Category: News
Veo scooters coming tomorrow
Press Release: VEOÂ will bring e-scooters to the City of Pensacola beginning Wednesday, Jan. 26, offering residents and visitors a new way to explore Pensacola with…
Presser Notes: Packing In the Campout, People Power & COVID Lite
by Jeremy Morrison Much of Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson’s weekly press conference Monday morning was devoted to the impending dissolution of the homeless camp currently…
Real News podcasts: Monday, Jan. 24
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson talks about the shootings over the weekend. Councilman Jared Moore and Commissioner Jeff Bergosh talk about their respective board meetings last…
Breaking: Winn Dixie to distribute N95 masks
As a preferred retail partner of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program, Southeastern Grocers (SEG) is partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…
Real News podcasts: Friday, Jan. 21
Kayla Romero is in Naval Officer Candidate school. She’s a West Florida High graduate and fourth generation Navy. She graduates at the end of January…
WFH CEO retiring
After more than 20 years in healthcare and close to three years as CEO of West Florida Healthcare, Gay Nord has decided to retire later…
Breaking: BCC sues Childers over retirement plan
Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh announced on 1370 WCOA this morning that the Board of County Commissioners has filed a lawsuit against Clerk Pam Childers…
City eyes e-scooter revisions
by Jeremy Morrison To curb inappropriate usage of electric rental scooters in the downtown area, the city of Pensacola is looking to tighten up some…
Ice coming tonight
City of Pensacola offices and facilities will be closed Friday, Jan. 21 due to anticipated hazardous weather and road conditions, except for some essential city services. City…
Podcast: Doug Baldwin, Jr. and SYSA
Pensacola native Doug Baldwin, Jr. talks about the role SYSA played in his life and why he supports the Rafferty Center. Doug was a Super…
Pen Air scholarships open
Pen Air Federal Credit Union (Pen Air) is now accepting applications for the 2022 Pen Air Scholarship Program. Scholarships will be awarded based on academic…
Breaking: Nom closing
Nom Sushi Izakaya Closing January 29th after 7 Years on South Palafox January 19, 2022 – Pensacola, FL: As local favorite, Nom Sushi Izakaya, nears its…
Real News podcasts: Wednesday, Jan. 19
Pensacola City Councilman Delarian Wiggins discusses his first year in office. FloridaWest CEO Scott Luth discusses Florida Trends’ article on the economic outlook for NWFL….
County launches EMS dashboard
Escambia County Emergency Medical Services has officially launched the “EMS Dashboard” in an effort to provide the citizens of Escambia County a broader and clearer…
How does Escambia County compare to Lafayette Parish?
Lafayette Parish did its first Quality of Life survey last year, and the results were released in December. Fortunately, its first results were much better…
Quality of Survey: Affordable Housing pops up as an issue
Quint Studer and the Pensacola Young Professionals released the 2021 Quality of Life Survey at the CivicCon event held on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Since 2009,…
Real News podcasts: Tuesday, Jan. 18
Adding perspective to the MLK Day celebration of the Rafferty Center. Greater Pensacola Chamber Foundation’s Sara Lefevers discusses the first focus group meeting for the…
Sansing commits $600K to UWF athletics
The University of West Florida announces a gift commitment of more than $600,000 from Sandy Sansing to support the Sandy Sansing Need-Based Student-Athlete Scholarship and…
CyberSuccess cohorts taking applications [podcast]
This morning on WCOA 1370 AM/104.9 FM, Dr. Eman El-Sheikh discussed upcoming cohorts for military veterans and first responders for UWF Center for Cybersecurity’s CyberSuccess…
Sunday’s Child looking for grant requests
Sunday’s Child, a Pensacola-area philanthropic group which promotes LGBTQ+ inclusion and equality, held its annual kickoff event virtually on Thursday, Jan. 13 to celebrate completion…
