Presser notes – 2/13/24

The town hall regarding Skate Spot has been delayed while the City of Pensacola waits to see the renderings from Upward Intuition and has staff…

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Portside Pickleball coming to downtown Pensacola

Warehouse 4 Sports Launches First Phase of Construction With Portside Pickle The development team converting a Port of Pensacola warehouse into a sports facility is…

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Can we keep a post office in downtown Pensacola?

Ballard Partners’ Dan McFaul is helping Mayor D.C. Reeves convince the United States Postal Service to find a new location in downtown Pensacola. McFaul discusses…

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Daily Outtakes: Teacher Pay Compression

By Tom St. Myer In our Feb. 8 issue, we examine the six-month stalemate between the Santa Rosa School District and the Santa Rosa Professional…

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Real News: D.C. Reeves and Chamber Music

Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves discusses his trip to Tallahassee to lobby lawmakers and the governor’s office for help with the demolition of Baptist Hospital, a…

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Roger Scott soft opening today

The City of Pensacola is nearly complete with improvements made to Roger Scott Tennis Center. The city began construction to make improvements to the facility…

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DeSantis gives City $4 mil for Fricker

Today, Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded more than $247 million through the Broadband Infrastructure Program, connecting more than 59,000 unserved and underserved businesses, homes, farms and…

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Daily Outtakes – More Downtown Remotes coming

Nearly 98 years after its first broadcast, WCOA returned to Pensacola City Hall – now the Pensacola Museum of History, thanks to the help of…

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Safe Spot Skate Spot….not a typo

The City of Pensacola and Upward Intuition will continue to engage the public in providing transformative skatepark access for the community to enjoy. Upward Intuition…

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Real News celebrates WCOA’s 98 years

From the second floor of the Pensacola Museum of History – which once was Pensacola City Hall, we celebrated WCOA’s rich history at Trader Jon’s…

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Presser takeaways: Portland Loos coming

At his presser this morning, Mayor D.C. Reeves announced that three of the five Portland Loos ordered will be shipped on Feb. 21. “It’ll be…

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Daily Outtakes: Buck jumps in

Seville Quarter’s Buck Mitchell has pre-filed to run for the Escambia County Commission District 4 seat. He told me yesterday that he is running regardless…

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Daily Outtakes: Pensacola Polka

There’s plenty of buzz about who will be Escambia County’s Supervisor of Elections. The names getting the most talk are former mayor Grover Robinson and…

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City pushes back on red light conspiracies

On “Real News” yesterday, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves reiterated that the red light camera initiative is a pilot program. “As we’ve said from the beginning,…

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DeSantis gives Chamber $65K for strategic plan

On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced $135,200 in awards to military communities through the Defense Reinvestment Grant Program, which supports community-based activities that protect existing…

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Radio On Air

CRA may need to spend $120K on Malcolm Yonge before assessment

On “Real News” this morning, Mayor D.C. Reeves said the CRA would need to spend nearly $120,000 on the Malcolm Yonge Gym to make it…

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Breaking: Mayor, Baptist sign letter of intent

Mayor D.C. Reeves said on WCOA this morning that he has signed a letter of intent regarding the old Baptist Hospital campus. If the City…

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Red Light cameras coming

At his weekly presser this morning, Mayor D.C. Reeves announced the intersections that will have red cameras installed by this summer. After a study conducted…

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Presser notes

Next week, Mayor D.C. Reeves will present to the Pensacola City Council for approval of new pay ranges. It’s the first step in his comprehensive…

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Oxygen True Crime tackles Billings case

Oxygen True Crime debuted last night a segment on the 2009 murder of Byrd and Melanie Billings as part of its “Final Moments” series. The…

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