6th Annual Seville Quarter Wine & Food Festival, Nov 13

Seville Quarter will be hosting its 6th Annual Wine & Food Festival on November 13th in its historic dining and entertainment complex. We are pleased…

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House Speaker could cut off Mayor Hayward’s lobbying efforts

House Speaker-designate Richard Corcoran last week told the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald that is was a “disgrace for cities and counties to hire lobbyists.” Corcoran…

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2016 Pensacola Egg Fest, Nov. 13 [podcast]

Jerrold Hall discussed the 2016 Pensacola Egg Fest on “Pensacola Speaks.” The event is Sunday Nov. 13, from noon until 3 p.m. at Blue Wahoos’…

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Author Katherine Clark discusses writing Southern Fiction at PSC Book Talk, Nov. 16

Winner of the 2015 Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction, Katherine Clark, is the guest speaker at Pensacola State College’s Book Talk at 2 p.m….

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Historic Pensacola: ‘The Power of Children: Making a Difference’

Pensacola, Fla.: The University of West Florida Historic Trust presents “The Power of Children: Making a Difference,” a new exhibition opening Nov. 10 at the…

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FANdom hits Emerald Coast, Nov 11-13

FANdom Con 2016 hits Fort Walton Beach and the Emerald Coast Convention Center this November 11-13. FANdom Con promises to provide pop culture fans across…

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Trump’s victory speech transcript

compiled by Federal News Services. I’ve just received a call from Secretary Clinton. She congratulated us — it’s about us — on our victory, and…

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Hillary Clinton won popular vote

With 98% reporting, Hillary Clinton appears to have won the popular vote by more than 237,000 votes. The last time a candidate won the popular…

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Three key tactics that pushed Trump to victory

Ben Kaplan, CEO of PR Hacker, wrote me about how Donald Trump used Twitter, emotion-triggering local events, and bold statements of outsider status to become…

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Amendments: Utilities lose Amendment 1, medical pot passes

Floridians failed to give the utilities’ solar amendment 1 the required 60-percent to pass. However, medical marijuana and two other constitutional amendments passed easily. Opponents…

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Are you ready for new OT regs? [podcast]

The U.S. Department of Labor issued its final rule regarding overtime regulations. The final rule, which becomes effective Dec. 1, raises the salary threshold indicating…

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Buzz: Miller could be next VA Secretary

With Donald Trump’s victory, speculation has already begun about who will be in his Cabinet. Here are the names we’re hearing: Secretary of State –…

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Escambia, Santa Rosa send Broxson, Ingram, White to Tallahassee

This is our the Florida Senate and House races went: State Senate, District 1 Doug Broxson REP 199,087 100% State House       District…

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Gaetz wins Congress by better than 2-to-1 margin

Matt Gaetz is Northwest Florida’s new Congressman: Matt Gaetz REP 254,280 69.12% Steven Specht DEM 113,586 30.88% Here is how the rest of Florida’s Congressional…

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Rubio wins, GOP maintains control of Senate

Sen. Marco Rubio did very well in Northwest Florida: Escambia Santa Rosa Okaloosa Walton Rubio 93,693 (62.2%) 66,700 (76.9%) 74,646 (74.8%) 25,682 (77.2%) Murphy 51,021…

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In Escambia County, May, Morgan and incumbents win big

Once again, former Sheriff Ron McNesby and the good old boys of county politics got their butts beat by Sheriff David Morgan. who earned a…

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Rural America sweeps Trump into the White House

In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, Donald Trump came to the stage of the New York Hilton Midtown to announce that the Hillary Clinton…

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Pensacola Speaks: Donald Trump, Jr at 5:05 pm (update) – Ivanka subs instead

>Donald Trump, Jr. Ivanka Trump will be my guest at 5:05 pm as the GOP pushes for voting surge before the polls close at 7…

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International and national on Northwest Florida [video][podcast]

Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports from Pensacola, Florida: “Once again, the polls suggest a tight race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the crucial…

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Tampa Bay Times picks six counties to watch, none in NWFL

The Tampa Bay Times has identified six counties to watch for this year’s presidential race: 1. Pinellas County: “Barack Obama won it by nearly 8…

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