University of West Florida News

Santa Rosa County Tropical Storm Ida Update #3 Storm Information as Currently Forecasted by the National Weather Service Santa Rosa County is currently under a tropical storm warning, which means tropical storm conditions are expected sometime between late Monday evening and Tuesday morning.

All mobile home residents are being asked to evacuate, too. • Escambia County public schools will be closed today and Tuesday.

Each fall, Loblolly Theatre, under the direction of Yolanda Reed, presents one of its highly inventive 'Fortuna' productions.

Is cloud computing inevitable? Maybe , but IT still has a lot of questions to ask before floating away on its promises, according to Melissa Woo, director of cyberinfrastructure and network and operations services at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Michael Dieckmann, CIO at the University of West Florida, thinks otherwise and the two spent ...

The University of West Florida's Patricia Gandolfo is the first athlete in 2009 to win both the Gulf South Conference East Division Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week awards in volleyball.

Get Connected for Success is the theme of the annual Gulf Coast Women in Business Conference, taking place from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Pensacola Civic Center.

The first three years of a new business are crucial. Nearly 70 percent of all small businesses close their doors within two years, according to statistics from the Small Business Administration.

T he nation's Gross Domestic Product is growing again, and most economists now agree the worst recession in more than 70 years is all but done.

Our county was visited by two well-known Republicans recently. Both hold significant reputations, both have impressive resumes.

Oct. 27--Okaloosa County might not receive the direct benefit of having Southwest Airlines come to Northwest Florida Regional Airport, but economic experts say just having the low-cost carrier in the region will bring a boost.

The Georgia Board of Natural Resources appointed F. Allen Barnes as the director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

The problem with America is not dirty politicians, said P.J. O'Rourke. Even though they are dirty - in fact they're "muck-dwelling bottom feeders, the ditch in the great river of democracy," and many other things not necessarily appropriate for print.

Enterprise Florida will host a global economic forecast and trade resources expo on Nov.

American author, journalist and satirist P.J. O'Rourke is scheduled to speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts Mainstage at the University of West Florida.

In 1989, Georgia Blackmon opened a bookstore in her home on North Seventh Avenue, inviting both friends and strangers into her living room to browse and buy books or to mingle and meet new people.

The art gallery at the University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts is emerging from a recent transition phase.

At the University of West Florida, a time-honored tradition was put on hold at the May commencement ceremony.

The University of West Florida's faculty union, under the United Faculty of Florida, went to impasse in contract negotiations on Friday with the UWF administration for the first time in the school's history.

Escambia County Deputy Lavada Burroughs does a good deed. Why was the Escambia County Sheriff's Office helicopter flying Oct.

A local financial expert agrees with the Maritime Park bond delay, there's talk of Panama City postal consolidation in Pensacola, and how to save money on your water bill while being green.