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We are hearing there is currently no barge lined up for the Sertoma 4th of July fireworks display. The budget for the barge is roughly…

Commissioner Grover Robinson said that the EOC press conference the helicopters and satellite images show that there are no skimmers off our shores, but there…

The state of Florida has been given $50 by BP to assist counties deal with the BP oil disaster. Ten weeks after the explosion at…

Press Release: Submit Your Questions to BP’s Top Executive When “America Speaks to BP” Live July 1 at 2:30 PM CST Pensacola, Fla. — On…

From Kim Carmichael: Oil was close to reaching certain spots on Ft. Pickens Rd today. In the third picture you can see how close the…

Who is in charge of the cleanup/cover up activities on Pensacola Beach? Heavy equipment is destroying the beach daily. I have a confirmed report from…

Yesterday, Gov. Crist held an Oil Spill Economic Recovery Task Force Meeting at the University of West Florida. According to reports I received from the…

CPA Bob Holmes attended the Pensacola Chamber’s forum on the legal issues involving the BP oil disaster. Here are some notes that he took at…

Jen Bullock, a member of The Beast Corps, sent me this: BP is not feeling the pain they are causing in the Gulf. BP is…

“No accidents, no harm to people, and no damage to the environment” that was the safety motto for BP in 2005. The same year, the…

This email and photos were sent to me: At 11:00 this morning, Savannah took these pictures of the beach just east of the gate to…

I received this July 4th viewpoint: In 1952, President Harry S. Truman spoke at the dedication of the National Archives in Washington, D.C., where the…

Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key Update Wednesday, June 30 – 10:00 a.m. – Update #27 Everyone is advised to avoid contact with tar balls or…

From the Pensacola Beach Fishing Pier to the FL/AL state line. This extends the current advisory issued on Monday June 28th west to the FL/AL…

Press Release: NOMINEES FOR COUNTY COURT JUDGE IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY The First Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission has nominated the attorneys listed below to fill the…

Here is an email exchange between Pensacola City Councilman Larry Johnson and BP spokesperson Lucia Bustamante: From: Larry B. Johnson [mailto:ljohnson@ci.pensacola.fl.us] Sent: Tuesday, June 29,…

The BP nightmare is the citizen journalist – Click on this link and see the videos by Gregg on Pensacola Beach

Press Release: “Adopt A Fisherman” Humanitarian Effort Expands To Pensacola, FL John Tesh Radio Show’s Team Has Landed in Pensacola; $30,000 Raised For Gulf Fishermen…

According to Buck Lee who spoke with my investigator, no sand has been brought onto island. What was brought today was bohemian rock which looks…

Yesterday evening I was out at Johnson Beach taking a few snaps of the oil that had washed up earlier in the day. Workers had…