Adrian Stills has been selected as the City of Pensacola’s Parks and Recreation Director, responsible for overseeing the city’s 94 parks, community resource centers, athletic facilities and numerous community activities facilitated by…
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Charter Review Commission sends report to city council
To: Pensacola City Council From: 2022 Charter Review Commission Date: June 15, 2022 Re: Charter Review Commission Recommendations Madam President and Members of City Council On September 9, 2021, City Council and…
Local races shaping up
QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AS OF JUNE 16, 2022 Friday, June 17 at 12pm CDT is the last day to qualify for the 2022 Primary and General Elections. Additionally, there is new qualifying information…
ECUA shuts down recycling center
The ECUA Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) is closed following the failure of an essential piece of equipment yesterday. This equipment, the second of two aging conveyor belts, was slated for replacement in…
Roger Scott Pool nightmare [podcast]
The city’s Roger Scott Pool opened on Tuesday, June 7, and family memberships have been sold for the daily open sessions—$125 city residents, $185 outside of the city. But there’s a problem….
PNJ misleads readers
The headline reads “Florida’s 66 county clerks back Pam Childers in Escambia County retirement plan lawsuit.” Gosh, all the county clerks believe Childers was right to declare the 401(a) retirement plan for…
Best Books of the Year So Far in 2022 [podcast]
Everyone loves a top ten list, especially if it includes a great summer reading list. The Amazon Books editors Lindsay Powers and her colleagues have compiled the Best Books of the Year…
City Monitoring Bayfront Parkway Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic through FDOT Program
In an effort to gain a better understanding of local multi-modal traffic, the City of Pensacola is participating in the Florida Department of Transportation Non-Motorized Traffic Monitoring Program. Through this program, FDOT loans…
Who’s running? as of June 15 pm
Escambia County Commissioner (Partisan) District 2 Kevin Brown – REP Mike Kohler – REP District 4 Robert Bender – REP Myra J. Van Hoose – DEM Emerald Coast Utility Authority (Partisan) District…
Court rejects effort suppress Parkland grand jury report
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — An appeals court Wednesday rejected attempts to block the release of information in a final report by a statewide grand jury formed…
Real News: Wednesday, June 15
With Sena Maddison still looking for her phone charger in the south of France, Jeff Deweese filled in as my co-host. Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore discusses how the media…
Moore to seek second term [podcast]
Pensacola City Councilman Jared Moore announces he will seek a second term. He also discusses the proposed increase in sanitation rates.