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323-Unit Project Breaks Ground on Old ECUA Site

323 apartments. No city subsidy. No road closures yet. Flournoy breaks ground on Ellison at West Main—and Mayor Reeves says City Hall is watching closely.

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Breaking: Roof Restaurant Chosen for Reverb by Hard Rock

A Michelin-starred chef with 28 global restaurants is bringing his rooftop concept to Pensacola. This changes everything downtown.

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Contractors on Notice Over Right-of-Way Damage

Mayor Reeves puts AT&T & T-Mobile subcontractors on notice: fix the damage to Pensacola yards, irrigation lines & sewer infrastructure—or face city pushback.

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New Palafox Projects: Intersections Get Focus

Downtown Pensacola’s $10.3M Palafox makeover is 80% done—detours start Monday. Here’s what drivers, walkers & business visitors need to know this week.

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Roger Scott Pools: The ‘Toilet Trailer’ Saga

Pensacola’s Roger Scott Pools have had no real bathrooms since 2021. Five years, three designs, and $670K later—swimmers lose a whole summer. Read the saga.

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DeSantis Rewards UWF Trustee Bailey w/Judgeship

DeSantis skipped a federal judge and 9 other qualified lawyers to put a UWF trustee on the bench. The network behind that pick is worth a close look.

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Mayor Plans for ‘American Idol’ Homecoming

Pensacola is planning a free concert at Community Maritime Park for May 6 — but Keyla must first survive two more cuts to earn her hometown hero moment.

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Jolly Opens Pensacola Office, Following Chiles Formula

Jolly for Governor plants its first regional office on Pensacola’s iconic Palafox Street—echoing the grassroots spirit of Florida’s “Walkin’ Lawton.”

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Inweeky: Ani DiFranco, Cryptids, Sociology Stupidity

Ani DiFranco hits Vinyl Music Hall, a teen playwright debuts Mothman in love, and the Children’s Trust rewrites the rules after a scandal. Read Inweekly.

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Pressers Notes: Shipbuilding, Bay Center, Bay Bluffs

Warships, a revamped Bay Center, Fricker’s $10M makeover & a modern utility payment system — Pensacola Mayor Reeves dropped major updates Tuesday.

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City Rejects Hard Rock’s $58M Rebate

Pensacola rejects $58M tax rebate for the Hard Rock project. The numbers didn’t add up, and the city says it couldn’t legally give that much anyway.

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Andrade: DeSantis’s Fatal Flaws with Redistricting

DeSantis called a special session on redistricting—but a Pensacola lawmaker says the governor made two critical errors that put Florida in this mess.

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American Magic Building Wings for Naval Attack Vessel

Defense & Industry Pensacola’s American Magic Services to Build Wings for Navy’s New Unmanned Strike Vessel Saildrone taps the American Magic High Performance Center to…

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Wrong Organ, Wrong Side, Wrong Doctor

Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky removed William Bryan’s liver instead of his spleen on a Florida vacation. Now there’s a manslaughter indictment. Joe Zarzaur explains.

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A $185 Million Bet on Downtown, Bay Center Revitalization

      Local Government • Infrastructure • Economic Development Pensacola Public Affairs Pensacola’s $185 Million Question: A New Arena District or Another Decade of…

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Four Decades of Design That Serves People First

When Miller Caldwell Jr. opened the doors of Caldwell Architects in 1986 with three employees and a rotary phone, he wasn’t just starting a firm….

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By the Numbers: Pensacola’s 311 Getting More Calls Than Ever

Call volume to Pensacola’s 311 constituent services line has been rising steadily through the first months of 2026 — and Mayor D.C. Reeves says that’s…

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Smoke & Community: Pensacola Cigar Weekend

  Pensacola is about to join the ranks of Houston, Miami, Tampa, and Charlotte with its very own cigar weekend—and the woman behind it never…

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This week in Pensacola, the stakes couldn’t be higher

Issue  — April 16, 2026 A $280 million Hard Rock development hangs in the balance, apartment dwellers are being shot due to decisions made by…

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Mayor Reeves Covers the Gambit at Tuesday Presser

Mayor D.C. Reeves held his regular press briefing Tuesday morning, touching on everything from a local reality TV star to affordable housing and the future…

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