Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida proudly announces Candace Edwards as the 2025 Santa Rosa County Big of the Year. This annual honor recognizes a mentor who exemplifies exceptional commitment, compassion,…
Premium Seats Available: Blue Angels 2025 Homecoming Airshow
Premium seating tickets for the Blue Angels 2025 Homecoming Airshow go on sale TODAY at 11 a.m.! The wait is over for aviation enthusiasts and thrill-seekers alike. Naval Air Station Pensacola has…
Mayor Reeves on Retaining Talent, Young Families
More from the Pensacola Mayor’s Presser: Addressing Youth Migration In response to questions about young people leaving Florida for more affordable opportunities, Mayor D.C. Reeves outlined a two-pronged strategy focusing on “investing…
Daily Outtakes: Defending Parking Tickets, Social Media use
Responding to recent citizen complaints about parking enforcement, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves clarified at his Wednesday press conference that the city operates on a complaint-driven system rather than proactive patrolling. He emphasized…
Thank you, Fred Levin
In the 1990s, the late Fred Levin was a prominent Pensacola attorney renowned for his critical role in the historic Florida tobacco settlement. As a partner in the law firm Levin Papantonio,…
Takeaways from Mayor’s Wednesday Presser
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves addressed the significance of Diane Hendrick’s Corporate Contractors Incorporated (CCI) partnering with the Dawson Company on the Reverb project at Maritime Park’s Lot 5. The mayor noted that…
R.I.P Office of Independent Internal Audit
The once-touted Office of Independent Internal Audit (OIIA) and its publicized policy manual have disappeared from Clerk Pam Childers’ website. Background: Last summer, Childers launched her Office of Independent Internal Audit to…
Alan Manning returns to teaching
Former firm president and presidential historian heads back to the Pensacola Catholic High School classroom. After more than two decades practicing law, Clark Partington shareholder Alan Manning is trading his legal briefs…
Daily Outtakes: UWF General Counsel Ousted After Clash w/Board Chair
Late Wednesday afternoon, University of West Florida Interim President Manny Diaz notified the Board of Trustees that General Counsel Susan Woolf no longer worked for the university. The actual notification came from…
Breaking: Diaz fires UWF General Counsel Susan Woolf
Advising the UWF Board of Trustees against following the advice of board chair, Rebecca Matthews, General Counsel Susan Woolf no longer works for the University of West Florida. Interim President Manny Diaz…
Mayor postpones second Fricker town hall
Mayor D.C. Reeves has rescheduled the second public engagement meeting for the Fricker Resource Center Renovation Project to 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13. Why? The mayor cited: the need for…
FPL Breach in Wilkerson Creek
State Senator Don Gaetz and Rep. Nathan Boyles ask property owners affected by the June 8 breach of Florida Power and Light’s Kayak Solar Farm into Wilkinson Creek to attend a community…
Mississippi State & FSU Set for Blue Wahoos Stadium Showdown
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves used his weekly press conference to announce that the Florida State Seminoles and Mississippi State Bulldogs will clash in a fall baseball exhibition at 1 p.m. on Saturday,…
Game-Changing Partnership Brings $200M Maritime Park Vision to Life
The Dawson Company has announced a strategic partnership with Corporate Contractors, Inc. (CCI) for Phase One of the ambitious $200 million redevelopment of Maritime Park—a project that community leaders are calling another…
Oops, Escambia Early Learning Coalition receiving more $$$, not less
According to Denise Potvin, budget chief for the Florida House Pre-K—12 Appropriations, Escambia County’s Early Learning Coalition has been appropriated $15.8 million for FY 2025-2026, an increase of $100K over last fiscal…
City of Pensacola to Host Open Houses Focused on Supporting Minority and Women-Owned Businesses
The City of Pensacola will host two open house events in August as part of its participation in the Southern Cities Economic Inclusion (SCEI) Cohort, a multi-year initiative designed to boost economic…
Crisis Comms 101: Lessons from Pensacola’s Recent Missteps
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves has faced a challenging couple of weeks, dealing with everything from a recycling program rollout gone wrong to the abrupt resignation of the city’s police chief to neighborhood…
FPL Launches Inaugural Robotics Summer Camp
A generous $50,000 gift from NextEra Energy Foundation, a corporate foundation of NextEra Energy Inc. and Florida Power & Light Company, has launched the inaugural Florida Power & Light Robotics Summer Camp,…
Big Shift of Black City Voters happened in 2022 Redistricting
After 2020 Census, the Pensacola City Council redrew the district boundaries. Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Robert Bender pointed out the most significant change was moving the St. John Divine Precinct 90…
Coming Tomorrow: Crisis Communications Expert Breaks Down Pensacola’s Recent Challenges
Political strategist and communications expert Ryan Wiggins joins Rick Outzen on “We Don’t Color On the Dog” to analyze Mayor D.C. Reeves’ handling of recent controversies. From the curbside recycling debacle to…
