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Last week, the board of Keep Pensacola Beautiful voted to change its name from Our Corner back to Keep Pensacola Beautiful. KPB CEO Charles Bare…

The Escambia County School Board will hold a special meeting at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30 to determine what to do after it terminated…

Report Given, Applause, Exit Stage Right The Mental Health Task Force of Northwest Florida was given the strategic plan and roadmap report last Friday. State…

From Grover Robinson: The bad thing about being a former elected official is people approach you with community problems hoping you might fix them. The…

From The News Service of Florida: Florida Power & Light customers could see a slight reduction in their bills starting in July, under a request…

Baptist Hospital and Lakeview are creating a Central Receiving System to deal with Baker Act patients. Baptist will handle children up to 18 years old….

Protect Democracy is partnering with PEN America on the federal lawsuit against the Escambia School Board for its removals and restrictions of books from school…

News outlets are predicting Gov. Ron DeSantis and U.S. Senator Tim Scott (SC) will officially announce their presidential campaigns next. Axios reports DeSantis will launch…

The laws passed by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis have consequences. Are they unintended or intended? Why this matters: The…

At 7 a.m. Friday on WCOA, my guest will be Shalini Agarwal, the counsel for Protect Democracy, the organization partnering with PEN America on the…

Council on Aging of West Florida will host an open house event May 24 at 2 p.m. to showcase the second tiny house for a…

On WCOA this morning, I recapped the vote to oust School Superintendent Tim Smith and shared the buzz flying around in its aftermath. It’s worth…