Daily Outtakes: Board Chair has her outside counsel, search firm

Less than 48 hours after Interim President Manny Diaz fired the university’s general counsel, University of West Florida Board Chair Rebecca Matthews held a meeting…

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Breaking: UWF Chair Meets w/Attorneys, Search Firm

On Friday, August 1, University of West Florida Board Chair Rebecca Matthews held a meeting with attorneys from a firm with close ties to Gov….

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WSRE TV Connects the Community

WSRE-TV has been a vital source of community information for decades. 2006 Maritime Park Vote The week before the 2006 referendum vote on the Community…

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Top Stories: Week ended August 2, 2025

Every Sunday, I wake and review the news stories of the last week, and I wonder what we will cover in the upcoming week. How…

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Florida Politics jabs Diaz, cheers Salzman

Florida Politics praised State Rep. Michelle Salzman (R-Cantonment) as the first seated Florida lawmaker to graduate from Florida State University’s Master’s in Applied American Politics…

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Top 10 Stories of July 2025

Even though the post was up less than 24 hours, the article on University of West Florida General Counsel Susan Woolf being fired drew the…

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Premium Seats Available: Blue Angels 2025 Homecoming Airshow

Premium seating tickets for the Blue Angels 2025 Homecoming Airshow go on sale TODAY at 11 a.m.! The wait is over for aviation enthusiasts and…

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Mayor Reeves on Retaining Talent, Young Families

More from the Pensacola Mayor’s Presser: Addressing Youth Migration In response to questions about young people leaving Florida for more affordable opportunities, Mayor D.C. Reeves…

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Daily Outtakes: Defending Parking Tickets, Social Media use

Responding to recent citizen complaints about parking enforcement, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves clarified at his Wednesday press conference that the city operates on a complaint-driven…

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Thank you, Fred Levin

In the 1990s, the late Fred Levin was a prominent Pensacola attorney renowned for his critical role in the historic Florida tobacco settlement. As a…

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Takeaways from Mayor’s Wednesday Presser

Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves addressed the significance of Diane Hendrick’s Corporate Contractors Incorporated (CCI) partnering with the Dawson Company on the Reverb project at Maritime…

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R.I.P Office of Independent Internal Audit

The once-touted Office of Independent Internal Audit (OIIA) and its publicized policy manual have disappeared from Clerk Pam Childers’ website. Background: Last summer, Childers launched…

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Mayor postpones second Fricker town hall

Mayor D.C. Reeves has rescheduled the second public engagement meeting for the Fricker Resource Center Renovation Project to 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13….

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Mississippi State & FSU Set for Blue Wahoos Stadium Showdown

Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves used his weekly press conference to announce that the Florida State Seminoles and Mississippi State Bulldogs will clash in a fall…

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Game-Changing Partnership Brings $200M Maritime Park Vision to Life

The Dawson Company has announced a strategic partnership with Corporate Contractors, Inc. (CCI) for Phase One of the ambitious $200 million redevelopment of Maritime Park—a…

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Oops, Escambia Early Learning Coalition receiving more $$$, not less

According to Denise Potvin, budget chief for the Florida House Pre-K—12 Appropriations, Escambia County’s Early Learning Coalition has been appropriated $15.8 million for FY 2025-2026,…

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City of Pensacola to Host Open Houses Focused on Supporting Minority and Women-Owned Businesses

The City of Pensacola will host two open house events in August as part of its participation in the Southern Cities Economic Inclusion (SCEI) Cohort,…

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Crisis Comms 101: Lessons from Pensacola’s Recent Missteps

Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves has faced a challenging couple of weeks, dealing with everything from a recycling program rollout gone wrong to the abrupt resignation…

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Big Shift of Black City Voters happened in 2022 Redistricting

After 2020 Census, the Pensacola City Council redrew the district boundaries. Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Robert Bender pointed out the most significant change was…

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Coming Tomorrow: Crisis Communications Expert Breaks Down Pensacola’s Recent Challenges

Political strategist and communications expert Ryan Wiggins joins Rick Outzen on “We Don’t Color On the Dog” to analyze Mayor D.C. Reeves’ handling of recent…

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