Today, Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded more than $247 million through the Broadband Infrastructure Program, connecting more than 59,000 unserved and underserved businesses, homes, farms and anchor institutions like hospitals and libraries to…
Category: Pensacola
Daily Outtakes – More Downtown Remotes coming
Nearly 98 years after its first broadcast, WCOA returned to Pensacola City Hall – now the Pensacola Museum of History, thanks to the help of the UWF Historic Trust. With Mayor D.C….
Safe Spot Skate Spot….not a typo
The City of Pensacola and Upward Intuition will continue to engage the public in providing transformative skatepark access for the community to enjoy. Upward Intuition has partnered with the City of Pensacola…
Real News celebrates WCOA’s 98 years
From the second floor of the Pensacola Museum of History – which once was Pensacola City Hall, we celebrated WCOA’s rich history at Trader Jon’s bar with Sena Maddison, Bill Mitchem, Rob…
Presser takeaways: Portland Loos coming
At his presser this morning, Mayor D.C. Reeves announced that three of the five Portland Loos ordered will be shipped on Feb. 21. “It’ll be about two to three weeks once they…
Daily Outtakes: Buck jumps in
Seville Quarter’s Buck Mitchell has pre-filed to run for the Escambia County Commission District 4 seat. He told me yesterday that he is running regardless of whom Gov. Ron DeSantis appoints to…
Daily Outtakes: Pensacola Polka
There’s plenty of buzz about who will be Escambia County’s Supervisor of Elections. The names getting the most talk are former mayor Grover Robinson and District 4 County Commissioner Robert Bender. If…
City pushes back on red light conspiracies
On “Real News” yesterday, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves reiterated that the red light camera initiative is a pilot program. “As we’ve said from the beginning, we have no ego in this,” he…
DeSantis gives Chamber $65K for strategic plan
On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced $135,200 in awards to military communities through the Defense Reinvestment Grant Program, which supports community-based activities that protect existing military installations. “As the most military and…
CRA may need to spend $120K on Malcolm Yonge before assessment
On “Real News” this morning, Mayor D.C. Reeves said the CRA would need to spend nearly $120,000 on the Malcolm Yonge Gym to make it safe enough to do an in-depth structural…
Breaking: Mayor, Baptist sign letter of intent
Mayor D.C. Reeves said on WCOA this morning that he has signed a letter of intent regarding the old Baptist Hospital campus. If the City can obtain funding to demolish and remediate…
Red Light cameras coming
At his weekly presser this morning, Mayor D.C. Reeves announced the intersections that will have red cameras installed by this summer. After a study conducted by the Novaglobal firm, cameras that will…