Press Release: Innovation Coast and the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition will hold an open house event Thursday, Sept. 3, to celebrate the IHMC robotics team’s second-place finish at this summer’s…
State panel moves forward with medical pot licenses
BY DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA State health officials have named the three members of a panel that will choose five nurseries to be Florida’s first legal pot growers, setting…
NOLA Preservation Hall: Remembrance on 10 year Katrina anniversary
by Ben Jaffe, creative director of Preservation Hall and plays tuba and upright bass with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band The drummer John Robichaux (1916 – August 29, 2005), hailed from New…
DIB meeting schedule for September
Please mark your calendars for the following dates and times during the above noted month when meetings are scheduled to be held. Downtown Improvement Board Regular Meetings are held on the 1st…
UWF recognized for service to veterans with Purple Heart University honor
Press release: The Military Order of the Purple Heart recognized the University of West Florida as a “Purple Heart University†at the UWF Military and Veterans Resource Center. The Purple Heart is…
Good new from around Florida, Aug 30
Johnson & Johnson, the giant pharmaceutical company, has picked Tampa for its multi-functional regional shared services center. Tampa Bay Times reports that, as part of the deal, the company will create 500…
Latest on Tropical Storm Ericka
National Hurricane Center issued the last advisory on Tropical Storm Erika this morning. The remnants of Erika, a trough of low pressure, are currently located near central Cuba and the central Bahamas,…
Podcasts: Foo Foo Fest and Taste of Pensacola Beach
Yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks,” we talked about the fall festival season. David Bear came on the show and discussed Foo Foo Fest and Katie King discussed the Taste of Pensacola Beach.
GBHS grad wins Northern California Region Emmy
This summer, Matthew Thomas Ritenour won a Northern California Region Emmy Award for his directorial debut on the film “Impact of the Frolic.” Working with fellow Chico State graduate Arik Bord, the…
Good news from Rick’s Blog, Aug. 28
On the sunny side of the greater Pensacola area: UWF named to ‘8 Awesome Schools You Never Knew Existed’ list CollegeTown.com ranked the University of West Florida at number four. […] Served…
Good news from Inweekly, Aug. 28
Feeling Festive Our annual guide to the Fall Festival Season. Use Inweekly to make a plan for the fall and follow the plan.  Read more. Man Behind the Feathers If you grew up…
Good news from city hall, Aug. 28
Late yesterday afternoon, the mayor’s office sent out its digital “Upwords” newsletter. City government had some wins: During the first quarter of 2015, Pensacola International Airport led the Gulf Coast with the…