Rick's Blog

4th Annual Rock4Vets 5K hits Maritime Park Sept 5! Run, walk, or cheer for NW Florida veterans. Join the 250 Crew & help fund the mission.

53 years in the making: Pensacola Yacht Club’s women’s sailing team just brought the Knost Trophy home. Here’s how they did it.

Sansing dealerships gift $100K to Rally Foundation as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month kicks off — plus a Sept. 1 candlelight vigil in Pensacola.

Gulf Winds Credit Union is becoming TruWorth — and buying a bank. CEO Daniel Souers tells Rick Outzen what changes and what won’t.

Jolly says Florida would elect a Dem governor tonight — and he’s promising to ban data centers statewide, same fight Escambia’s fighting now.

Leaked grand jury report: DeSantis admin misused $10M in Medicaid settlement cash to fight pot legalization. No charges. Read the money trail.

America’s #1 beach becomes a battleground. Beach Brawl returns Sept. 25-27 — three days of elite athletes, free spectator seats, zero qualifiers.

Mayor Reeves eyes Wahoo Stadium for soccer instead of a new $70M venue. Study results due in October. Find out what’s happening.

Pensacola lands $50M+ for ACW Superfund cleanup. Phase one soil work starts December, but $19.6M of phase two still isn’t funded but more grants in the works.

UWF’s first D-I football game is Thursday vs. a Top 16 team. Broadcaster Will Kennedy breaks down the QB battle & more on podcast.

FloridaWest shares impressive stats: 206% of its investment goal, $185M in capital, 600 new jobs and a $5.28 return per $1 invested. More prospects in pipeline.

Gulf Winds Credit Union is becoming TruWorth — and buying Madison County Community Bank. Here’s what the $1.7B deal means for local banking.

FSU, Mississippi State, South Alabama, LMU & UWF are all coming to the Bay Center this fall. Three games, one huge season for Pensacola hoops.

The mayor’s office released this list after my podcast interview with Mayor D.C. Reeves: 1. Academic & Educational Institutions University of West Florida (UWF) (including…

53 stakeholders. 3,700 jobs. One city of 55,000. Mayor Reeves on turning year-long job training into weeks before Pensacola’s shipbuilding boom

UWF’s first-ever D-I football game is HERE. A former MLB first-round pick could be the Argos’ starting QB. Full story on here.

UWF landed two major gifts in two days. A law firm’s on the jerseys, a credit union’s on the Field House. Here’s what it means for DI.

UWF’s small business center just won Florida’s top SBDC honor — 11,658 hours, 144 new businesses, $81M+ in capital. Full story here.

Escambia’s tourism is booming, but Visit Pensacola is nearly broke—because Clerk Pam Childers won’t release $1.3M owed. Who’s next on her hit list?

ECAT contractor’s staff at ECAT sidelined after Escambia County racked up $380K in unpaid bills. Clerk Childers wasn’t cutting checks.