Mayor D.C. Reeves announced the two-day pickup schedule for Pensacola residents: Monday Customers Monday: Garbage and yard waste Thursday: Garbage only Tuesday Customers Tuesday: Garbage and yard waste Friday: Garbage only Wednesday…
Category: Environment
Daily Outtakes: Good News, Bad News and Wahoos
Good News: Another Florida Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday begins on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, and ends on Friday, Sept 8. You can purchase qualifying items related to disaster preparedness exempt from…
Takeaways from Mayor’s presser
Finding $20 Million to Demo Baptist Hospital At his weekly presser on Tuesday, Mayor D.C. Reeves said that he has met with Baptist Hospital leaders twice in the past 30 days to…
Pensacola recycling update
The City of Pensacola is evaluating changes to recycling and sanitation services for City Sanitation customers to improve services and minimize ineffective recycling efforts. The City of Pensacola Sanitation Services Department currently…
Daily Outtakes: Navarre Park warning, TSA PreCheck
Don’t Drink or Swim in the Water The Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County (DOH-Santa Rosa) has issued a water quality advisory for Navarre Park, 8513 Navarre Parkway in south…
Real News podcasts: Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons, Christian Wagley and Ronnie Joyce
Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons talks about how he made Bristol Park a special event zone to protect the neighborhood. He also discusses gun violence and recent arrests. Listen here. ———- Healthy…
First Sea Turtle hatches of the season
Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key Celebrate First Sea Turtle Hatches of the Season – Escambia County is pleased to celebrate the first sea turtle hatches of the season on both Pensacola Beach and…
Who Said What – Tuesday, July 25
Mayor D. C. Reeves covered the dropping of mandatory curb recycling on the show, but he also discussed the machete attack and changing the city’s height restrictions in the downtown area. He…
Plastics are hazardous: Public Forum
Live on Facebook at facebook.com/earthethics/ today at 1 p.m. watch a public forum on the hazards of plastics and why it is important the State of Florida gives local municipalities their power…
Another $15 million coming to Escambia County
Escambia County is pleased to announce over $15 million in state funding has been awarded to the county from the Resilient Florida Grant Program. The funding is part of $300 million from…
City Gas more eco-friendly
Mayor D.C. Reeves announced at his weekly presser this morning that the city’s compressed natural gas vehicles have now switched to renewable natural gas, contributing to the city’s overall Renewable Energy Goal….
Community Environmental Grants
The Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program (PPBEP) opened its 2023-2024 Community Grant Program on Wednesday, July 5. This program will fund action projects that serve to restore, preserve, connect, inform, and…