City native serving at naval facility –
A 1996 Mount Airy High School graduate and Mount Airy native is serving at the Navy's largest aviation training center.
Category Archives: Pensacola, FL
ECUA sues over contaminated water wells
A foam used for firefighting has allegedly leeched toxins into ECUA water wells near Pensacola's airport and a defunct Navy auxiliary air station ECUA sues national manufacturers over contamination of Escambia water wells A foam used for firefighting has allegedly leeched toxins into ECUA water wells near Pensacola's airport and a defunct Navy auxiliary air station Check out this story on pnj.com: The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority is suing the manufacturers and sellers of a fire-suppressant foam that allegedly contaminated a portion of the local water supply with highly toxic chemicals.
6 Navy admirals weigh in on naval aviation’s future
Six Navy admirals spoke to hundreds of young flight students about naval aviation's future at the last day of a Pensacola symposium. Navy admirals at Pensacola symposium share thoughts on naval aviation's future Six Navy admirals spoke to hundreds of young flight students about naval aviation's future at the last day of a Pensacola symposium.
President Donald Trump waves to supporters after a rally in Pensacola, Fla., Friday, Dec. 8, 2017.
President Donald Trump smiles as he speaks before hosting a lunch with Senate Republicans in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Washington. President Donald Trump smiles as he speaks before hosting a lunch with Senate Republicans in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Washington.
Trump responds to ‘lock her up’ chants, cites ‘rigged system’
President Donald Trump responded to chants of "lock her up" by citing the "rigged system," while speaking at a rally in Pensacola, Florida, on Friday night. "Look, it's being proven we have a rigged system," Trump said to the crowd of supporters.
At Pensacola rally, Trump says ‘get out and vote for Roy Moore’
President Donald Trump urged Alabama voters to "get out and vote for Roy Moore" in Tuesday's Senate special election. "Do it.
Trump boasts of defeating – savage killers’ here and abroad
President Donald Trump on Friday touted his efforts to secure the homeland, telling a raucous rally crowd in the Florida panhandle that his administration is "taking care of our citizens at home" by defeating the Islamic State abroad and expelling violent street gang members from the U.S. "Not only are we defeating these killers, these savage killers, horrible, horrible," Trump told hundreds of supports at a rally in Pensacola, Florida, a region a White House spokesman called "Trump country." Florida helped Trump win the White House.
Trump Pokes Fun At ‘Resistance’: You Know What Happened When Hillary Resisted?
President Donald Trump took a swipe at his former opponent in the 2016 election by poking fun at "The Resistance" during a Friday night rally in Pensacola, Fla. Trump, speaking about his administration's accomplishments, made fun of the "resistance" by pointing out that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tried to "resist" and ended up losing the 2016 presidential election.
Trump: ‘America Doesn’t Worship Government, We Worship God’ [VIDEO]
During a rally in Pensacola, Fla., Friday, President Donald Trump spoke of the shared values of Americans and declared that the nation does not worship government, but God. Trump said the country is "protecting religious liberty" under his administration, including getting rid of the "getting rid of the Johnson amendment, which prohibits non-profit institutions including churches from making political contributions.
The Latest: Crowd at rally chants ‘Trump! Trump! Trump!’
President Donald Trump has an approval rating lower than any of his modern predecessors had at the same point in their presidencies, but the crowd at his campaign rally in northwest Florida offers adoring praise. Jason Kimball calls him "phenomenal."
CNN corrects report about Trump campaign and WikiLeaks tip
CNN had to correct a story on Friday that suggested the Trump campaign had been tipped off early about WikiLeaks documents damaging to Hillary Clinton when it later learned the alert was about material already publicly available. It's the second mistake in a week by a major news organization on a story that initially had been damaging to the president but didn't live up to scrutiny, giving Trump ammunition for his campaign against "fake news."
Trump to attend civil rights museum opening in Mississippi
A White House official confirmed to CNN Monday that the stop will be part of the President's swing through the South, which will be kicked off with a campaign-style rally in Pensacola, Florida, on Friday. The rally will come just days after Trump endorsed Roy Moore, the contentious Republican candidate in Alabama's Senate race.
Anatomy of an Abduction: The Deportation of Cambodian American Refugees
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Atheist group scores win as judge reluctantly orders cross removed from Florida park
A federal judge on Monday reluctantly ordered the removal of the Bayview Cross from a public park in Pensacola, Florida, explaining that U.S. Supreme Court precedent left him little choice. Senior U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson gave the city 30 days to remove the cross, which has stood in various forms in a corner of Bayview Park for about 75 years, even though he said the Founding Fathers "would have most likely found this lawsuit absurd."
Obliterating EPA would create chaos, experts say
Obliterating EPA would create chaos, experts say Gaetz sees smooth transition in oversight and regulations from feds to states. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2k2f3Ix U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz has proposed to abolish the EPA by 2018.
USTRANSCOM Evacuates Families and Pets to NAS Pensacola
Four C-17 and two C-130 aircraft from U.S. Transportation Command relocated approximately 700 spouses and children, along with 65 pets, from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay , Cuba, to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla, yesterday, Oct. 2. The NAS Pensacola commanding officer, Captain Christopher Martin, met the planes as they arrived. Shuttle busses carried the evacuees to quarters where they will live until it is safe to return to NSGB.
Clinton: ‘Deplorables’ comment was ‘grossly generalistic’
Hillary Clinton said Saturday that she was wrong to put half of Donald Trump's supporters in a "basket of deplorables," but she didn't back down from describing his campaign as largely built on prejudice and paranoia. The Republican accused her of a "grotesque attack on American voters."
Clinton: ‘Deplorables’ comment was “grossly generalistic”
Hillary Clinton said Saturday that she was wrong to put half of Donald Trump's supporters in a "basket of deplorables," but didn't back down from a description of his campaign the Republican nominee said smeared many Americans and would take a political toll. Less than 24 hours after she made the statement at a private New York City fundraiser, Clinton said in a statement, "last night I was 'grossly generalistic' and that's never a good idea.
‘So insulting’: Trump fires back after Clinton puts his backers in ‘basket of deplorables’
Hillary Clinton verbally banished half of Donald Trump's backers to a "basket of deplorables," and the Republican presidential nominee quickly pounced, saying Saturday she had smeared many Americans and would pay a heavy political price. "Wow, Hillary Clinton was SO INSULTING to my supporters, millions of amazing, hard-working people.