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Nearly 12,000 inspirational senior athletes have come together this year in Fort Lauderdale for the National Senior Games sponsored by Humana. Since 2013, Humana has…

The Pensacola Beach Advocates, Island Times, the Santa Rosa Island Authority and the Pensacola Beach Chamber of Commerce are hosting the annual Sea Turtle Baby…

Retired ASA, Anne M Patterson is being recognized for her contributions to justice for child victims of abuse on May 27. Ms. Patterson’s son, Michael…

A website and petition campaign called Open Our Museum has been organized by a group of local citizens and civic leaders working together to urge…

Nine students from Dixon School of Arts & Sciences recently earned top honors at the acclaimed “Music in the Parks” music festival held in Atlanta,…

Covenant Care, a leading non-profit provider of post-acute healthcare services, invites healthcare workers to take the next step in their careers and “Grow With Covenant…

On Saturday, May 21, Pensacola Humane Society and hundreds of dog owners will take to the streets of downtown Pensacola for Paws for Palafox, a…

Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar told a Ukrainian TV station that a deal was struck to exchange badly injured soldiers from the Azovstal steel…

by Jeremy Morrison Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson made clear Monday that he was upset about an issue brought forward last week during a Pensacola City…

Valerie’s House -Pensacola, a non-profit with its sole mission of helping children grieve the death of a family member, is celebrating its one-year anniversary of…

Will Kennedy wraps up the spring semester for the University of West Florida athletics and discusses preparations being made for the fall football season on…

Law enforcement officials say the Buffalo, New York, supermarket shooting has underscored their long-held fear that someone could be radicalized online, have access to guns,…

At the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners meeting on May 5, the board adopted a proclamation to declare May 15-21, 2022, as Emergency Medical Services…

Three new traffic signals on West Cervantes Street, at the intersections of North J, North L and North R Streets, will be fully operational beginning…

Alga Beer Co. will host Thankful Thursday this week, on May 19, to benefit United Way of West Florida. The event will run from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m….

ATU Local 1395 president Mike Lowery posted this message on Facebook: Today the union members (about 90%) cast their votes on the tentative labor agreement…

The buzz from the weekend centered around former State Rep. Mike Hill. He has notified Florida House leadership that he intends to get into the…

We covered several stories last week: Party finances Andrade campaign: https://ricksblog.biz/andrade-rakes-in-33k/ Council throws more bucks toward skaters: https://ricksblog.biz/pensacola-moves-forward-on-skatepar/ Escambia Children’s Trust issues first RFP ‘There’s…

Florida Power & Light attracted the most attention this past week: 1. The Miami Herald has noticed the Panhandle’s anger over how Florida Power &…

Baptist Health Care will host a job fair on Wednesday, May 18 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn, located at 1144…