Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David Stafford discusses the deadlines approaching on request vote-by-mail ballots and the start of early voting next week. FavorHouse invites you to join them at the Hancock…
FloridaWest has new five-year plan
FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance’s current multi-year strategic plan has come to an end and the organization is launching a new 5-year plan in partnership with PEDC, Escambia County, The City of Pensacola,…
Podcast: NAS shooter radicalized in 2015
Levin Papantonio Rafferty shareholder Chris Paulos discusses Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, an aviation student from Saudi Arabia that killed three men and injured eight others in a terrorist attack that occurred at Naval…
Rubio, Demings Clash in Only Debate
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida LAKE WORTH —Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and his Democratic challenger, Congresswoman Val Demings, quickly got combative Tuesday as they sought to sway remaining…
Podcast: Reeves preparing to take the reins
Mayor-elect D.C. Reeves talks about his work with Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson and his staff. The cooperation ensures the transition will be smooth.
Breaking: Fewer books being restricted in school libraries
Dr. Tim Smith, the Escambia County school superintendent, explains the school library policy approved by the school board last night. All those books that have been identified as violating the state’s pornography…
Gun violence roundtable opened a broad conversation on the community
By Tom St. Myer Gun violence served as the entry point, but a roundtable consisting primarily of elected officials expanded into a broad conversation about Black-on-Black crime, fatherless households, mental health, socioeconomic…
Real News: Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022
Maritime Commerce Day is Wednesday, Oct. 28. Port of Pensacola Director Clark Merritt provides an update on the port. Sheriff Chip Simmons talks about his expectations for what will be the first…
Podcast: 2022 Power Up Energy Expo
The University of West Florida will serve as co-host for the 2022 Power Up Energy Expo in Panama City on Oct. 19-20. The annual training and networking event, which brings together design,…
Podcast: ‘We have a real issue here’
Gloria Horning lives on DeVilliers Street and has been tracking the sewage issue for eight years. I had her on “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning to discuss ECUA’s latest discovery…
Gannett struggling to pay debt, more staff cuts and unpaid leaves coming
Poynter reports the parent company of the Pensacola News Journal lost $54 million in its second quarter and is struggling to pay down more than $1 billion in debt from its 2019…
Presser Notes: Airport Aspirations & Revealing Roadwork
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Last week, city of Pensacola officials met with a visiting team from the Florida Department of Transportation. It was a productive meeting, Mayor Grover Robinson said during his…
Highlights: 2022 Quality of Life Survey
Quint Studer and the Pensacola Young Professionals unveiled the 2022 Quality of Life Survey last night at a CivicCon event. The Studers have paid for the Mason-Dixon poll of community attitudes since…
Breaking: Commissioner May will seek a fourth term
Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May announces that he will file for another term.
Breaking: Sheriff says tonight’s roundtable is first of a series
Sheriff Chip Simmons talks about his expectations for what will be the first of a series of roundtables on gun violence.
Official statement on Poop leak
ECUA/City/FDEP Team Discovers a Source of Contamination In the course of investigative work for the Downtown/Bruce Beach “Sleuthing” project, debris was discovered in the storm drain at Garden and Spring Streets. This…
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area awards grants
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, is pleased to announce the eleven grant recipients selected at this year’s Annual Meeting held today. These nonprofit organizations will each receive a grant of $103,820 from the…
Real News podcast: Monday, Oct. 17, 2022
Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh discusses his blog post on gun violence and the upcoming roundtable on the issue. Will Kennedy recaps the UWF Argos’ victory over Shorter and previews the homecoming…
Meet Nadia
The IHMC robotics team has revealed its newest humanoid robot, Nadia – a big step forward for legged robots in terms of its range of motion and ability to recover from being…
Breaking: Possible source of poop at Bruce Beach found
On WCOA this morning, Mayor Grover Robinson said ECUA may have found the source of sewage entering the city’s stormwater system that flows into Pensacola Bay near Bruce Beach when they did…