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GB native serving on elite Ceremonial Guard

Gulf Breeze native spends Memorial Day honoring fallen military members while serving in the elite Ceremonial Guard By Lt. Egdanis Torres Sierra, Navy Office of…

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Foo Foo grants to be announced tomorrow

PENSACOLA FOO FOO FESTIVAL TO ANNOUNCE PUBLIC GRANT SCORING AND 2022 FESTIVAL GRANT WINNERS TOMORROW, MAY 24 Pensacola’s 12-Day Coastal Celebration Set to Return November…

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Memorial Day Ceremony set for May 29 [podcast]

The Veterans Memorial Park Foundation of Pensacola invites active-duty military personnel, veterans, families and all community members to attend the Memorial Day Ceremony at the…

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Top Five Most Read Blog Posts for May, so far

Buzz: Mike Hill jumps into D1 race The buzz from the weekend centered around former State Rep. Mike Hill. He has notified Florida House leadership…

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Pensacola unemployment 2.3 percent

Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the Pensacola area gained 9,200 private sector jobs (+5.9 percent) over the year in April 2022. The Pensacola area…

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Airport Job Fair, May 24 [podcast]

The Pensacola International Airport in partnership with Career Source Escarosa will host a job fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24. Over 20 companies and…

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Good news: Driving tourism up

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Visit Florida added a couple of hundred miles to what it considers an easily drivable…

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‘Wildcats’ change of command

The “Wildcats” of Training Squadron (VT) 10 held a change of command ceremony aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola last week. Cmdr. John Gleason relieved…

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Census undercounted Florida

The News Service of Florida: Florida was one of six states where population was undercounted during the 2020 census, according to a report released Thursday…

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State takes aim at Redistricting ruling

State Takes Aim at Redistricting Ruling By Jim Saunders ©2022 The News Service of Florida. All rights reserved; see terms. TALLAHASSEE — The state asked…

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Will Pensacola’s Confederate Monument return?

Appeals Court Kicks Lawsuit Back to State by Jeremy Morrison The ghost of Pensacola’s Confederate monument has come back for a haunting, following a federal…

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Grotto Hall area to be cleaned up

The City of Pensacola has been selected by the Environmental Protection Agency to receive a $367,000 Brownsfields Assessment Grant, which will be used to conduct…

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