The 3M board of directors approved a $6 billion settlement for its defective earplugs that damaged the hearing of hundreds of thousands of U.S. military and veterans. Attorney Bryan Aylstock, whose firm,…
Now Hurricane Idalia, updates
I will post the NOAA Hurricane Center advisories here throughout the day: BULLETIN Hurricane Idalia Advisory Number 13…Corrected NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102023 500 PM EDT Tue Aug 29 2023…
Daily Outtakes: Escambia tops state in book complaints, award-winning coffee
Escambia Schools Lead the State …in books being banned. The Tampa Bay Times reports that most of Florida’s counties have few challenges about their school libraries. Of the roughly 1,100 complaints recorded…
TS Idalia – Monday 4 p.m. advisory
BULLETIN Tropical Storm Idalia Advisory Number 9 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102023 400 PM CDT Mon Aug 28 2023 …IDALIA NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH AS IT APPROACHES WESTERN CUBA… …LIFE-THREATENING STORM…
Breaking: 3M board considering $5.5B settlement for earplug cases
Several national media outlets are reporting that the board of directors of 3M are considering accepting a $5.5 billion settlement of the nearly 260,000 lawsuits filed by U.S. military and veterans that…
Real News Podcasts
I got behind on posting the Real News podcasts. Thursday, Aug. 24 In February, the longtime executive director of the Home Builders Association of West Florida (HBA) switched jobs to become the…
TS Idalia update – 10 a.m.
BULLETIN/ Tropical Storm Idalia Advisory Number 8…Corrected NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102023 1000 AM CDT Mon Aug 28 2023 Corrected Hurricane Warning end point in the change section of the…
Gov. DeSantis directs $1 million for Edward Waters University for campus security
Over the weekend, Gov. Ron DeSantis condemned the horrific, racially-motivated murders in Jacksonville near Edward Waters University. He announced an initial, immediate award of $1 million through the Volunteer Florida Foundation to…
Tropical Storm Idalia expected to become Cat 3 (updated)
On WCOA, this morning, Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore said the Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to become a mid-category 3 storm when it hits the Big Bend area on…
Daily Outtakes: Idalia coming, former PNJ reporter honored
Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to strengthen to a hurricane and hit Florida in the Big Bend area on Wednesday away from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. To find resources to prepare…
But Pam Childers didn’t…
Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers once again tried to spin the lawsuit over the commissioners’ pension plan that she saved the day by stopping the board from voting on a plan that…
Salzman wants to limit commissioners’ terms
From The News Service of Florida: A House Republican on Thursday proposed a constitutional amendment that would impose eight-year term limits on county commissioners. Rep. Michelle Salzman, R-Pensacola, filed the proposal (HJR…
Daily Outtakes: Good News, Bad News and Wahoos
Good News: Another Florida Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday begins on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, and ends on Friday, Sept 8. You can purchase qualifying items related to disaster preparedness exempt from…
Podcast: CoC, Fair, City Council, Chorus and GC Kid’s House
Escambia County Administrator Wes Moreno discusses why he and Mayor D.C. Reeves want to a play active roles in the Continuum of Care that deals with the area’s homeless. Unfortunately, Opening Doors…
Kaycee Lagarde returning to county government
The City of Pensacola Public Information Officer Kaycee Lagarde is returning to Escambia County government to serve as its Strategic Communications Director. Before taking the city PIO job under Mayor Grover Robinson,…
Debate recap: Nikki Haley rides Barbie, Taylor Swift train
On WCOA, Ryan Wiggins from The Lincoln Project recapped the first Republican presidential debate. DeSantis disappeared and Nikki Haley and Mike Pence stood out. But none of it mattered. “You saw Nikki…
Childers loses two more rulings
Late yesterday afternoon, Judge William Stone denied two motions made by Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers in the lawsuit concerning the county commissioners’ 401a retirement plan. Childers’ attorneys had tried to get…
Daily Outtakes: Salzman wanders off the mental health ‘roadmap’
State Rep. Michelle Salzman is reconvening the Mental Health Task Force of Northwest Florida for an invitation-only meeting for “brainstorming, designing and planning for a potential long-term treatment facility in Region One…
Podcasts: Mayor, Perdido, Trust, IHMC and much more
Mayor Reeves gives his weekly update. Steve Brendtro discusses the feasibility study on the possible incorporation of the Perdido area. The study was conducted by BJM Consulting, Inc. and presented at a…
FDLE Pensacola member recognized for innovation
FDLE Pensacola Crime Laboratory Analyst Supervisor Melissa Seifert has earned the distinguished Innovation of the Year award. FDLE Pensacola Special Agent in Charge Chris Williams said, “Seifert successfully implemented a new way…