Pen Air scholarships open

Pen Air Federal Credit Union (Pen Air) is now accepting applications for the 2022 Pen Air Scholarship Program. Scholarships will be awarded based on academic…

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Breaking: Nom closing

Nom Sushi Izakaya Closing January 29th after 7 Years on South Palafox January 19, 2022 – Pensacola, FL: As local favorite, Nom Sushi Izakaya, nears its…

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Real News podcasts: Wednesday, Jan. 19

Pensacola City Councilman Delarian Wiggins discusses his first year in office. FloridaWest CEO Scott Luth discusses Florida Trends’ article on the economic outlook for NWFL….

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County launches EMS dashboard

Escambia County Emergency Medical Services has officially launched the “EMS Dashboard” in an effort to provide the citizens of Escambia County a broader and clearer…

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How does Escambia County compare to Lafayette Parish?

Lafayette Parish did its first Quality of Life survey last year, and the results were released in December. Fortunately, its first results were much better…

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Quality of Survey: Affordable Housing pops up as an issue

Quint Studer and the Pensacola Young Professionals released the 2021 Quality of Life Survey at the CivicCon event held on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Since 2009,…

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Order free at-home COVID tests

Here is the link: covidtests.gov  Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order #44 free at-⁠home COVID-⁠19 tests. The tests are completely free. Orders…

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Real News podcasts: Tuesday, Jan. 18

Adding perspective to the MLK Day celebration of the Rafferty Center. Greater Pensacola Chamber Foundation’s Sara Lefevers discusses the first focus group meeting for the…

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Sansing commits $600K to UWF athletics

The University of West Florida announces a gift commitment of more than $600,000 from Sandy Sansing to support the Sandy Sansing Need-Based Student-Athlete Scholarship and…

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CyberSuccess cohorts taking applications [podcast]

This morning on WCOA 1370 AM/104.9 FM, Dr. Eman El-Sheikh discussed upcoming cohorts for military veterans and first responders for UWF Center for Cybersecurity’s CyberSuccess…

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Sunday’s Child looking for grant requests

Sunday’s Child, a Pensacola-area philanthropic group which promotes LGBTQ+ inclusion and equality, held its annual kickoff event virtually on Thursday, Jan. 13 to celebrate completion…

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Rafferty Center announced

Today the Southern Youth Sports Association announced the building of a new $2.7 million community center on Pensacola’s Westside alongside Legion Field and the Theophalis…

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Homebuilders win court cases on impact fees

The Home Builders Association of West Florida and 11 additional plaintiffs won a major victory on Saturday when Circuit Court Judge Darlene Dickey issued Summary…

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Don’t tread on Matt Gaetz? Not with a soda

On WCOA 1370 AM/104.9 FM, attorney Eric Stevenson discuss how upset Congressman Matt Gaetz was when someone threw a drink at him but hasn’t come…

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Meet Tammy Greer [podcast]

This morning on WCOA 1370AM/104.9FM, I had an exclusive radio interview with the new executive director of the Escambia Children’s Trust, Tammy Greer. I also…

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Beyond School Walls [podcast]

Big Brothers Big Sisters executive director Paula Shell discusses the partnership with State Attorney Ginger Madden in its Beyond School Walls program.

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Why support SYSA [podcast]

Inweekly’s cover story for this week tells about the founding of the Southern Youth Sports Association and how the $2.7 million Rafferty Center will help…

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PNJ drops ball on Underhill’s public record argument

Commissioner Doug Underhill asserts his Facebook posts and comments aren’t public records, according to the PNJ. A year ago, his attorneys filed documents with the…

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Ascension pauses COVID drive-thru testing next week

Ascension Medical Group (AMG) Sacred Heart will not operate its COVID-19 testing site off Bayou Boulevard next week. AMG reopened a drive-thru testing site on…

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Breaking: Greer picked for ECT post

Escambia Children’s Trust chair Stephanie White announced on WCOA 1370/104.9 FM that the board has picked Tammy Greer to be its executive director. The ECT…

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