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Guest AuthorJune 8, 2015

This is a story about pediatric cancer clusters in Florida. It begins in Durham, N.C., at Duke University, where Dr. David Banks is a professor in the Department of Statistical Science. In 2013 Dr. Banks was the new editor of Statistics and Public Policy, a journal of the American Statistical Association. In early February, Banks […]

Shannon NickinsonMay 14, 2015

There were lots of great questions at the Studer Community Institute’s education town hall on May 5 in Pensacola. Questions about what skills our students lack when they go to Pensacola State College and the University of West Florida to further their education. Questions about how we can address the educational, emotional and physiological impacts […]

Shannon NickinsonFebruary 16, 2015

Judy Bense was the one who brought it home. On Thursday, the business and educational communities got together to announce a new collaborative program called Greater Pensacola Career Pathways. The initiative is a partnership that looks at economic development through the lens of the education system with an eye toward building a strong, educated workforce […]

Shannon NickinsonJanuary 26, 2015

Pensacola’s business community made its pitch for the 2015 legislative session. Now it will be time to let the chips fall where they may in Tallahassee. At the recent Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce’s 2015 Legislative Luncheon, chairman of the board of directors Justin Beck said the group had three broad areas of interest as […]

Shannon NickinsonJanuary 18, 2015

If the University of West Florida wanted to put down roots in a place to foster community, innovation and connectedness, DeVilliers Square is a natural fit. The building at 321 N. DeVilliers St. has been many things in its life cycle in the historic Belmont-DeVilliers neighborhood. All of those things have been rooted in improving […]

Shannon NickinsonJanuary 18, 2015

If the University of West Florida wanted to put down roots in a place to foster community, innovation and connectedness, DeVilliers Square is a natural fit. The building at 321 N. DeVilliers St. has been many things in its life cycle in the historic Belmont-DeVilliers neighborhood. All of those things have been rooted in improving […]

Shannon NickinsonSeptember 15, 2014

It shouldn’t take an act of God for Pensacola to make progress, but sometimes it feels like it does. Three of the largest projects successfully undertaken in this community in the last 15 years — moving the Main Street sewer plant, building the Community Maritime Park and launching Rebuild Northwest Florida — came in whole […]

Shannon NickinsonAugust 28, 2014

More than once over the six months I have spent reporting material for what became the Pensacola Metro Report, I’ve been asked what I thought the bottom line was from the report. The bottom line is that we have to do better. Back in 2001, I was part of the team that worked with the […]

Shannon NickinsonJuly 8, 2014

I hope all of these miles pay off. Local businessmen and educators went to Mobile, Ala. to tour aerospace and aviation facilities there to see what they do there that we ought to do here in Florida’s Panhandle. They visited business sites and a career academy that aims to be the hub of a school-to-jobs […]

Shannon NickinsonMay 14, 2014

Joe Sims believes in paying it forward. So does Nicole Brown. And why wouldn’t they? They are flesh and blood proof of what it can get you. Joe is a social worker in Crestview who works for the United Methodist Children’s Home, a group home for children who are in the state foster care system. […]

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Alan Farago: Florida Department of Health failing to respond to credible reports of cancer clusters

Shannon Nickinson: What is the future of the Pensacola community worth to you?

Shannon Nickinson: Career planning starts at 13, not 23

Shannon Nickinson: Health care, taxes top business legislative list

Historic building connects Pensacola citizens

Shannon Nickinson: Historic building connects Pensacola citizens

Shannon Nickinson: Ivan was an ill wind that blew some good for Pensacola

Shannon Nickinson: Pensacola Metro Report: We can do it, we can do better

Shannon Nickinson: Panhandle leaders need to encourage existing businesses

Shannon Nickinson: Programs tackle poverty one child at a time