Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh discusses some alarming facts from last week’s meeting of the Mental Health Task Force. Wilmer Mitchell shares his memories of Bob Snow and Seville Quarter. Parts of…
Trolleys help deal with traffic during Pensacola Beach Air Show [podcast]
To help alleviate traffic congestion for the Pensacola Beach Air Show, the Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) is extending public transportation hours along the island on Friday, July 8, and is adding…
Escambia leads Florida in drug overdoses [podcast]
Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh discusses some alarming facts from last week’s meeting of the Mental Health Task Force. “In addition to the area experiencing 3,120 Baker Acts already this year, we…
Canal Drive in Perdido Key closed for 11 days
The Florida Department of Transportation will temporarily close Canal Drive at Perdido Key Drive (State Road (S.R.) 292) in Escambia County from 8 a.m. Monday, July 11 to 5 p.m. Friday, July…
UWF College of Health gets new dean
The University of West Florida Usha Kundu, MD College of Health is welcoming David M. Bellar as the new dean of the college. “Dr. Bellar is a highly accomplished scholar with many…
United Way awards $480K in grants [podcast]
United Way of West Florida recently awarded $480,000 in grants to 25 local nonprofit agencies in support of 29 programs through the organization’s Community Investment Process. Programs operated by these agencies provide…
VA celebrates Pensacola WWII vet 100th birthday
Press Release: Recently, Navy Veteran Ralph J. Morris celebrated his 100th birthday with staff of the Gulf Coast VA. The World War II Veteran, who enlisted in 1942, was recognized during the…
Top Listens of the past week
Councilwoman Brahier was my guest this morning. We discussed FPL and yesterday’s council workshop on the charter review recommendation. Tourist Development Council chair David Bear discusses why the group reduced Clerk Pam…
Podcasts from the ‘Pensacola Speaks’ archives
From the ‘Pensacola Speaks’ archives, this is my interview with former Obama Press Secretary and Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri from May 4, 2017. Dan McFaul, the chief of staff for former Congressman…
Real News: Friday, July 1, 2022
We celebrated the 23rd anniversary of our newspaper with Jenny Noonan as my guest host. I talk about what I consider a pivotal year for the newspaper – 2004. ABC News’ Jason…
Real News podcasts: Thursday, June 30
Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore shares the overnight development with three disturbances that the National Hurricane Center is tracking. At least 53 people have now died after a nightmarish trip…
Saenger Classic Movie Series [podcast]
The Grand Dame of Palafox will once again open her doors to the community with a selection of seven films this summer. And as a special treat to the community, The Great…
Lakeview Center makes list of Top 100 Women-Led Businesses [podcast]
Lakeview Center has been named #7 in this year’s list of “Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Florida” by The Commonwealth Institute and Kaufman Rossin. The list includes both non-profit and for-profit organizations…
UWF score high on top metric
The University of West Florida is No. 1 in the Florida State University System for Metric 1 of the Florida Board of Governors’ 2021-22 performance-based funding model. More than 72% of UWF…
IP Grant Workshop set for July 14
The International Paper Pensacola Mill will award $63,000 in foundation grants and is hosting a free, virtual workshop to review the application process with interested non-profit organizations and local government entities. The…
Pensacola named to Top 100 Best Cities list
Pensacola has made the top 100 list in the 2022 America’s Best Cities Report, ranking among many of the nation’s most well-known metropolitan cities including New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco,…
Hobbs on FBI National Academy [podcast]
ECSO Commander Andrew Hobbs recently completed a 10-week course with the FBI National Academy. He is the first from the sheriff’s office to complete the FBI training in over a decade. Sheriff…
Community Health has Covid vax for children five and under [podcast]
Today, Community Health Northwest Florida announced the organization will begin providing COVID-19 vaccination for children between ages 6 months and five years. This follows final authorization of the COVID-19 vaccine for this…
Children’s Trust: What high schools need help
English Language Arts: A pattern is developing…. School Name Number of Students ELA Level 1 ELA % WEST FLORIDA HIGH 676 60 9% J. M. TATE SENIOR HIGH 1,008 308 31% NORTHVIEW…
Children’s Trust: What middle schools need help
Three middle schools have highest percentage of students at Level 1, the lowest proficiency level, in English Language Arts and Math: Workman, Bellview and Warrington. These most likely the students produced…