Category: Politics
DCF offers grants to homeless – $395,820
The Department of Children and Families Office on Homelessness has made $395,820 available under the State Unified Homelessness Grant Program (Florida). Qualified non-profit organizations can…
Best of the Coast voting open now
Just like we have every year for the last 23 years, we’re asking all of you to play favorites and vote in our Best of…
Dees promoted to parking czar
Lissa Dees has been selected as the Parking Management Director for the City of Pensacola, responsible for overseeing the daily operation of the city’s parking…
Podcast: Are Moms for Liberty about liberty?
Ryan Wiggins, chief of staff for The Lincoln Project, questions whether Moms for Liberty are really about liberty – “I think it’s just the opposite…
Operation Brownsville starts slow
According to the interactive crime maps on Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and Pensacola Police Department, law enforcement didn’t deal with many calls in the zone…
Gaetz brags about comment by Navy Secretary
Congressman Matt Gaetz sent “breaking news” to the media that he had gotten Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro to commit to taking further action to…
We Build the Wall prez sentenced
Brian G. Kolfage, 41, of Miramar Beach, Florida, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to crimes charged in the…
Blues on the Bay returns Sunday, April 30
2023 Blues Angel Music’s Blues on the Bay Free Concert Series Kicks off April 30 The City of Pensacola and Blues Angel Music have partnered…
Real News: Friday, April 28, 2023
As a part of National Travel & Tourism Week, Visit Pensacola is partnering with the America’s First Settlement Trail Foundation to host the inaugural A1S…
County has new speaker sign-up form
An online sign-up form for individuals who wish to speak during the Gary Sansing Public Forums and Escambia County Board of County Commissioners meetings is…
Summit Blvd Feasibility Study set for May 16
The City of Pensacola is hosting a public workshop on Tuesday, May 16 to gather input from the community about the Summit Boulevard Lane Repurposing…
Real News: Thursday, April 28, 2023
Claire Stewart shares how UWF shattered its goals for its Annual Day of Giving – raising $218,999.33 and connecting to more than 1,380 donors from…
Missing Children’s Memorial site still neglected
From Clark Thompson: In 1997 a group of volunteers from Pensacola’s Clean Community Commission, aka Clean & Green, selected a section of Bayfront Parkway known…
Bear: School Board needs to sign WMS charter agreement
David Bear is tired of the Escambia County School Board’s delays in signing an agreement for Charter Schools USA to take over Warrington Middle School….
Inweekly April 27 issue on the stands
A&E Happenings 4/27/23 —Nonprofits & Fundraisers— Blues Night for Gulf Coast Kid’s House Join Odd Colony, 260 N. Palafox, from 6-9 p.m., Thursday, April 27,…
Breaking: Skanska funds coming to our area
I spoke with State Rep. Alex Andrade last yesterday afternoon. He has put into the budget a stipulation that the Florida Department of Transportation will…
Homework: Ed Earl Burch
Author Jim Nesbitt keeps the hard-boiled detective novel alive with his Ed Earl Burch series. Ed Earl is a former vice and homicide detective who…
Homeless count increases 62 percent
At its General Coalition meeting yesterday, Opening Doors released the Point-in-Time Count for 2023 – 1,180, up 62% from last year. Opening Doors has been…
Sheriff: Operation Brownsville a pilot program
Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons hopes to duplicate Operation Brownsville in other neighborhoods in the county. Over the next 60 days, his agency will work…
Rules of Brian Doyle Skatepark
With the Blake Doyle Community Skatepark set to open to the public on May 2, the City of Pensacola encourages skatepark users to review the…
