Best of the Coast 2024 Ballot
Just like we have every year for the last 24 years, we’re asking all of you to play favorites and vote in our Best of the Coast poll. That means your most important opinions—like…
Best of the Coast 2024 FAQ
Even though we’ve been doing this Best of the Coast thing a long, long time, we know some of you still have questions. We also know some of you might need a friendly reminder…
Winners & Losers 5/2/24
Winners Lyndsey Stevens The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners approved Stevens as the new purchasing director. Her duties include overseeing the county’s procurement program, developing purchasing policies and procedures and implementing a long-term…
Outtakes—Hitting Its Stride
By Rick Outzen The University of West Florida (UWF) launched its “Here for Good” capital campaign with $65 million of its $90 million already contributed—a fantastic achievement. Howard Reddy, the vice president for the…
A&E Happenings 5/2/24
Nonprofits & Fundraisers United Way of West Florida Glitz & Gallop Gala Celebrate 100 years of United Way 4-7 p.m. Saturday, May 5 at Pensacola State College, Building 27 located at 1000 College Blvd….
Fighting Injustices in the Justice System
By Tom St. Myer A pregnant Pensacola woman facing a possession charge sat in the Escambia County Jail for three months without the financial means to post bail. Fortunately for her, the Bail Project…
‘Our Most Joyous Album Yet’
By Savannah Evanoff Spanish Love Songs has earned a reputation for bumming people out in the best way. “Nobody breaks and rebuilds your heart like Spanish Love Songs,” reads a comment under the rock…
A Little Magic
By Savannah Evanoff Stéphano Candreva likens a ballet company to a garden. Some plants need lots of light and water; some don’t. Ballet Pensacola’s new artistic director has made it his mission to create…
The Buzz 5/2/24
NEW PIPES Pensacola Energy was awarded $10.1 million in a federal grant to replace 15 miles of unprotected bare steel mains with polyethylene pipe throughout the Greenhut Court and Peachtree Park neighborhoods. The substantial…
News Of The Weird 5/2/24
By the Editors at Andrews McMeel Boom! Talk about explosive developments! In Holladay, Utah, authorities were summoned to a home on April 23 to advise a homeowner on how to dispose of “a lot”…
The Charming Art of Deep Ecology
With Kelly Anne Mueller By Sydney Robinson The solo exhibition currently on display upstairs at Pensacola Museum of Art urges viewers to consider the delicate balance humanity holds with all of nature, and to…
Winners & Losers 4/25/24
Winners Adam Bryan The Blue Angels announced that Cmdr. Adam “Gilligan” Bryan will succeed Cmdr. Alex Armatas and assume command of the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, following the end of the 2024 show…