From Bill Vilona: Four weeks from Friday, the official start of the Blue Wahoos season happens. But we’ve got a lot going on at the ballpark before Opening Day of the Southern…
Sun Belt and NAIA Buzz
App State, ULM, Southern Miss, and Louisiana all earned victories on Wednesday at the Pensacola Bay Center to punch their tickets to the quarterfinal round of the 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt…
The Malcolm Yonge Demolition Debate
The Malcolm Yonge Gym has been demolished. The citizens who tried to get a citywide referendum on the demolition have not given up their fight. Teresa Hill and Jonathan Green discussed the…
Daily Outtakes: Malcolm Yonge gone, what’s next
As I reported, the Malcolm Yonge Gym demolition had started…and was mostly completed yesterday. I took this photo at 6 am today: Getting Up to Speed: Last spring, the City of Pensacola…
Real News – 3/6/24
Coastal Carolina and Texas State collected victories in first-round action at the 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Championship on Tuesday evening at the Pensacola Bay Center. In the women’s tournament,…
UWF joins Culture of Respect Collective
The University of West Florida has joined the eighth cohort of NASPA’s Culture of Respect Collective. The two-year program guides colleges and universities that have committed to ending sexual violence through an…
Breaking: Pensacola lands NAIA Soccer National Championship
NAIA to crown Women’s Soccer Champions at new home KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced that it has selected Pensacola, Fla., and Ashton Brosnaham Athletic…
Inweekly 3/7/24: Going NoLo
Going NoLo Changing the Way We Drink Have you ever skipped a night out because you didn’t feel like drinking? Or just ordered water because you assumed the only non-boozy option at…
Demolition of Malcolm Yonge has begun
Two readers have notified us that the demolition of the Malcolm Yonge Gym has begun. Teresa Hill emailed us the above photo.
UWF Women lose heartbreaker
The UWF women’s basketball team suffered a 74-70 defeat at Auburn Montgomery in the first round of the Gulf South Conference Championship at the AUM Gymnasium on Tuesday. UWF was unable to…
Daily Outtakes: Bye, Nikki
Nikki Haley will announce today that she is suspending her presidential bid, according to several media sources. Why it matters: Haley’s results on Super Tuesday failed to validate her claim that 40%…
Real News 3/5/24
Mayor D.C. Reeves shares his takeaways from last week’s trip to New Orleans, his plans for Malcolm Yonge site and the opening of Bruce Beach park. Troy Rafferty discusses yesterday’s Senate vote…
Salzman fought for Dozier survivors
The White House Boys — men who were raped, beaten and tortured as children at the state-run Dozier School for Boys in Marianna – will receive compensation for their suffering after the…
DeSantis sends troops to control spring breakers
At a press conference in Miami Beach, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he would deploy 140 state troopers and 24 Quick Response FHP Troopers to popular spring break destinations, such as Miami Beach,…
Kathy Denkler Scholarship Fund
Family and friends have established a scholarship fund in the memory of Kathy Denkler. The fund will cover the tuition at the National Flight Academy, NAS Pensacola, for one or two local…
Updated purchase agreement of OLF-8
Beulah TownCenter, LLC yesterday submitted a proposed purchase agreement for 290 acres of Outlying Landing Field 8 in the Beulah community, adjacent to Navy Federal Credit Union’s campus. The developer agrees to…
Daily Outtakes: Federal appeal panel boots “Stop Woke” restrictions
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal ruled Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “Stop Woke Act” restrictions that prohibited employers from training employees about diversity, equity and inclusion violated First…
Real News 3/4/24
The University of West Florida’s women’s backstball team finished fifth in the Gulf South Conference regular-season and will open the league tourney on the road on Tuesday. The Argos will travel to…
‘Other end of the tunnel’ for Dozier victims
By Dara Kam, the News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Wiping away tears, men in their 60s, 70s and 80s watched Monday as the Florida Senate unanimously gave final approval to a…
Bergosh has new environmental project for Perdido Key
On WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning. Escambia County Commissioner Jeff discussed how the Army Corps of Engineers dredges from the Intercoastal Waterway every three to five years. He has…