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‘Your Are So Pensacola’ Quiz Results

Posted on September 9, 2024

We created a quiz based on our 2001 issue that asked readers for their entries about what they believe makes Pensacola unique. Their entries needed to begin with “You are so Pensacola…

Tropical Cyclone Six may impact our weather

Posted on September 9, 2024

The National Hurricane Center has issued a potential tropical cyclone advisory for a Gulf of Mexico system that is forecast to become a hurricane while two other Atlantic systems loom. Escambia County…

Daily Outtakes: Inside Reeves-ST Engineering meeting

Posted on September 9, 2024

Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves held a two-hour meeting with ST Engineering last Thursday morning. While he plans to share details at his weekly press conference on Monday, the mayor did share some…

Top Five Stories of the Week: Lying, Ignoring, Misleading and Lumpy

Posted on September 8, 2024

Based on our web stats, readers spent the most time reading articles about lying former county employees, the state attorney’s cavalier attitude toward Sunshine laws, misleading PNJ headlines, and celebrating Lumpy DeWeese’s…

American Magic lockdowns semi-final spot

Posted on September 8, 2024

NYYC American Magic and Britain’s INEOS Britannia secured spots in the America’s Cup semi-finals along with the dominant Italian Luna Rossa boat after winning races on Saturday. Today Switzerland’s Alinghi Red Bull…

Top Podcasts: Casinos, American Magic, Lumpy and more

Posted on September 7, 2024

On WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen,” we had 22 guests over four days. The most played podcasts concerned the Mississippi Casino godfather, making our schools safer, Pensacola Sports’ proposal to upgrade…

‘You Are So Pensacola’ Quiz – Round 5

Posted on September 6, 2024

While Inweekly has changed since publishing its first issue on July 1, 1999, so has the News Journal. ROUND FIVE: Name 10 PNJ publishers, executive editors and regular columnists from July 1998-June…

Real News: Baby Beef, Ballet and Pirate Radio

Posted on September 6, 2024

Chef Blake Rushing discusses his high-end dive bar and restaurant, Baby Beefs, located on Reus Street next to Pensacola City Hall. “My favorite thing is the Gum Boy. It’s like a debris…

Find out if Beetlejuice sequel lives up to 1988 classic

Posted on September 6, 2024

You only have to say his name twice for him to appear again – “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” hits theaters this weekend, one of the year’s most anticipated movies and the long-awaited sequel to…

TDC meeting on Indoor Sports Facility set for Monday

Posted on September 6, 2024

A vote looms for the Escambia County Tourism Development Council (TDC) with $90 million worth of ramifications. Future prospects for a new indoor sports facility at Ashton Brosnaham Park and significant upgrades…

ST Engineering offers to meet with Triumph Gulf Coast

Posted on September 6, 2024

ST Engineering, also known as VT MAE, has come under public scrutiny regarding its workforce at its Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at the Pensacola International Airport, particularly its layoff of…

IRS gives more time to file some taxes, not individual

Posted on September 6, 2024

The Internal Revenue Service has announced tax relief for individuals and businesses in Florida that were affected by severe storms and flooding that began on Aug. 1, 2024. These taxpayers now have…

UWF Argos open with a 38-6 win

Posted on September 6, 2024

For openers, UWF’s football team produced a desired performance. The nationally ranked Argos quickly jumped to a sizable lead, got a shutdown effort from their defense, shined on special teams and cruised…

Daily Outtakes: Reconnect a lost neighborhood

Posted on September 6, 2024

On Sept. 12, Urban Design Associates will present draft principles created for the Hollice T. Williams Equitable Development Framework Plan. Why this matters: Mayor D.C. Reeves has repeatedly said that he wants…

‘You Are So Pensacola’ Quiz Round Four – Who? Where?

Posted on September 5, 2024

ROUND FOUR My newspaper has had seven different names over the past 25 years, and our offices have been in 10 different spots. Name five names we’ve used for this alt-weekly and…

Real News: Winder shooting, Hollice T. Williams, Landrum, American Magic

Posted on September 5, 2024

Two students and two teachers were killed in a shooting this morning at Apalachee High School in rural Winder, Ga. Nine people were hospitalized.The suspect is a 14-year-old student who will be…

Beggs Lane encampment on the clock

Posted on September 5, 2024

The homeless population at the Beggs Lane encampment runs the gamut from hard-working, minimum-wage earners to substance abusers to sexual predators. Dozens of stray dogs and cats, countless piles of trash, and…

Bizzarre PNJ headline gets clicks, misleads readers

Posted on September 5, 2024

The Pensacola News Journal published an article regarding the mulch that the Downtown Improvement Board placed in February as ground cover in the median of North Palafox Street, where the DIB holds…

Does State Attorney Madden care about public records?

Posted on September 5, 2024

Will Reynolds of NorthEscambia.com reports this morning about how Century Mayor Luis Gomez, Jr. and city staff refused to fulfill his repeated requests for the complete tentative budget before the town council…

Daily Outtakes: Jonathan Owens lied, so did Bart Siders

Posted on September 4, 2024

Some media may report that State Attorney Ginger Madden cleared former Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill’s aide of any crime related to the personal text messages of Commissioner Jeff Bergosh. But the…

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