Author: Rick Outzen
Daily Outttakes: County Commission discusses Escambia Children’s Trust
Escambia Deputy County Attorney Kristin Hual has asked the Board of County Commissioners to discuss the Escambia Children’s Trust request for clarification of the $690,684…
Real News: ‘There’s nobody to blame’
Don Gaetz easily won his old Florida Senate seat by 30 percentage points. “Republicans have to understand now at the federal level, at the state…
SEC Women’s Soccer excites fans, semifinals on Thursday
The Southeastern Conference Women’s Soccer Tournament is already drawing thousands of attendees to Escambia County’s Ashton Brosnaham Athletic Park. Yesterday, we had four exciting games:…
Pensacola Habitat for Humanity lauds Pride Build campaign
Pensacola Habitat for Humanity wrapped up its inaugural Pride Build campaign with a three-day build week, as 37 volunteers worked together to promote inclusion and…
Hurricane Rafael update
Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore says the models have aligned, and we are out of the cone of uncertainty. “We do have a…
Daily Outtakes: Axios of Evil fails
The Pensacola News Journal, County Clerk Pam Childers, Andrew McKay, Escambia Citizens Watch and the ethically-challenged couple, Doug Underhill and Jonathan Owens, failed to defeat…
No upsets in Escambia elections
State Representative District 1 REP Michelle Salzman (REP) 66.15% State Representative District 2 REP Alex Andrade (REP) 54.55% Board of County Commissioners District 4 Participating…
WCOA, Inweekly election night coverage
We will be on the air tonight starting at 6 p.m. We will discuss the voting today, political stategies and the early results. Please listen.
What’s on Mayor Reeves’ To Do List
At his weekly presser, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves discussed the new 10-year strategic plan that Anna Muessig of Gehl will present to the Pensacola City…
Real News, Monday, Nov. 4
I apologize for taking so long to get these interviews up. Yesterday was a full-blown Monday. State Senate candidate Don Gaetz delivered his closing pitch…
United Way announces mini-grants
The United Way of West Florida is proud to announce the approval of Mini Grant awards for 12 local nonprofits, each receiving up to $5,000,…
Voting today – 22,073 today, total passes 137K
As of 11:50 a.m, turnout approaches 64%: Mail 34,143 24.88% Early Voting 80,805 58.89% Election Day 22,073 16.09% Provisional 198 0.14% Total 137,219
Fact-check: UWF Haas Center did analysis for DPZ, too
It is apparent that PNJ columnist Theresa Blackwell didn’t read the recent University of West Florida study regarding just 46 acres of OLF-8 before she…
Tropical Storm Raphael update
Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore expects Raphael to be upgraded to a hurricane later today. The models have it making landfall to the…
Daily Outtakes: The Mythical Town of Beulah
News Journal columnist Theresa Blackwell delivered another dram of her wisdom on Sunday, blasting the Escambia County Commission, praising DPZ CoDesign and waxing poetically for…
We will get an new USPS downtown location
This message was posted on the USPS website last Friday. However, it appears that the USPS will get a new downtown location. USPS Announces Final…
Breaking: New downtown hotel breaks ground Thursday, Nov. 14
Catalyst HRE, The Thrash Group, and The 1559 Collective in partnership with Tandem Hospitality, will celebrate the official groundbreaking ceremony for Pensacola’s newest destination, Hotel…
East Hill Makers Market Fall Edition tomorrow
East Hill Neighborhood Association will host its East Hill Makers Market Fall Edition in Cordova Square Park, located at the corner of North 12th Avenue…
Tropical Cyclone 18 coming our way
We are watching a tropical development in the Caribbean Sea, which we may see in the Gulf of Mexico by Thursday. Escambia County Public Safety…
Daily Outtakes: Ashley H. gets dose of her political medicine
District 4 voters have received a mailer from a political action committee blasting Commissioner Ashley Hofberger as “unqualified, unserious & already corrupt.” Floridians for a…
