Pensacola Beach Renourishment Project to begin mid-June
Following project delays over the winter months of 2015-2016, the Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) is set to begin work soon to restore and renourish…
Lee tops local candidates in May campaign contributions
For the month of May, Buck Lee topped all local candidates in monetary contributions to his campaign for Escambia County tax collector with $$8,630. He…
Pensacola native faces re-election in D.C.
LaRuby May is up for re-election today. The Pensacola High graduate and daughter of the late Rev. Theophalis May and Mary May represents Ward 8…
Orlando gunman cleared background checks
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The gunman who carried out a massacre early Sunday in an Orlando nightclub passed all of the…
Pensacola Speaks: UWF expert on U.S. foreign policy, security issues
Dr. Jacob Shively will be my guest today on News Talk 1370 WCOA. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at the…
Candlelight vigil for Orlando victims tonight at Seville Square
A memorial candlelight vigil will be held tonight for the victims of Sunday morning’s attack at the Pulse night club in Orlando. The event will…
Diversity: A Key to Battling Cyber Terrorists
Dr. Phyllis Schneck, the Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications for the National Protection and Programs Directorate, last week visited Pensacola to see how…
Civil rights leader to speak out against Pensacola Fire Chief appointment
Ellison Bennett, a national board member of the National Movement for Human and Civil Rights, told Inweekly this morning that he will speak out against…
Cross Debate still unscheduled [podcast]
The proposed debate between Amanda Kondrat’yev and Rep. Matt Gaetz on whether the Bayview Park cross should be allowed to remain on public land has…
Scott wants Obama to declare federal emergency after Orlando attack
By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Calling the massacre at an Orlando nightclub “an attack on our state and entire nation,” Gov. Rick…
Wilcox coming to Pensacola Tuesday
Todd Wilcox, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, today announced a statewide tour aimed at discussing national security with Floridians. The three-day tour, “Preserving Peace…
Broxson widens money lead in Senate race
In a primary contest for an open Northwest Florida Senate seat, State Rep. Doug Broxson, R-Gulf Breeze, continued increasing his financial edge in May over…
Okaloosa fire chief investigation shows how it could be done with transparency
Last night, the Ocean City-Wright Fire Control District board was briefed on how Mark Bonfanti with the Tallahassee law firm of Allen Norton & Blue…
Santa Rosa County School District assessment scores rank among best in the state
While Santa Rosa County’s assessment scores about the same as last year, their grades do rank among the best in the state of Florida “The…
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone projected to expand
The newest Dead Zone projection from Louisiana researchers shows that EPA is far short of a major goal to reduce the hypoxic zone in the…
UWF aluma gets recognition for Palafox Historic District
From UWF: The Palafox Historic District, spanning from Chase to Zaragoza streets and Spring to Tarragona streets in downtown Pensacola, is now listed on the…
Podcast: Jill Hubbs on ‘They Were Our Fathers’
On “Pensacola Speaks,” I talked with Jill Hubbs about her WSRE documentary “They Were Our Fathers” that she wrote, produced and directed. There will be…
Area school districts show little improvement in state assessments
Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart today announced the state assessments in Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Civics and U.S. History for 2015-16 school year. Statewide,…
Notes re: missing 2015 reprimands of Fire Chief-designate David Allen found
Since June 1, former Pensacola City Councilwoman Maren Deweese has been trying to get the City of Pensacola to release all letters of reprimand issued…
Backroom Briefing: Trump causes heartburn for Bondi
(Weekly political notes from The News Service of Florida) By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was one…
