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Rep. Kendrick Meek wants to be seen as more than a politician. "When people hit hard times, they want leaders, not politicians," said Meek, speaking at a Pensacola rally on Sunday. "I want to be a leader." About 14 people attended the meeting at the...
Tags: Northwest Florida, Carrie P. Meek, Kendrick Meek, Pensacola Naval Air Station, Senate, Florida State House District, U.S, Pensacola, Meek, Pensacola Florida, Politics, Naval Air Station Pensacola
At the center of one movement is David Rauschkolb, a die-hard surfer turned successful restaurateur and the driving force behind the statewide Hands Across the Sand protest. Another is Northwest Florida attorney, Billy Buzzett, who is about to launch...
Tags: Billy Buzzett, Northwest Florida, St. Joe Company, Sen. Mike Haridopolos, offshore drilling, David Rauschkolb, Tallahassee, United States offshore drilling debate, Petroleum in the United States, Politics, Business Finance, Florida, Energy in the United States
The ITFlorida Awards Program is a showcase for the innovations and leadership taking place in Florida in the IT and IT-enabled industry sectors. The award recognizes an outstanding individual or organization for exceptional leadership in furthering the...
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Southwest Airlines announces expansion in Denver Posted: 10/22/2009 10:33:59 AM MDT Updated: 10/22/2009 10:57:11 AM MDT Southwest Airlines announced today that it is adding 13 daily flights and six new nonstop destinations to and from Denver.
Tags: Southwest Airlines Co., Denver International Airport, Panama City, Louisville International Airport, airline announced, Fla, Northwest Florida, New Orleans, St. Louis, adds service
Health officials from around Indiana will meet Tuesday in Wabash to discuss the status of the state's swine flu outbreak. Officials from the State Department of Health and the Department of Homeland Security will meet with local health and emergency management...
Tags: swine flu, Florida Department of Health, old man, South Florida, northwest Florida, State Department of Health, Palm Beach County, having died, health officials, flu deaths
Spain's King Juan Carlos I and Gov. Charlie Crist are set to attend a business conference in Miami. Friday's Florida-Spain Business Forum will focus on the state's international trade relationship with Spain. It's part of a series of events with state,...
Tags: Florida-Spain Business Forum, Charlie Crist, Florida Legislature, federal stimulus, northwest Florida, Florida Democratic Party, stimulus money, NewCrist
Troubles continue to plague the cash-strapped Zoo Northwest Florida near Gulf Breeze. A male giraffe died in his exhibit on Sunday evening, the zoo announced Monday. The death came shortly after the zoo got word that a private investor likely would not...
Embattled Rep. Ray Sansom, R-Destin, stepped down as speaker of the Florida House on Friday amid a criminal investigation into his dealings with a Panhandle college, in an abrupt and unprecedented fall from power. The move, quietly orchestrated during...
Tags: I. Ray Sansom, Florida House of Representatives, house speaker, Northwest Florida, Tempore Larry Cretul, speaker ray, Ocala Republican, sansom stepped, Destin Republican
With the state's economy in tatters, Florida lawmakers will return to the Capitol this week to close a budget shortfall of more than $2 billion...For the next four months, Gov. Charlie Crist and lawmakers will struggle with massive budget problems...They...
Tags: Northwest Florida, special session, florida legislative, Charlie Crist
The first Italian nests of the endangered Loggerhead sea turtle have begun to hatch along the coast of Calabria, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Italy said Monday. Around 60 babies scrambled for the waves after hatching from the sand on Galati beach,...
Tags: Reggio Calabria, northwest Florida