DeSantis publishes invalid out-of-state license classes

Governor Ron DeSantis announced today the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) has published a list of out-of-state license classes that are…

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Daily Outtakes: Safe Streets, Scary Sea

The City of Pensacola’s Draft Active Transportation Plan is now available for review and comment. Its purpose is to create comfortable streets for people walking,…

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Escambia Math Scores reveal failure to keep pace

Escambia County students in grades 3-8 performing at or above grade level were only two percentage points behind the state average at the beginning of…

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Viewpoint: For Summit Boulevard, it’s safety in numbers

By Phil Nickinson We need to make up our minds. Do we want our streets to be slower and safer? Or faster and more dangerous?…

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Daily Outtakes: Trump Rallies Rare

Don’t Expect Another Trump Rally Here…yet Donald Trump isn’t holding as many campaign rallies as his GOP opponents or as many as he has in…

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Last Word: Shelley Yates

Shelley Yates Inweekly, 1/11/2007 The Pensacola product grew up in advertising, she says, spending many days at her father Cooper Yates’ firm. Today, she heads…

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Another fun Friday show

It’s the end of an era – the last Indiana Jones movie starring Harrison Ford opens in theaters this weekend. Jason Nathanson shares his thoughts…

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Middle School dismal ELA scores

The City of Pensacola has some of the highest-performing elementary schools in the Escambia County School District. However, the one middle school inside the city…

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Daily Outtakes: Middle School Morass

The state Department of Education on Thursday published the first round of results from Florida’s new “progress monitoring” system of student assessments in public schools….

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Last Word: Kim Kimbrough

In July 2005, we started “The Last Word,” a column in which locals answer questions about themselves. It was patterned after Vanity Fair’s The Proust…

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Buzz: Santa Rosa Medical without power

Santa Rosa Medical Center is without power. Escambia County EMS is helping transport 50 patients to HCA Florida West. The county is using its ambulances…

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Another All-Way Stop

The City of Pensacola will install two new stop signs on Thursday, July 6 at the intersection of Government Street and Jefferson Street, which will…

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Coughlin, Merritt weigh-in on transportation, shipping

This morning, I opened with issues impacting the Pensacola International Airport and the Port of Pensacola. Airport Director Matt Coughlin and Port Director Clark Merritt…

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Local defense contractor honored

The Florida Department of the American Legion awarded their annual Employer of Veterans award to ESA South (ESA), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business headquartered in…

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Blue Angel Airshow schedule

Pensacola’s hometown heroes will be front and center at the 2023Pensacola Beach Air Show, hosted by the Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA), July 5-8, 2023….

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Daily Outtakes: Boats, planes and trolleys

Air Traffic Delays Travelers reported five- to six-hour delays at the Pensacola International Airport yesterday, but our city isn’t unique. Flights have been delayed for…

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Last Word: Paul Snider

In July 2005, we started “The Last Word,” a column in which locals answer questions about themselves. It was patterned after Vanity Fair’s The Proust…

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Real News: The non-political ones

The University of West Florida received the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Community Outreach first place award at the 2023 NCAE-C Symposium. Dr….

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City unveils sweepers

The City of Pensacola has announced the winners of the street sweeper naming contest, also unveiling fun new designs that reflect the winning names. The…

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Barry running for a fourth term

Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry announced on WCOA this morning that he will pre-file tomorrow to run for a fourth term in 2024.

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