Leadership tip: don’t overreact to generalities
- July 24, 2015
- / Quint Studer
- / quint-studer,leadership-tips
“I’ve never seen morale worse.” “Everybody’s unhappy.” “We don’t have anything we need.”
Oil spill-related research dollars drive new understanding of Gulf
- July 23, 2015
- / Martha Simmons
- / economy
UWF's Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation well positioned to answer calls for research in the Gulf of Mexico following BP oil spill.
Fire fee increase would boost firefighter ranks
- July 23, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / community-dashboard
Escambia Commissioners will consider fire service fee increase that would cover some, but not all, of the staffing needs at the county's volunteer stations.
Ordinance coming to clean up Pensacola Beach
- July 23, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / community-dashboard
Leave No Trace ordinance would require people to pick up their gear, leave 'only their footprints' on Pensacola Beach.
What will Santa Rosa use RESTORE money for?
- July 23, 2015
- / Louis Cooper
- / economy
Dirt road paving, stormwater improvement in Gulf Breeze, improvements on Blackwater Heritage Trail and Quinn Street marina, program at Pace High among projects up for RESTORE funds in Santa Rosa.
Catch up with The Short List
- July 23, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / entrecon
Pea Ridge Elementary on top in community involvement
- July 23, 2015
- / Reggie Dogan
- / education
Pea Ridge Elementary School won the state Family and Community Involvement Award for the school's twist on the traditional science fair, which teachers say helped boost fifth-grade science scores.
IHMC savors success, looks toward future
- July 22, 2015
- / Krissy Heinold
- / community-dashboard
After success at the DARPA Robotics Challenge, the folks at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition look forward to expansion in Pensacola.
Heart disease, cancer top Pensacola area killers
- July 22, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / community-dashboard
Heart disease, cancer top causes of death in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in 2014 according to new state data.
Does third-grade reading proficiency matter?
- July 22, 2015
- / Reggie Dogan
- / education
Given the correlation between third-grade reading proficiency and achievement in school, schools must focus on helping struggling students close the gap and ensure that students who are on-target don’t fall behind.