Author: Rick Outzen

While others see Escambia County residents as having very high risk for exposure to COVID-19, their county government wants to cutback on its updates on…

GULF BREEZE, Fla.—Fort Barrancas Area was accepted into the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom on April 23, 2021. Located on Naval…

The city of Pensacola dropped its mask mandate last week, and some are celebrating victory over the COVID-19 pandemic. The New York Times isn’t as…

Pensacola, Fla. – April 22, 2021 – The University of West Florida has been recognized as a Military Friendly® Spouse School in the large public…

What: As new airlines and routes are added, and passengers return to the skies, Pensacola International Airport will host a Job Fair to fill a…

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at allowing people…

Approved by the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) in November 2019, the 448/850 area code overlay is finally becoming a reality, with mandatory 10-digit dialing…

Dateline NBC returns to Pensacola this Friday, 8-10 p.m, to cover the murder of Taylor Wright. On September 14, 2017, Wright’s girlfriend reported that she…

State Rep. Michelle Salzman texted that her Walkability bill (HB 229) – which involved school safety – has died because the Florida Senate never moved…

Following the call for applicants in February, grant applications for this year’s Foo Foo Festival are now coming to a close on Friday, April 30. To…

A proposal co-introduced by Pensacola’s State Rep. Alex Andrade that would make it more difficult for transgender female athletes to compete on girls’ and women’s…

Sources have shared Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley has asked the county’s IT department to look into installing ActivTrak, a cloud-based monitoring tool that would let…

A legislative effort to overturn a 2020 vote by Key West residents to limit cruise-ship operations continues to be narrowed to the Monroe County tourism…

Over half of Americans over 18 have received at least one shot of a coronavirus vaccine, according to the latest data from the CDC.  But…

Shrimp Basket is offering a unique incentive to join their team—the chance to win a brand new vehicle. Current team members and those hired between…

The Pensacola MESS Hall is recruiting members of the general public to become citizen scientists. Armed with phones and computers, these citizen scientists will gather…

At their Committee of the Whole on Thursday, April 15, Escambia County commissioners learned that the administration had told Pensacola Bay Center’s management company not…

The selection committee for the next Chief of Police for the Pensacola Police Department has recommended three finalists to move forward in the selection process…

In March 1977, a class action was filed on behalf of Escambia County’s Black voters that challenged the at-large system for electing county commissioners (McMillan…

Public Gets a Look at Hashtag, Phase I by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Weathering the wind and rain, overlooking the chop in Pensacola Bay as it…