After spending the past year trying to convince the public that the county commissioners’ 401(a) retirement plan was illegal, Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers suffered two legal defeats yesterday. Okaloosa Circuit Court…
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Real News podcasts: Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh discusses some alarming facts from last week’s meeting of the Mental Health Task Force. Wilmer Mitchell shares his memories of Bob Snow and Seville Quarter. Parts of…
Trolleys help deal with traffic during Pensacola Beach Air Show [podcast]
To help alleviate traffic congestion for the Pensacola Beach Air Show, the Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) is extending public transportation hours along the island on Friday, July 8, and is adding…
Escambia leads Florida in drug overdoses [podcast]
Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh discusses some alarming facts from last week’s meeting of the Mental Health Task Force. “In addition to the area experiencing 3,120 Baker Acts already this year, we…
Canal Drive in Perdido Key closed for 11 days
The Florida Department of Transportation will temporarily close Canal Drive at Perdido Key Drive (State Road (S.R.) 292) in Escambia County from 8 a.m. Monday, July 11 to 5 p.m. Friday, July…
UWF College of Health gets new dean
The University of West Florida Usha Kundu, MD College of Health is welcoming David M. Bellar as the new dean of the college. “Dr. Bellar is a highly accomplished scholar with many…
United Way awards $480K in grants [podcast]
United Way of West Florida recently awarded $480,000 in grants to 25 local nonprofit agencies in support of 29 programs through the organization’s Community Investment Process. Programs operated by these agencies provide…
VA celebrates Pensacola WWII vet 100th birthday
Press Release: Recently, Navy Veteran Ralph J. Morris celebrated his 100th birthday with staff of the Gulf Coast VA. The World War II Veteran, who enlisted in 1942, was recognized during the…
Top Listens of the past week
Councilwoman Brahier was my guest this morning. We discussed FPL and yesterday’s council workshop on the charter review recommendation. Tourist Development Council chair David Bear discusses why the group reduced Clerk Pam…
Podcasts from the ‘Pensacola Speaks’ archives
From the ‘Pensacola Speaks’ archives, this is my interview with former Obama Press Secretary and Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri from May 4, 2017. Dan McFaul, the chief of staff for former Congressman…
Real News: Friday, July 1, 2022
We celebrated the 23rd anniversary of our newspaper with Jenny Noonan as my guest host. I talk about what I consider a pivotal year for the newspaper – 2004. ABC News’ Jason…
Real News podcasts: Thursday, June 30
Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore shares the overnight development with three disturbances that the National Hurricane Center is tracking. At least 53 people have now died after a nightmarish trip…