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When I reported on the Pensacola News Journal’s implementation of a paywall—meaning their websites would no longer be free, I wrote that their print subscriptions…

For the fourth straight year, Community College Week magazine has named Pensacola State College to its list of Top 100 Associate Degree Producers in the…

The INweekly has picked 20 men and women whom the paper believes are helping redefine Pensacola. Pensacola tends to splitter and fall apart–more when things…

The city of Pensacola tomorrow will host the first in a series of meetings to discuss the reconnection of East Government Street. The public meetings…

by: Deborah Nelson, Chair, Santa Rosa Democratic Executive Committee— When the Pensacola News Journal contacted me last week to get my reaction to the Supreme…

The City of Mobile and its chamber are worried that Pensacola might lure away one its largest employers, according to the Mobile Register. The Mobile…

In a press release on Tuesday, July 3, the Santa Rosa Economic Alliance (formerly TEAM Santa Rosa) proclaimed that its county is ready for Airbus…

Lumon May hosted a July 4th picnic at Legion Field. Based on the community’s response, May told me that he plans on making it an…

The civil rights and racial discrimination issues with the Escambia County School District are spiraling out of Superintendent Malcolm Thomas’ control. Attorney Mike Papantonio has…

NorthEscambia.com has scooped the daily again. The website is reporting Daniel Lance Quattlebaum, 21, has been arrested and charged with arson, burglary and criminal mischief…

Back by the Science-Fiction section, at the end of the line, he was being referred to as “very visionary,” “very sincere” and “very  smart.” At…

Pensacola didn’t get a roller coaster, but it’s too soon to have any really cool videos of Buck’s Beach Big Wheel so I found this…

Courtesy the Rolling Stones’ fans, includes Dylan, Springsteen, Simon, Hendrix and more. And here are the Patriotic Covers (with video) recommended by Vulture.com: Link

Starbucks Corp. CEO Howard Schultz said his company will give away free tall coffees on July 4. In a full-page ad Sunday in major newspapers…

Press Release: Gulf Winds Federal Credit Union, Pensacola, Fla. is proud to be recognized as a 5-Star Superior credit union by the nation’s leading credit…

Original artwork is being solicited to promote the 28th Annual Frank Brown International Songwriters’ Festival. The event, which is sponsored by the Flora-Bama, and the…

Every new product, process, and design has environmental impacts from beginning to end. Sustainable Gulf Coast’s July meeting explores those issues with Dr. Nye Grant,…

The Small Business Development Center at the University of West Florida (401 E. Chase Street, Suite 100) is holding its “Business Planning for Success” workshop…

The news media is reporting that Andy Griffith was found dead today in his North Carolina home. The man who played Sheriff Andy Taylor and…

They were camping out Monday for a chance to see him at a bookstore down south in The Villages. Now, as Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)…