Months after its top candidate flinched just before taking the job, the Pensacola City Council may soon be meeting a few more applicants for its council executive position. The board has been…
ESPN: Bubba Watson profile
Dissecting the uniqueness of Bubba ESPN By Farrell Evans, with Mitchell Spearman | ESPN.com As a young boy growing up outside Pensacola, Fla. in the tiny village of Bagdad, Bubba Watson would…
Millions of tourist dollars at stake in Florida online tax appeal
CBS is reporting that a ruling that online travel companies should be taxed only on what they pay for hotel rooms rather than the higher price they charge customers will be appealed,…
Pensacola Rotary Provides Desks for Indian Students
The Rotary Club of Pensacola, with the involvement of organizations in India, has helped to provide 485 new desks to ten government schools located in four different impoverished Indian communities. The desks…
Calling All Macs
The prayers of Apple consumers who needed a locally owned store to shop have been answered. Kyle Crawford, a born and raised Pensacola resident, will be opening the doors to Palafox Computers…
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 fishing, the total catch was anything but…
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 SUP designed to appeal to the growing…
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 on East Lloyd Street. Starting April 25,…
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 denote the country’s estimated debt total. Recent…
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. He took a seat a few rows…
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 members will hear from the city’s Chief…
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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 successful on Pensacola Beach with country music?…
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 child crying for help in a back…
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 of Understanding (MOU) concerning the sale of…
$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 among the first set of projects that…
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 the new commission in Florida set up…
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 hard liquor. In a letter to Pensacola…
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 that the Board of County Commissioners has…
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 educating the youth of Escambia County. Although…