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On a recent afternoon at the UWF library, people gathered around to create their own junk journal — and spend time away from their phones.
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A worldwide push to unplug finds a home in Pensacola
A junk journaling event offers relief from digital overload
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February 9, 2026 at 4:50 PM
On a recent afternoon at the UWF library, people gathered around to create their own junk journal — and spend time away from their phones.
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The Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program (PPBEP) has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a regional Water Quality Monitoring Collaborative.
✍️: Sandra Averhart
✍️: Sandra Averhart
EPA grant to support creation of a regional Water Quality Monitoring Collaborative
The Environmental Protection Agency's Gulf Program has awarded a $750,000 grant to the Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program to establish a new regional water quality monitoring collaborative wit...
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February 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program (PPBEP) has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a regional Water Quality Monitoring Collaborative.
✍️: Sandra Averhart
✍️: Sandra Averhart
This course from UWF's Continuing Education offers people the chance to use 3D printers, laser engravers, and CNC machines.
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UWF's Continuing Education course at the Makerspace combines technology and art
UWF's Continuing Education offers a course for non-degree students to explore the Makerspace.
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February 5, 2026 at 4:59 PM
This course from UWF's Continuing Education offers people the chance to use 3D printers, laser engravers, and CNC machines.
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✍️: @jenniemckeon.bsky.social
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves has selected Eric Winstrom, the police chief of Grand Rapids, Michigan, to lead the Pensacola Police Department.
✍️: T.S. Strickland
✍️: T.S. Strickland
Pensacola mayor picks Eric Winstrom to lead police department
Mayor D.C. Reeves has selected Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom to lead the Pensacola Police Department, pending City Council approval, following a national search after former Chief Eric Randa...
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February 4, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves has selected Eric Winstrom, the police chief of Grand Rapids, Michigan, to lead the Pensacola Police Department.
✍️: T.S. Strickland
✍️: T.S. Strickland
Ascension Sacred Heart's facility dog, Joy, lives up to her name.
✍️: Sandra Averhart
✍️: Sandra Averhart
Hospital’s new facility dog, Joy, lives up to her name with ER patients and their families
Joy, Ascension Sacred Heart in Pensacola's new facility dog, has been working since late November to help comfort patients and their families experiencing traumatic injuries.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Ascension Sacred Heart's facility dog, Joy, lives up to her name.
✍️: Sandra Averhart
✍️: Sandra Averhart
During their meeting on Thursday, the Florida Board of Governors confirmed Manny Diaz Jr. as the seventh president of the University of West Florida.
Florida Board of Governors confirms Manny Diaz, Jr. as UWF's next president
During their meeting on Thursday, the Florida Board of Governors confirmed Manny Diaz Jr. as the seventh president of the University of West Florida.
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January 29, 2026 at 9:45 PM
During their meeting on Thursday, the Florida Board of Governors confirmed Manny Diaz Jr. as the seventh president of the University of West Florida.
Escambia County commissioners are taking a closer look at a proposal that could significantly reshape the Pensacola Bay Center and the surrounding downtown area.
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Escambia County presses forward on Bay Center future
Renovation plan aims to boost tourism, quality of life, and city image.
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January 29, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Escambia County commissioners are taking a closer look at a proposal that could significantly reshape the Pensacola Bay Center and the surrounding downtown area.
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Buffalo Rock’s new campus in Milton will create 150-200 new jobs and relocate 200 positions, with wages above the current area average.
✍️: Sandra Averhart
✍️: Sandra Averhart
Buffalo Rock cuts the ribbon on new Santa Rosa Campus
The Buffalo Rock Company is celebrating the grand opening of its new Santa Rosa Campus. The more than 350,000 square-foot facility, located in the Northwest Florida Industrial Park near I-10, will cre...
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January 28, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Buffalo Rock’s new campus in Milton will create 150-200 new jobs and relocate 200 positions, with wages above the current area average.
✍️: Sandra Averhart
✍️: Sandra Averhart
Triumph Gulf Coast will decide today whether to spend $76 million to bring thousands of high-paying manufacturing jobs to the Port of Pensacola.
