The City of Pensacola has gotten lax in releasing its quarterly unaudited financial reports. Â The reports for first six months of FY 2017 – which ended June 30 – were released yesterday,…
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Shreveport council member hopes Pensacola gets Pelicans team
Shreveport City Councilwoman Stephanie Lynch says the people of her city don’t want to build an arena for a G-League basketball team owned affiliated with the New Orleans Pelicans. “I hope Pensacola…
Tolls and pet travel restrictions lifted across Florida
From The News Service of Florida: TOLLS LIFTED AS IRMA THREATENS FLORIDA Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday directed the Florida Department of Transportation to suspend tolls across the state as residents and…
Pensacola Christian grad running for governor of Maine
Garrett Mason, 2006 graduate of Pensacola Christian College, has announced that he will run for governor of Maine in 2018. A Republican, he currently serves in the Maine Senate and is the…
Woerner Companies #CramtheCrate for Houston pets
Message from The Woerner Companies: Our prayers go out to all of those impacted by Hurricane Harvey including all the four legged victims. Thank you to our generous The Woerner Companies customers…
How Trump and Obama played out in St. Pete mayoral primary
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A virtual tie between St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and challenger Rick Baker in a mayoral primary Tuesday has left Florida Democrats giddy and…
Fourteen more townhouses could be coming to downtown
Ahi Esta LLC has submitted preliminary plat for 14 townhouses on the corner of Spring and West Intendencia streets. The subdivision, Aguada Creek, is on the September agenda for the City’s Planning…
Buzz: Pelicans like Bay Center
The New Orleans Pelicans have made another round of visits with Escambia County Commissioners individually. We’ve been told that the NBA team is very interested in having its G-League team play at…
Dosev ready to take on Gaetz again
Cris Dosev has filed to run against Congressman Matt Gaetz in 2018. Last year, Dosev placed third behind Gaetz and State Sen. Greg Evers in the GOP primary: Matt Gaetz 36.1% 35,689…
New candidate files for State House
Vikki Garrett announced her bid for the Florida House of Representatives District 1 open seat. Garrett grew up in District 1 and said in her press release, “I am working hard to…
Gaetz: Huckabee Sanders understands Northwest Florida [podcast]
On “Pensacola Speaks,†Congressman Matt Gaetz said that President Donald Trump’s press secretary has been his ally in getting issues before the president. “We have a very special asset in the West…
Crittenden named County’s mass transit director
Escambia County took another step towards taking over management of Escambia County Area Transit, a move that may save nearly a million dollars according to sources inside the county. Mike Crittenden has…