UWF alumnus Darrell Gooden invests $100,000 in UWF football

University of West Florida alumnus Darrell Gooden, founder of Gooden Homes, has gifted $100,000 to the UWF football program. Gooden’s contribution will help address the…

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Mr. Robbins’ Neighborhood brings Santa to Wedgewood

Fred and Tia Robbins’ non-profit organization, Mr. Robbins’ Neighborhood, will host a free community holiday breakfast for the community this Saturday morning All Pensacola families…

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Bay Center may become Indoor Sports Center

The Escambia Board of County Commissioners appears open to tearing the aging Pensacola Bay Center and replacing it with an indoor sports facility. Well, at…

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Pensacola mayor has not responded to Tanyard violations [podcast]

On “Pensacola Speaks,” Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy said that last week she sent Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward a list of code violations at the Government…

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Olson misses the point about Tanyards

Yesterday, Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson didn’t meet with the residents of the Tanyard neighborhood, but he did meet with City Councilwoman Sherri Myers. Myers…

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Pensacola City Administrator approved Tanyard equipment working through the night

Yesterday, we had a call on “Pensacola Speaks” from a Tanyard resident near the City of Pensacola’s Government Street stormwater project. Despite complaints from residents…

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Lobbyists learn to play by new rules

By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Advocates for local governments, big business and all other manner of interests touched by Tallahassee crammed into…

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Commissioner May listens to Pensacola Tanyard residents, Mayor Hayward skips tour

Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May toured the enormous Government Street stormwater pond and listened to local residents’ and business owners’ fears of soil contamination and…

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DEP honors Gulf Power and Whiting Field

Yesterday, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Northwest District recognized the city of Tallahassee, Gulf Power and Naval Air Station Whiting Field for outstanding environmental…

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City and county officials to visit Pensacola Tanyard neighborhood [podcast]

Escambia Commissioner Lumon May will be visiting the Tanyard neighborhood that has been dealing with the Government Street stormwater project. He said on “Pensacola Speaks”…

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Tanyard and rest of District 7 cut out of City of Pensacola survey

Since 2014, Mayor Ashton Hayward has hired the University of West Florida Haas Center to survey city residents about their satisfaction with services his administration…

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City survey show overall satisfaction about the same

The City of Pensacola released the results of its community survey. The overall mean satisfaction is slightly up over last year- from 3.68 to 3.71….

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