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The story behind the statue outside Bodacious Shops

The statue outside the Bodacious Shops in downtown Pensacola is a gift from Rishy Studer to her husband, Quint.  The statue is of Quint’s dad,…

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Latin Salsa Festival

The 2024 Latin Salsa Festival will be held at Museum Plaza (300 S. Tarragona St.) in Downtown Pensacola on Sat., June 22 from 2 p.m….

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Real News: Narcotics unit ‘kicks more doors’

Sheriff Chip Simmons has made fentanyl and methamphetamine investigations a top priority. “We’ve doubled down. I’ve put more investigators in the narcotics unit with the…

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Daily Outtakes: Childers clan wants more

Attorney Bruce Childers, husband of County Clerk Pam Childers, has qualified for the GOP primary for Supervisor of Elections. He will face interim election supervisor…

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District 1 GOP Primary closed

A Write-in candidate, Tyler Aulger,  has qualified for the Escambia County Commission District 1 race, which limits the GOP primary to only registered Republican voters….

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It’s official, no testimonials from Pam Childers

In a heated email exchange between County Clerk Pam Childers and County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh, Childers wrote, “…I do not read blogs or free newspapers.”…

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City tries Land Trust for affordable housing

The Pensacola City Council, meeting as the Community Redevelopment Agency board, unanimously approved donating three properties to the Northwest Florida Community Land Trust in a…

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More candidates qualify

The following candidates qualified by 5 p.m. today, June 11: Escambia County Commissioner – (Partisan) District 3 – Lumon May (DEM) District 4 – Walker…

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Reeves to do national search for new administrator

Pensacola City Administrator Kerrith Fiddler announced that he was stepping down, effective July 5, during the Pensacola City Council agenda conference on Monday. He said,…

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Daily Outtakes: Who Qualified?

Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Robert Bender will be my guest on “Real News with Rick Outzen,” we will discuss who has qualified to run…

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Real New: PFAS, Santa Rosa boom, Sunday talk shows

Last year, 3M agreed to pay at least $10 billion to water utilities across the United States that had sought compensation for cleanup costs of…

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Perdido park closed tomorrow

The Perdido Key area of Gulf Islands National Seashore will be closed between 5 a.m. and 9 a.m., on June 11, to all vehicles, cyclists,…

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Three new inductees to Florida Women’s Hall of Fame

On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the selection of Graci McGillicuddy, May Mann Jennings, and Penny Thompson to the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame. Each…

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Daily News: Former city employee gets new job

Former City of Pensacola Community Development director Kevin Cowper has been selected to be the city manager for New Smyrna Beach, Fla. He was one…

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Animal Welfare Offering Free Adoptions June 7 and 8

The Escambia County Department of Animal Welfare will offer free adoptions for all dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens on Friday, June 7, and Saturday, June…

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Sail Pensacola announces its goals

Sail Pensacola is a non-profit focused on making Pensacola the North American center for high-performance sailing events, boat engineering, sail engineering, and technology development related…

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Real News: Remembering D-Day

Dr. Steph Hinnershitz is an Assistant Professor of Security and Military Studies at the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base and…

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Daily Outtakes: D-Day 80th Anniversary

Eighty years ago – June 6, 1944,the largest amphibious invasion in military history occurred on the beaches of Normandy, France. The operation, odename OVERLORD, delivered…

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Andrade on the radio

State Rep. Alex Andrade was my guest on “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning. We talked about having the one-two budget punch of Sen….

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Daily Outtakes: Mike Burns new SRIA director

Last month, the Santa Rosa Island Authority Board selected local attorney Mike Burns as its new executive director. Burns was chosen from a field of…

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