✍️: T.S. Strickland
✍️: T.S. Strickland
Triumph board poised to advance $76M Pensacola shipbuilding proposal
The Triumph Gulf Coast board is set to vote Wednesday on whether to advance a $76 million shipbuilding project at the Port of Pensacola, a decision that would significantly shape how much funding rema...
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January 27, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Triumph Gulf Coast will decide today whether to spend $76 million to bring thousands of high-paying manufacturing jobs to the Port of Pensacola.
✍️: T.S. Strickland
✍️: T.S. Strickland
For years, fewer than one in 10 people in Escambia County survived a cardiac arrest. By this year, that number was closer to four in 10. At the center of this improvement is the county's medical director for public safety, Dr. Ben Abo.
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Escambia County’s cardiac arrest turnaround
How a rapid overhaul of emergency response quadrupled survival rates
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January 23, 2026 at 9:46 PM
For years, fewer than one in 10 people in Escambia County survived a cardiac arrest. By this year, that number was closer to four in 10. At the center of this improvement is the county's medical director for public safety, Dr. Ben Abo.
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Opening Doors Northwest Florida is readying for the 2026 Point in Time Count (PIT) of homeless individuals in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. This year’s survey, set for next week, will be conducted under the leadership of new Executive Director Bruce Cady.
✍️: Sandra Averhart
✍️: Sandra Averhart
Opening Doors: New leader brings a new vision for homeless services in Northwest Florida
Opening Doors Northwest Florida is set to conduct its 2026 Point in Time (PIT) count with new Executive Director Bruce Cady, who's been on the job for about a month.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Opening Doors Northwest Florida is readying for the 2026 Point in Time Count (PIT) of homeless individuals in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. This year’s survey, set for next week, will be conducted under the leadership of new Executive Director Bruce Cady.
✍️: Sandra Averhart
✍️: Sandra Averhart
Cheers to 45 years!! Thanks to our community for keeping WUWF on the air!
January 16, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Cheers to 45 years!! Thanks to our community for keeping WUWF on the air!
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Northwest #Florida political and business leaders push back against President Convicted Felon's proposed offshore drilling expansion www.wuwf.org/local-news/2... via @wuwf.bsky.social
Northwest Florida pushes back against proposed offshore drilling expansion
The proposed offshore driling plan would open nearly 20 million acres of the eastern Gulf to potential oil and gas activity.
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January 16, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Northwest #Florida political and business leaders push back against President Convicted Felon's proposed offshore drilling expansion www.wuwf.org/local-news/2... via @wuwf.bsky.social
Florida's 2026 legislative session starts today. Northwest Florida's newest representative, Nathan Boyles, shares some of his priorities for this year.
✍️: Sandra Averhart
✍️: Sandra Averhart
Rep. Nathan Boyles shares priorities for Florida's legislative session
Rep. Nathan Boyles discusses sponsored bills and priorities ahead of the Florida legislative session that begins Jan. 13.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Florida's 2026 legislative session starts today. Northwest Florida's newest representative, Nathan Boyles, shares some of his priorities for this year.
✍️: Sandra Averhart
✍️: Sandra Averhart
Santa Rosa County Commissioners have finalized the purchase of 27.57 acres of environmentally sensitive Soundside property in Gulf Breeze for conservation.
✍️: Sandra Averhart
✍️: Sandra Averhart
Santa Rosa County approves purchase of sensitive Gulf Breeze property for conservation
Santa Rosa County Commissioners have approved the sales contract to secure and protect 27.57 acres of environmentally sensitive Soundside property in Gulf Breeze.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Santa Rosa County Commissioners have finalized the purchase of 27.57 acres of environmentally sensitive Soundside property in Gulf Breeze for conservation.
✍️: Sandra Averhart
✍️: Sandra Averhart
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves last week sought to reset the public debate over the future of the former Baptist Hospital campus, two weeks after the City Council paused an early-stage advisory contract amid public backlash.
✍️: T.S. Strickland
✍️: T.S. Strickland
Reeves defends paused Baptist Hospital redevelopment amid displacement concerns
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves responded last week to displacement fears, New Orleans comparisons and what the Baptist site plan would do.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves last week sought to reset the public debate over the future of the former Baptist Hospital campus, two weeks after the City Council paused an early-stage advisory contract amid public backlash.
