Category: News
Daily Outtakes: Major Milestone Hit
Kudos to Gupta & IRIS Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems (IRIS), the Pensacola-based leader in retinal screening technology, announced a significant milestone with the achievement of…
Last Word: Leroy Boyd
In July 2005, we started “The Last Word,” a column in which locals answer questions about themselves. It was patterned after Vanity Fair’s The Proust…
Real News: Let’s talk secession
If quality of place is critical to Pensacola’s future, it’s time for the city to secede from the Escambia County School District and create its…
It Happened Here: Fiesta of Five Flags
With Fiesta starting today with the Surrender of the City, I thought it would be fun to reprint this column from 12 years ago. There…
Visit Florida has a plan
Armed with an $80 million budget -a $30 million jump over the current budget, Visit Florida staff members have crafted a tourism-marketing plan intended to…
Daily Outtakes: For the sake of the children
Assistant Superintendent Keith Leonard will serve as interim superintendent for Escambia County Public Schools through June 30, 2024. The board unanimously voted to put him…
Last Word: Scott Remington
Scott Remington Partner at Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry, Bond & Stackhouse Inweekly, 3/19/2008 What is your greatest fear? Public Restrooms What is the trait you…
Real News: CoC and Miraflores
City Councilwoman Allison Patton has been one of the point people for the city’s efforts to deal with homelessness. Inweekly asked her what did you…
Take Stock hands out $287K, laptops
Take Stock in Children and the Escambia County Public Schools Foundation awarded $287,000 in scholarships to 21 graduating seniors who also received a laptop computer….
Healthcare for those struggling
The Federal Reserve recently released its Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2022, which found that slightly more than one out of four Americans went…
Elcano returns to Pensacola for Fiesta
The Spanish Navy training tall ship, Juan Sebastian de Elcano, will be docked at the Port of Pensacola’s Commendencia Street Slip through Saturday, June 3….
Daily Outtakes: Banned Books Giveaway
Push Back Open Books & Prison Book Project and Inweekly have launched a Banned Books Giveaway that will hand out at this year’s PensaPride festival…
Last Word: Quint Studer
In July 2005, we started “The Last Word,” a column in which locals answer questions about themselves. It was patterned after Vanity Fair’s The Proust…
Are the consequences unintended or intended
Outtakes (May 25, 2025) The laws passed by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis have consequences. Are they unintended or intended?…
City pools open Saturday
The City of Pensacola’s Cecil T. Hunter and Roger Scott pools will be open to the public starting Saturday, May 27 and will remain open…
The Friday Show
Find out what movies and shows to watch, events to attend, and the news behind the headlines, on Don Tristan de Luna’s favorite radio station,…
More $$$ for broadband
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced $60 million in awards through the Broadband Opportunity Program to expand broadband Internet access in Florida’s unserved communities. These awards…
City receives funds for Miraflores Burial Ground Study
The City of Pensacola has been selected to receive a $22,160 grant from the National Park Service to fund a ground penetrating radar survey at…
Sales tax holiday for hurricane prep starts tomorrow
Escambia County is encouraging residents to participate in Florida’s 14-day Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday, May 27 through June 9. On Thursday, May 26, Gov….
Daily Outtakes: DeSantis Tapes
In 2015, a little-known congressman from the Jacksonville area, Ron DeSantis, was running for U.S. Senate. The field was crowded – Rep. David Jolly, Lt….
