Pensacola FL

Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves issued this response to Florida’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) request for records and demanding access to city records and personnel next week, August 18-19. Read August 7 Letter.. “We appreciate any efforts at any time by the State of Florida to ensure taxpayer dollars...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Some homeowners on Adkinson Drive in Pensacola are raising concerns over unexplained electrical currents running through their neighborhood. One homeowner, who rents out his home to vacationers, says visitors report being shocked in the pool. He says the problem started in July. Since then, he...

Brent Lane will never forget that sound. The soft, steady beep of hospital monitors. The sight of his tiny newborn son curled in a NICU bed. The kind of quiet that sits heavy in your chest. “He fit in the palm of my hand,” Brent said, his voice catching. He...

Escambia County’s affordable housing shortage is leaving more families priced out of homeownership, but one model already in motion is helping change that. The Northwest Florida Community Land Trust (CLT), launched locally by Pensacola Habitat for Humanity, has already put new homeowners into houses they can afford...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Some Northwest Florida teens banded together in an effort to raise money for a therapy dog at the Sacred Heart Children's Hospital. They knew they were only teenagers, but they figured if they put their efforts together, they could really do something big to make a difference.

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Statistics show a growing number of students in Florida are getting homeschooled. According to data from the Florida Department of Education, over 155,000 students were homeschooled in the 2023-24 school year. That number has increased by 46 percent in the past five years. Heather Martin and...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Lake Bonny residents received some answers after the city recently released a new watershed study. The report analyzed what went wrong during Hurricane Milton and offered ways to prevent future flooding. Each person Spectrum Bay News 9 spoke to living on the shore of Lake Bonny...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A weekend food giveaway will benefit Escambia County residents in need. A Farm Share food distribution is set for Saturday, Aug. 16, at Brownsville Assembly of God, 3100 W. DeSoto St., according to a news release. The event will last from 8 a.m. until supplies run out. EVENT LOCATION: The...

Florida, often synonymous with sunshine, sandy beaches, and swaying palm trees, is not typically associated with snow. However, the northern regions of this state have ... Read more The post The 10 Snowiest Cities in Florida (Unlikely Spots That See Snow) appeared first on Climate Cosmos .

The University of West Florida Board of Trustees will consider whether to adopt an Institutional Neutrality statement, a recent trend promoted by FIRE (now the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression). Neutrality. Many universities across the United States have adopted institutional neutrality statements,...