Featuring A Dance-Off With Local Dance Crews and Celebrity Judges PENSACOLA, Fla. — On Friday, May 20 from 5pm-9pm, Gallery Night Pensacola’s theme is “Dancin’ In the Streets”! While Gallery Night is…
Category: Politics
Real News podcast: Charter Review update
Former Pensacola Mayor Mike Wiggins reviewed on WCOA last week’s Charter Review Commission meeting. “We are on a pretty tight time schedule. Quite frankly, we are about halfway through the charter with…
Escambia Children’s Trust issues first RFP
Pensacola, FL, May 11, 2022 – The Escambia Children’s Trust is rolling out its first-ever Request for Proposals (RFP), focused on kindergarten readiness. Escambia Children’s Trust invites local providers of high-quality early learning services…
‘There’s always been poop at Bruce Beach’
Cherie Rancifer, age 68, wasn’t shocked to read about poop in Pensacola Bay at Bruce Beach. She says the city’s sewage treatment plant dumped into the bay where the Black community swam…
How to investigate SCOTUS leak [podcast]
Chief Justice Roberts has ordered the Marshal of the Supreme Court (a retired Army Colonel) to conduct the investigation into last week’s leak from the Court. This would be a difficult assignment…
Pensacola edges closer to skatepark
by Jeremy Morrison It’s clear that Pensacola City Councilman Casey Jones is pretty stoked about the notion of a municipal skatepark. It’s an amenity he wishes was around when he was younger….
Volleyball tournament to benefit Feeding the Gulf Coast
Milton, FL– Sunday, May 15, Feeding the Gulf Coast is teaming up with The MAX Volleyball tournament to support local hunger relief efforts in our community. Team sign-up is open this week…
Money pours into DeSantis re-election bid
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida. All rights reserved. TALLAHASSEE — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis continued to amass a pile of political cash in April, bringing in more than $10…
Bruce Beach project a go
by Jeremy Morrison Bruce Beach is about to get a little splashier. The municipal beach near downtown Pensacola will be getting nearly $7 million in improvements as part of a larger waterfront-walkability…
DeSantis listened to Panhandle’s anger over FPL rates
By Grayson Keglovic, Inweekly Anger from Northwest Floridians swayed Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to veto Florida Power & Light’s priority bill, according to the Miami Herald’s capitol bureau chief Mary Ellen Klas….
Once daily newspaper loses cash cow
Gov. Ron DeSantis quietly signed into law five bills Tuesday, including a measure that revamps the law about publishing local-government legal notices – a big revenue stream for our once-daily newspaper –…
Real News podcasts: Scenic Hwy, Skatepark, Airport, Spirit and more
Pensacola City Councilman Jared Moore talks about the proposed Scenic Hwy trail, skatepark and more on the council’s agenda. Pensacola International Airport’s Matt Coughlin talks about the new parking spaces added, Spirit…