Author: Rick Outzen

On WCOA, Bill Dunn, president of the Blue Angels chapter of AFCEA (The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association), discussed his organization’s new focus: Connecting…

The Florida Department of Education yesterday posted on its website an outline of the 54 books that were rejected. The department scored the books on…

Gov. Ron DeSantis modified his call for a special session today so that it will also include a discussion of eliminating the Reedy Creek Improvement…

The personal-finance website WalletHub has released its report on 2022’s Best Small Cities to Start a Business. To rank the most business-friendly small markets, WalletHub…

The University of West Florida’s Student Government Association is taking steps to tackle period poverty on UWF’s Pensacola campus. Period poverty is the inability to…

The youngest federal judge appointed by Donald Trump has struck down the federal mask mandate on airplanes and public transportation, ruling the Centers for Disease…

The Biden administration could restart the sale of onshore leases for oil and gas drilling on federal lands this week, upsetting environmental activists in the…

Last November, State Rep. Wyman Duggan (R-Jacksonville) submitted an appropriation request for the 2022-23 budget asking for $8 million for the Leon Haley, Jr., MD…

It will be a beautiful day in the neighborhood when WSRE PBS KIDS hosts Be My Neighbor Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on…

Last yesterday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Judge Amy Brodersen to serve as Judge on the First Judicial Circuit Court Brodersen has served…

Will Kennedy gives the latest on UWF Argos – football, baseball, softball, tennis and golf teams.

Santa Rosa County Commissioner James Caulkins earlier this week accused Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried of intentionally trying to burn down Santa Rosa County. On…

United Way of West Florida has released its latest ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) report. The statistics are from 2019 – before the COVID-19…

Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the Pensacola area gained 8,300 private sector jobs (+5.3 percent) over the year in March 2022. The Pensacola area…

Escambia County and the City of Pensacola are seeking public input to develop a master plan for the future improvements of West Jackson Street. Residents…

Donna Dickey previews the city’s newest neighborhood concert series, Bands on the Bayou.   WHAT: Bands on the Bayou concert series kicks off with Tyler…

The Escambia County Waste Services Department will host a Regional Roundup on Saturday, April 23 from 8 a.m. until noon at Jim Bailey Middle School,…

Dr. Martha Saunders talks about the University of West Florida’s Founders Week and its Day of Giving. She also shares how she did her student…

Inweekly, WCOA ‘Real News with Rick Outzen” and 3Sixty Marketing have put together a list of charities to help refugees from Ukraine and their pets….

Lutimothy May wants to sell the church that his father and mother built on 1213 W Blount Street, near Baptist Hospital and Morris Court. When…