Author: Rick Outzen
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 –…
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…
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.
Marine veteran commits to self-fund campaign against Gaetz
Businessman and combat veteran Mark Lombardo has committed to spending up to $1 million to defeat Congressman Matt Gaetz in the GOP primary. According to…
Support Pensacola Catholic Robotics Team [podcast]
Early this morning, I wrote about the Pensacola Catholic robotics team, Crubotics, will face winners from around the world in an underwater robotics international competition…
‘Crubotics’ team travels for underwater robotics competition
Next week, 14 students and two teachers from Pensacola Catholic High School will travel to Long Beach, California, to match their remotely operated vehicle (ROV)…
DC Reeves qualifies
QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AS OF JUNE 14, 2022 The following local candidates qualified as of June 14, 2022: Escambia County Commissioner (Partisan District 2 Kevin Brown…
Real News: Tuesday, June 14
Community Health CEO Chandra Smiley shares what her agency is doing this summer and how parents can get the necessary health check-ups for their kids…
Breaking: Mike Hill jumps in D1 House race
Former State Rep. Mike Hill (R) has pre-filed qualified to run for his former post that’s currently held by Rep. Michelle Salzman (R). Salzman has…
Former IHMC TA promoted
Dr. Niranjan Suri has been named an associate director at Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. Suri is an IHMC Senior Research Scientist and…
City sanitation rates going up
The City of Pensacola Sanitation Services Department is proposing a rate increase for City Sanitation customers, which will help ensure quality sanitation services are provided…
‘Made in the South’ entry deadline tomorrow [podcast]
The deadline for Garden & Gun’s Made in the South awards is Wednesday, June 15. Six Reasons to Enter the 2022 Made in the South…
Who has qualified to run as June 13?
QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AS OF JUNE 13, 2022 The following local candidates qualified as of June 13, 2022: Escambia County Commissioner (Partisan) District 2 Kevin Brown…
Real news: Monday, June 13
Escambia County Commission Chair Jeff Bergosh says the county is close to reaching a three-year budget agreement with Sheriff Chip Simmons. He also discusses the…
Vice admiral visits NAS Pensacola
Vice Adm. Ricky Williamson, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics (OPNAV N4), met with base officials at Naval Air Station (NAS)…
Transportation survey
Annually, the Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization reviews the transportation priorities for the urbanized areas of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in Florida, and Orange Beach…
