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Posted on October 4, 2024

—Nonprofits & Fundraisers— Danetober Fest : Enjoy this dog-friendly event featuring raffles, vendors and food trucks 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5 at Seville Square. For more information, visit facebook.com/nwflgdr. Paws for…

Inweekly: What’s in the October 3 issue

Posted on October 4, 2024

Going Beyond the Screen For the past 12 years, Stamped Film Festival has been a beacon of LGBTQ+ storytelling in the South, offering audiences an opportunity to experience diverse narratives from around…

Breaking: PNJ paid print distribution tumbles to less than 5K

Posted on October 4, 2024

On Thursday, Oct. 3, the Pensacola News Journal published its United States Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation. The report shows the newspaper’s print runs only averaged 6,548 copies from…

‘Raise the Woof’ with Danetoberfest

Posted on October 4, 2024

The lovable giants of Northwest Florida Great Dane Rescue(NWFLGDR) are back for the 8th Annual Danetoberfest, and they’re bringing all the slobbery kisses you can handle! Join us on Saturday, Oct. 5,…

Inweekly: Neighborhood lost its ‘Beacon of Hope’

Posted on October 4, 2024

On Sept. 23, Baptist Hospital celebrated the one-year anniversary of moving from its “legacy campus” in a predominately Black neighborhood to its $650-million new campus on Brent Lane and I-110, near its…

Tropical Update: Friday, Oct. 4

Posted on October 4, 2024

Escambia County meterologist Scottlin Williams shares the latest: Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf…

Daily Outtakes: Headlines not seen in the PNJ. Here’s why

Posted on October 4, 2024

This week, Pensacola News Journal published an article calling out Escambia County for what it believed was a significant cost overrun on the new Brownsville Library. Headline:  The remodel of the old Masonic…

Real News: UWF football; IHMC needs couch potatoes, old ones

Posted on October 3, 2024

Dr. Marcas Bamman has received a $7.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a clinical trial aimed to determine how people age 60 and older attain the health…

2nd Annual Paws For A Cause: Pet Walk to End DV

Posted on October 3, 2024

On Saturday, Oct. 5, from 9 to 11 a.m., FavorHouse will host the 2nd Annual Paws For A Cause: Pet Walk to End DV at Corinne Jones Park, 620 W. Government Street….

Running Wild, West Pensacola Elementary launch Socktober

Posted on October 3, 2024

West Pensacola Elementary School is excited to announce its partnership with Running Wild for our annual “Socktober” sock donation event. From Oct.1 to Oct. 31 the community is encouraged to donate new…

Florida College Accreditation Fight Rejected

Posted on October 3, 2024

By Jim Saunders The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Siding with the Biden administration, a federal judge Wednesday rejected a challenge by Florida to the constitutionality of the accreditation system for…

Tropical Update: Rain in our future

Posted on October 3, 2024

Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore shared the latest on Tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico. Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL200 AM EDT Thu Oct 3…

Daily Outtakes: School sales tax renewal may have trouble

Posted on October 3, 2024

Few people realize that Escambia County Public Schools have a half-cent sales tax that the district wants voters to renew for another 10 years. A few pro-tax signs have popped up around…

Sheriff Simmons on Blazer Academy

Posted on October 2, 2024

Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons discusses the sixth Blazer Academy that graduated on Oct. 1. We also talk about the war on drugs and his crew that helped Madison County recover from…

WSRE-TV has a busy week – Studio Amped, Lyrics of Light, Road Trip

Posted on October 2, 2024

WSRE has announced the artists selected to perform for the 15th season of the public television station’s “StudioAmped” music series. Six concerts will be presented in the Jean & Paul Amos Performance…

Escambia County confirms Brownsville Library was always $3.1 million project

Posted on October 2, 2024

Kaycee Lagarde, Escambia County’s Strategic Communications Director, discussed the facts surrounding the Brownsville Library on “Real News” this morning. She reiterated the project’s budget was always $3.1 million, even supplying a memo…

Tropical Update – Here we go again (updated)

Posted on October 2, 2024

Listen to WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen” at 7 a.m. to get the latest information. “I have run the models on it this morning. Both GFS and the European had nothing…

Daily Outtakes: County pushes back against PNJ article

Posted on October 2, 2024

The only-daily newspaper struggled but found something in the Oct. 3 agenda to slam Escambia County government: Remodel of old Masonic Lodge in Brownsville runs nearly $700,000 over budget. Here’s why. The…

2024 “Foo Foo on the Menu” initiative

Posted on October 1, 2024

The Pensacola Foo Foo Festival Committee is excited to announce partnerships for the 2024 “Foo Foo on the Menu” initiative. As visitors and locals begin planning their Foo Foo Fest schedules, they…

Real News: CRA input sessions, Tech Tuesday and more

Posted on October 1, 2024

The City of Pensacola Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) will host another round of community workshops starting Tuesday, Oct. 1 through Thursday, Oct. 3, to update its three community redevelopment plans. The plans…

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