Council elected its most senior member to lead it for the next…

By Arnold L. Seligman, Cantonment… Your recent interview with Mr. Valentino was enlightening (“Buddha and the Godfather“). I didn’t realize that Escambia County had anointed…

Mayor Ashton Hayward was in East Hill last night to answer questions about RESTORE Act money and address other concerns from District 4 residents as…

Speaker of the House Will Weatherford has tapped Pensacola’s State House Rep. Clay Ingram to chair the Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, one of the choice…

The Pensacola News Journal has endorsed Councilmen P.C. Wu and Brian Spencer as the best candidates for Council president, which the incoming council will select…

The Pensacola City Council will see four new members seated tomorrow. Winners of this year’s election—including the council’s senior member, P.C. Wu, who ran unopposed—will…

The Florida Department has released its annual report on the number of homeless children in our public school systems. The state of Florida had its…