Author: Rick Outzen
Car Buying Workshop today
The Gulf Winds Cares Foundation is partnering with the University of West Florida’s Louis Maygarden Center for Financial Literacy to educate students and community members…
Daily Outtakes: Homelessness on the mind
Jones Swamp The PNJ caught up with my reporting on the effort to evict homeless families from Jones Swamp. The area has been used for…
Real News: Monday, Nov. 6, 2023
The Port of Pensacola’s historic highs of 2022 continued with cargo activity marking a 17% increase, complemented by a consistent 2.3% growth in annual cargo…
Breaking News: List of 10 finalists for Trust job
Here are the top 10 finalists to be next head of Escambia Children’s Trust – in no particular order: Anthony Houston Ashley Monn Carrie Fanning…
Daily Outtakes: Another downtown shooting
At approximately 12:35 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5, Pensacola Police arrested a man after an argument led to an early morning shooting Sunday in downtown…
May passes gavel to Barry
Commissioner Steven Barry presented a plaque and gavel to Commissioner Lumon May for his service as chairman during the previous year at the Nov. 2…
Daily News: PNJ story modified
The PNJ popped up on its website yesterday a “breaking news” article about the county settling with its jail contractor – a story that I…
Real News: Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023
Quint Studer discusses Entrecon‘s first day and the passing of coaching legend Bobby Knight. Located in the protected area of the tidal basin at Maritime…
PNJ picks up Sept. blog post, gets $$$ wrong
The Pensacola News Journal is reporting today Escambia County has settled with the jail contractor – Whitesell-Green/Caddell – to end its litigation over issues with…
Ret. Vice Adm. Robin Braun new NAMF Board chair
The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation (NAMF) is honored to announce the appointment of retired Vice Adm. Robin Braun as the NAMF Board Chair. A groundbreaking…
Navy Federal Rec Center ribbon-cutting set for Nov. 8, opens Nov. 13
Navy Federal Credit Union will celebrate the completion of its most recent addition with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 8. The Navy Federal…
Daily Outtakes: Jones Swamp eviction delayed
The deputies didn’t evict the homeless families living on Area Housing land in the Jones Swamp yesterday as had been previously reported. It was the…
Real News: Wednesday, Nov. 1
The Pensacola Greek Festival is back. Enjoy the food, music, dance and culture from 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 3 and Saturday, Nov. 4…
SEC Quarterfinals
The Southeastern Conference Women’s Soccer Tournament is already drawing thousands of attendees to Escambia County’s Ashton Brosnaham Athletic Park, with approximately 3,200 attending the tournament during…
Latest on circuit court hack
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: This provides an update on the First Judicial Circuit of Florida’s (“Circuit”) investigation into a cyber incident. As our investigation is still…
Daily Outtakes: Day of Caring
Day of Caring United Way of West Florida has once again completed the largest day of Volunteerism in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. This year,…
Gulf Coast Veterans Week
Gulf Coast Veterans Week, along with Rep. Michelle Salzman, UWF Military and Veteran Resource Center, Veterans Memorial Park, Veterans Upward Bound at PSC, and VetCV,…
Real News: Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023
Pensacola D.C. Reeves talks about the difficulty convincing the Florida Legislature to pay for demolishing the old Baptist Hospital – What do Florida taxpayers get…
Halloween Presser takeaways
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves held his weekly presser at Pensacola State College to announce the Pensacola Police Department’s substation at the state college and a…
Daily Outtakes: Utility bills
More Electricity Increasing? On Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, at 9:30 a.m., the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) will begin its Cost Recovery Clause hearing to…