✍️: T.S. Strickland
✍️: T.S. Strickland
The Okaloosa Legislative Delegation met on Monday night in Shalimar to hear from constituents and local leaders. Property taxes and redistricting were two recurring topics brought to lawmakers.
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Property taxes and redistricting are big topics at Okaloosa delegation meeting
The Okaloosa Legislative Delegation heard from constituents Monday night in Shalimar.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The Okaloosa Legislative Delegation met on Monday night in Shalimar to hear from constituents and local leaders. Property taxes and redistricting were two recurring topics brought to lawmakers.
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Pensacola City Council on Thursday halted the city’s effort to move forward with a redevelopment advisory contract for the former Baptist Hospital campus, after hours of testimony warning that the process could accelerate displacement in nearby historically Black neighborhoods.
✍️: T.S. Strickland
✍️: T.S. Strickland
Council pauses Baptist redevelopment process after public backlash
Pensacola City Council paused consideration of a redevelopment advisory contract for the former Baptist Hospital campus after hours of public opposition over displacement, transparency and community c...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Pensacola City Council on Thursday halted the city’s effort to move forward with a redevelopment advisory contract for the former Baptist Hospital campus, after hours of testimony warning that the process could accelerate displacement in nearby historically Black neighborhoods.
✍️: T.S. Strickland
✍️: T.S. Strickland
Okaloosa County Commissioners unanimously agreed to reach out to state and federal legislators to oppose a 74,000-acre carbon storage hub potentially located in Florala, Alabama.
✍️: Jennie McKeon
✍️: Jennie McKeon
Okaloosa County joins the fight against an Alabama carbon dioxide storage hub
Okaloosa County Commissioners unanimously agreed to reach out to state and federal legislators to oppose a 74,000-acre carbon storage hub potentially located in Florala, Alabama.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Okaloosa County Commissioners unanimously agreed to reach out to state and federal legislators to oppose a 74,000-acre carbon storage hub potentially located in Florala, Alabama.
✍️: Jennie McKeon
✍️: Jennie McKeon
The Santa Rosa County Commission is looking at options for establishing a dedicated funding source for land conservation in the county.
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Santa Rosa County considers new public fund for land conservation
Santa Rosa commissioners are looking at options for establishing a dedicated funding source for land conservation in the county.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The Santa Rosa County Commission is looking at options for establishing a dedicated funding source for land conservation in the county.
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✍️: Sandra Averhart/WUWF Public Media
City of Pensacola staff and Mike Kimberl met Monday afternoon to discuss future Food Not Bombs meal shares. It was a "nice conversation," said Kimberl.
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Food Not Bombs meal share will continue after last week's arrest
City of Pensacola staff and Mike Kimberl met Monday afternoon to discuss the weekly meal share at Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza. This was days after Kimberl, an advocate for homeless issues and co-fou...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
City of Pensacola staff and Mike Kimberl met Monday afternoon to discuss future Food Not Bombs meal shares. It was a "nice conversation," said Kimberl.
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A Florida-based company is charging military veterans as much as $20,000 for help with disability claims, even though the VA has said that may be illegal and the service should be free. But so far nobody's stopping the company and others like it.
This company charges disabled vets millions, even after VA said it's likely illegal
A Florida-based company is charging military veterans as much as $20,000 for help with disability claims, even though the VA has said that may be illegal and the service should be free. But so far nobody's stopping the company and others like it.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A Florida-based company is charging military veterans as much as $20,000 for help with disability claims, even though the VA has said that may be illegal and the service should be free. But so far nobody's stopping the company and others like it.
The University of West Florida’s Argo Pantry continues to expand its reach, providing grocery items to students now with even more access.
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UWF’s Argo Pantry expands its reach with more space and access
The University of West Florida’s Argo Pantry continues to expand its reach providing grocery items to students.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The University of West Florida’s Argo Pantry continues to expand its reach, providing grocery items to students now with even more access.
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✍️: @jenniemckeon.bsky.social