Category: News
Quiet now, but look out for Sept. 11
The National Hurricane Center, as of this morning, has tropical storm development in the next 48 hours, but Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore…
PNJ owner shutting down review website
The owner of the nation’s largest newspaper chain, including the Pensacola News Journal, announced it will shutter its product review site, Reviewed, effective Nov. 1….
Daily Outtakes: Gannett/PNJ plays catch up
The Pensacola News Journal caught up on Escambia Children’s Trust’s appointment problem. The board has one vacancy, Rev. Lonnie Wesley, and one member who has…
Real News: Backpack Project, Taylor Warren and the space version of Gilligan’s Island
Inweekly readers chose Taylor, Warren Weidner, Hancock & Barnes, P.A. as the area’s Best Law Firm in the 2024 Best of the Coast survey. Partner…
11th Annual Backpack Project USA Family Fishing Rodeo
The 11th Annual Backpack Project USA Family Fishing Rodeo benefiting students in Escambia County will be held Sept. 5-7 at Grand Lagoon Yacht Club. Backpack…
Children’s Trust needs five new board members
The terms of all five of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s appointees to the Escambia Children’s Trust have expired or will expire in December. Per Section 125.901,…
American Magic update
Here is the full story on yesterday’s win – from American Magic’s website: NYYC American Magic Clinches Win Against The Defender in Barcelona NYYC American…
Real News: Movie reviews, DNC recap and more
Jason reviews new movies hitting theatres, including “Blink Twice” and “The Crow.” He also shares his thoughts about what’s streaming, including “Incoming” and “The Murder…
Whitney Fike: Communicator of the Year
Pensacola Chapter members and organizations were honored at the Florida Public Relations Association’s Golden Image Awards and Pinnacle Awards Gala held Aug. 6, at the…
Daily Outtakes: FDEP plan for hotels and golf in state parks criticized
On Monday, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) announced the launch of its 2024-25 Great Outdoors Initiative. In addition to increasing the number of…
City updates: American Magic, Economic Development
Port Director Clark Merritt gives an update on American Magic and the schedule for the America’s Cup races. Erica Grancagnolo discusses the importance of IHMC…
Childers tells Bergosh to pay up
County Clerk Pam Childers has sent a certified letter with an invoice for $39,670 to County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh. The invoice is her estimate of…
Best of the Coast on Real News
I interviewed several winners today. Here is a link to one podcast with all of them – Real News. These are the individual interviews: The…
Real News visits IHMC
Today, we broadcasted from IHMC in downtown Pensacola. Marcas Bamman is a Senior Research Scientist and Director of Healthspan, Resilience, and Performance Research at IHMC….
Mucarsel-Powell, Scott set up November fight
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Former U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell cruised to victory Tuesday in a Democratic U.S. Senate primary,…
Barrie Arnold launches bardelia
Barrie Arnold, co-founder of the pioneering non-alcoholic beverage retailer Boisson, today announced the launch of bardelia, a new company dedicated to revolutionizing the way people…
Daily Outtakes: Governor, please appoint Ashlee
Update – 6:45 a.m.: State Rep. Alex Andrade is also on board. He actually called Tallahassee yesterday. UPDATE – 6:20 a.m.: Mayor D.C. Reeves texted…
What is happening at Beggs Lane encampment
Escambia County has begun the communication and planning process for individuals to vacate the homeless encampment located on county property near Beggs Lane and North…
Election Day ground game won Escambia commission spots
Steve Stroberger won the GOP Commission primary for the District 1 county commission seat, defeating two-term incumbent Jeff Bergosh by 1,533 votes, 4,793 to 3,260….
Daily Outtakes: Record low voter turnout in Escambia County
According to the preliminary election results posted by the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections office, the county only had 48,304 people vote in the Aug….
