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Chamber wants OLF-8 Light Industrial zone to stay in public hands

The Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce has taken a strong stance on the future development of OLF-8, urging the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners…

Daily Outtakes: What Theresa Blackwell does not want you to know?

Beulah advocate Theresa Blackwell professes to love the OLF-8 Master Plan created by the DPZ Co-Design and approved by the Board of County Commissioners. The…

Triumph grant hot topic at OLF-8 meeting

Two days before the Board of County Commission potentially selects the developer for Outlying Field-8, residents gathered at Beulah Church on Tuesday night to review…

OLF-8 posts draw criticism but few facts

To avoid hackers and comments that violate the rules for interaction, this blog has software that blocks certain posts based algorithms. Several posts defending Ms….

Blackwell misinterprets OLF-8 Master Plan to fit her vision

PNJ published columnist Theresa Blackwell’s monthly tirade on OLF-8 yesterday. Bless their hearts, the Gannett-owned newspaper apparently does not have the staff to fact-check Blackwell….

Breaking: Gannett partners with Reuters

Axios reports Reuters and Gannett, owner of the Pensacola News Journal, partnering to create a content bundle. Reuters will handle sales and Gannett will receive…

Pam Childers’ costly games #4: Refusing to pay Foo Foo grants

With the 2024 Foo Foo Fest six weeks away, I learned County Clerk Pam Childers refused to cut checks for the Foo Foo grants approved…

Daily Outtakes: Infographic on OLF-8 offers

In January 2019, Escambia County acquired the 636-acre OLF-8 property through a land swap with the U.S. Navy. To facilitate this exchange, the county purchased…

Let’s not forget WCOA, truly Pensacola’s radio station

For the past few years, we have honored the history of Pensacola’s WCOA, Florida’s second radio station that was originally owned by the City of…

Daily Outtakes: Radio Lost

Last Friday, I visited Jerry Glenn at the Arcadia Health and Rehabilitation Center. Jerry was a longtime WCOA listener who loved “Real News with Rick…

Discussion behind-the-scenes on indoor sports complex

Pensacola Sports CEO Ray Palmer shared the location of the proposed indoor sports facility is going back to the “drawing board on location.” “One of…

Outtakes: Regattas are coming in the spring

For (we don’t) color on the dog, we visited with Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves to discuss the regattas planned for March and April. “These other…

Pensacola locks SEC Championship through 2026

The SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament will remain in Pensacola through 2026, with a possible extension to 2029, following a successful partnership since 2022. This year’s…

IP names new Pensacola Mill manager

International Paper announced that Travis Jones has been promoted to Mill Manager of its Pensacola Containerboard Mill in Cantonment, Florida. In his new position, Jones…

Clark Merritt: American Magic arrives in February, regattas this spring

On (we don’t) color on the dog, Port of Pensacola Director Clark Merritt discussed the construction of the Maritime Center of Excellence, home for American…

(we don’t) color on the dog: new episode drops at 4 p.m.

The new podcast episode drops on YouTube today at 4 p.m. We also interview Port of Pensacola Director Clark Merritt for the latest news on…

Waverly, Westmore request six-month extensions

The Community Redevelopment Agency meets at 3:30 p.m. at City Hall. The developers of the proposed condo and apartment development on the former Escambia County…