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July 4th fireworks: Shows planned in Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, Navarre Beach and Milton
Pensacola will celebrate America’s Independence Day with fireworks displays over the Santa Rosa Sound at Pensacola Beach and over Pensacola Bay in downtown Pensacola. Santa Rosa County will hold separate celebrations in Milton and Navarre Beach. Here’s how you can celebrate. Pensacola Beach Chamber of Commerce's Fourth of...
Santa Rosa County Library System awarded $100,000 for digital literacy program
SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity awarded the Santa Rosa County Library System with a $100,000 grant that will be used for a digital literacy program. The Florida DEO Office of Broadband under the Digital Connectivity Program’s grant will be used for the library system to purchase laptops and […]
Deaths of service members on 'Bloody 98' may spark traffic improvements in Navarre
For years some residents of Northwest Florida have referred to the stretch of highway running through the southern portion of the region's counties as Bloody 98. State Rep. Joel Rudman said he has used the term often enough at roundtable discussions convened to contemplate traffic solutions along the terminally congested and routinely deadly stretch of roadway that some among the Air Force brass in attendance adopted it as their own.
The Blues Beachside Bazaar: A Must-Visit Event During the Pensacola Beach Air Show
The Blues Beachside Bazaar: A Must-Visit Event During the Pensacola Beach Air Show. The Pensacola Beach Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to announce the upcoming Blues Beachside Bazaar, an exciting air show market taking place during the much-anticipated Pensacola Beach Air Show. Blues Beachside Bazaar will be held on Friday...
Write-in candidates are shaping Santa Rosa County politics and they're not even on ballot
*Editor's note: This story had been updated to correctly identify write-in candidate Sandra Maddox. Sandra Maddox chuckled when informed that people had taken notice of the James Calkins for county commission campaign signs staked out in frFont of her Milton area home. ...
Gulf Coast Rip Current Forecast for Louisiana Beachgoers
So many people from South Louisiana will be traveling I-10 in the next day or two for their Fourth of July celebrations and they'll soon be on their favorite beach. For the Fourth, beachgoers from across Acadiana will want to cool off or relax in places like Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Pensacola, and Destin, Florida. Sadly, we've had several reports of drownings already this summer and the gulf may be a bit unfriendly days after Independence Day.
Summer campers learn sailing and STEM with Pensacola Yacht Club's outreach sail
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A group of summer campers from the "Boys and Girls Clubs of the Emerald Coast" got a hands-on lesson in sailing and seamanship. Last Tuesday, the group went on a three-hour outreach sail, presented by the Pensacola Yacht Club Satori Foundation. It was the first time any of them had been on a boat.
Pensacola shop owner says child labor law changes allow for more opportunity, inspiration
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A slew of new laws are now on the books in the Florida, including controversial changes to child labor protections. House Bill 49 removes work-hour restrictions for certain minors 16 and 17 years of age and allows minors to work up to eight hours on certain days of the year.
Several cities announce changes to garbage pick-up due to holiday
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Due to the Independence Day holiday, several area cities have announced changes for residents whose normal garbage collection day is on Thursday. In Mobile, trash and garbage pickup will not run on Thursday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. The makeup day for garbage is Saturday, July 6. There is no makeup day for trash.
Health & Hope Clinic in Pensacola expanding due to increased need in services
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Increased need has pushed a local clinic to expansion. Health & Hope Clinic serves Florida residents under the 250% poverty line who are uninsured. It broke ground on its new health and wellness wing recently. The clinic in Pensacola used to see between 600 and 700 people...
Florida drug eradication fund helps FDLE seize enough fentanyl to kill 18.5 million people
One year after Florida's State Assistance for Fentanyl Eradication (S.A.F.E.) program began, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Tuesday that 19 people were arrested locally for various drug-related offenses. FDLE received a portion of the near $15 million allocated throughout the state after Gov. Ron DeSantis approved the program,...
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