Where are the Cobia?
This is a fish story, but not the bragging kind. Twenty-five boats competed last week in the 2012 Outcast Cobia Invitational. After three days of…
Bonner designs new paddle board
Press Release: Cindi Bonner, owner of Fitness Onboard, a Pensacola Beach based business utilizing stand-up paddleboards (SUP) as exercise platforms, has introduced a revolutionary, patented…
PaddleSport Rentals Available at Bayview Park
Pensacola Paddlesport Rentals LLC (PPSR) and the City of Pensacola’s Neighborhood Services Department have partnered to offer non-motorized boat rental service at Bayview Park, located…
Occupy Student Loans
The Occupy Wall Street movement will be calling attention to the nation’s mounting student-loan debt tomorrow, designating April 25 as One Trillion Dollar Day to…
Council Paves Way for Pen Air
Once it had become apparent that the Pen Air deal was hitting a true snag, Mayor Ashton Hayward made his way into the meeting room….
City Council Rundown
The Pensacola City Council will be covering matters ranging from budgets to personnel to liquor during its Committee of the Whole meeting this afternoon. Council…
Buzz: WCOA now FM
WCOA NewsTalk is now broadcasting on 100.7 – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Three Questions: Bonfire Jam’s Joe Lewis
We interviewed Joe Lewis, the president of Bonfire Jam, about his upcoming music festival on Pensacola Beach. IN: What makes you think you will be…
Child Abuse arrests
Escambia County deputies arrest 3 in abuse case. On April 21, deputies responded to the 2800 block of Christine St after receiving calls of a…
4H Friends approve sale
Press release: The Friends of 4-H, a group of concerned citizens, parents, 4-H alumni and friends of Escambia County 4-H, have reviewed the signed Memorandum…
$5.78 million in Early Restoration Projects
(Press Release) Restoration of more than four miles of sand dunes, enhancement of two existing boat ramps and construction of two new boat ramps are…
Local lawyer on ‘Hardball’
Clark Partington’s own Ken Bell will be on Hardball with Chris Matthews today at 4pm central. Justice Bell will be interviewed about his role on…
Wal-Mart Looks for Liquor License
An attorney representing Wal-Mart Store #1224—the local Creighton Road location—will be requesting next week that the city of Pensacola grant the store permission to sell…
Union asks for 3-cent gas tax for ECAT
Dear Honorable Board of County Commissioners, Escambia County, Florida: The Executive Board of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1395 has been following the current issues…
Viewpoint on Langley Bell 4-H Center sale
Rick, My name is Ken Meharg. I am an agricultural educator that retired from the Escambia County School District in 2010 after spending 30 years…
Like This
Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC is teaming up with the Southern Youth Sports Association (SYSA). Starting Monday, April 23, the law firm will donate…
Papa Bear
My latest column for Florida Voices is up: Remembering Papa Bear Thursday, April 19, 2012 — Rick Outzen On April 20, I will be thinking…
No More Nooses
University of West Florida President Judy Bense took time on Wednesday at a scheduled student forum to address the hate crimes on the campus, specifically…
House passes RESTORE ACT
The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4348, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, which included provisions of the RESTORE Act. Congressmen Jeff Miller…
Hammering It Out with 4-H
After an informational meeting last night, youth in Escambia County’s 4-H program are heading toward a vote next week over the sale of the group’s…
