Pensacola Chamber CEO Todd Thomson discusses the surveys completed by the candidates for Pensacola mayor and city council and the Escambia County Commission. Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador agreed to spend…
Category: Politics
Meet Kevin Adams – School Board District 1 [podcast]
Kevin Adams talks about his background, why he’s running for re-election to Escambia County School Board (District 1) and what he hopes to accomplish.
Meet Pensacola mayoral candidates [podcasts]
On WCOA, D.C. Reeves, Steve Sharp and Jewel Cannada-Wynn discussed their backgrounds, why they are running to be Pensacola’s mayor and what they hope to accomplish. As soon as she appears on…
Council defangs proposed charter changes
by Jeremy Morrison Wrestling with a city charter and assessing potential revisions can be exhausting work, and Monday night, it wore out the Pensacola City Council. After more than five hours, the…
Youth Summit: Career academies aren’t cutting it
School Superintendent Tim Smith, Assistant Superintendent for Operations Shawn Dennis and the rest of district’s leadership team were noticeably absent from the Youth Summit held at Brownsville Community Center on Monday night….
Warrington Middle earns D, avoids death penalty
The Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) has notified the Escambia County School District of Warrington Middle School’s 2021-2022 school grade. In its initial report, FLDOE issued a grade of ‘Incomplete’ (I) to…
Presser Notes: Sign Kerfuffle, Estuary Rah-rah & Charter Advice
By Jeremy Morrison Pensacola’s decade-running municipal experiment with the strong-mayor form of government has been a success, asserted Mayor Grover Robinson during his regular weekly press conference Monday. “At no time have…
Real News podcasts: Tuesday, July 12, 2022
WCOA today celebrated Dr. Martha Saunders, the president of the University of West Florida, as the 1,000th interviewee on “Real News with Rick Outzen.” The show hit the milestone in less than…
FPL drops Winter Power Proposals
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida Power & Light on Monday backed away from a controversial proposal that would have used a severe winter storm in 1989…
DEP buys over 3,600 acres in Santa Rosa County
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has finalized the purchase of over 3,600 acres within the Wolfe Creek Forest Florida Forever project in Santa Rosa County. Located within the Florida Wildlife…
Pensacola Chamber releases candidate surveys [podcast]
Today, the Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce released submitted responses to its 2022 Candidate Questionnaires. Questionnaires were sent to candidates for the offices of Pensacola Mayor, Pensacola City Council, and Escambia County…
Underhills sell Perdido residence to Miss. developer
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners may need to clarify where District 2 Commissioner Doug Underhill resides before it discusses the proposed county budget at today’s workshop that’s scheduled to begin at…