Catholic Charities gets new CEO
Press Release: After a comprehensive search and careful consideration, the Board of Directors of Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida, Inc. is proud to announce the…
Proposed new contract of Escambia County Administrator
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners will vote tonight on a new contract of County Administrator Jack Brown. The new contact â– Would supersede the…
People of Wedgwood (video)
The story of Wedgewood is not one of corporations and government bureaucracies. It’s the story of people, people who have seen loved ones suffer while…
Raw emotions voiced at Wedgewood meeting on pits
The residents of Wedgewood weren’t much interested in the stricter ordinances being proposed to regulate borrow pits and construction & debris landfills. No, they made…
Emergency blanket drive
WEAR-TV, Council on Aging, Waterfront Rescue Mission are quickly collecting blankets in advance of the severe cold weather hitting our area tonight. Anchor Sue Straughan…
Carnegie Foundation honors UWF
The University of West Florida has been selected to receive the 2015 Community Engagement Classification, an honor designated to 361 institutions nationwide by the Carnegie…
Where the heaviest rainfall occurred on April 29, 2014 (more added)
This graph presented yesterday at the SWAT meeting shows how much rainfall was measured in the Pensacola area in a grid format – the numbers…
Randy Oliver new Citrus County administrator
Randy Oliver, the former administrator of Escambia County, is the new county administrator for Citrus County, Florida. Yesterday Citrus Commissioners unanimously approved his $140,000 contract…
SWAT meeting: Frustrations, Engineering reports and promises to act
Over 60 citizens crammed into a Pensacola Bay Center meeting room to hear from the engineers, city and county staff and the Storm Water Advisory…
Forgotten memorial to teachers and parents
This weekend I came across this forgotten marker in front of the old school district offices on Garden Street. Surrounded by weeds and trash, marker…
NOAA creates lionfish web portal to fight aggressive invasive fish
NOAA announced today it has partnered with the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute to launch a new web portal to provide managers, researchers, and the…
Psst, someone needs to tell Pensacola City Council a hard freeze is coming
Late this afternoon, the Pensacola City Council will release its agenda for its Jan. 15 regular meeting. Will the council discuss the recommendations made by…