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the Pensacola Foo Foo Festival returns for its thirteenth iteration this Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026! For 12 days, Pensacola’s arts & culture scene comes alive…

Ascension Sacred Heart’s new CEO started as an OR orderly, became a nurse and now leads it. Hear his plans for access and mental health at ricksblog.biz

Birdon could bring up to 2,000 jobs to the Port of Pensacola. Admiral Lance Scott on noise, parking, traffic and why an inland port is a must-have.

Pensacola’s newest downtown hotel was a 1950s motel the owners refused to bulldoze. Meet Hotel Margot’s owners and see inside.

Bear’s farewell to the TDC: Clerk Childers “continues to bully” tourism. Reeves wants lawyers. The chair wants patience. Hofberger said nothing.

Larry Kuhn explains why Kuhn Realty is ending seven years as an independent brokerage to join Sotheby’s International Realty. He talks about the global exposure, a developer’s 80-home project, buyers moving in from Orange Beach and 30A, and the “weather tax” after the storm.

SailGP just made Pensacola its permanent home: a 60-mph foiling boat named Strive, 14 teams, and a six-year commitment. Explore ricksblog.biz for more.

Escambia commissioners voted 5-0 to advance the Outlying Fields plan. Beulah critics cry foul, and the final vote is Nov. 5. Here’s what was said.

Escambia commissioners just overruled the county administrator and put AshBritt back on the debris job. 3-1 vote. Why was it sent home?

Pam Childers delayed tourism council dues for two years. Today DeSantis gave that council $1 million. Read why it matters

Development: Planning Board to Take Up Rezoning for Outlying Fields in Beulah Staff says the changes are consistent with the county’s plans, and three state…

Next week, Pensacola hosts the Civic Leader Summit Oct. 6-8 with Quint Studer and Chuck Marohn. Learn how small, local moves build stronger towns. Register now.

Healthcare Rick Metzger Named CEO of Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola A registered nurse who began as an OR orderly returns to Ascension to lead the…

Gulf Winds Credit Union expands again. The Pensacola-based credit union has acquired People’s Exchange Bank in Monroeville, its 2nd bank acquisition of 2026.

Tourism The Visit Pensacola Board of Directors selected Tony Lyle as its next CEO and president at a board meeting Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 23. Lyle…

A poet’s ancestral flame, a radio dream 26 years in the making and a budget brawl that got personal. See inside Inweekly’s Sept. 17 issue

Downtown Pensacola’s property values jumped 51%, services expanded over six years—and the man behind it just got four more. Full story here.

Northwest Florida needs 28,000 workers in next five years. Where will they come from? Three companies are cracking the code—and the math is brutal.

One block flooded for 13 minutes. The storm behind it exceeded Hurricane Sally’s intensity. Here’s what the city’s data actually shows.

Visit Pensacola’s next tourism chief comes down to two: a Galveston exec and Chattanooga’s retiring CEO. Meet them Thursday at The Fish House.