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Watch Okaloosa's most recent artificial reef deployment, the sinking of the MANTA.

A history of Pensacola's equal suffrage movement, the Pensacola Equal Suffrage League, and the fight for the 19th Amendment locally.

On Nov. 20, a gunman opened fire inside of Club Q, an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and injuring 17 others. In response to the shooting, Strive, a Pensacola-based advocacy group that serves the needs of transgender people, held a vigil at St. Paul Lutheran Church to commemorate the lives that were lost.

Look inside the former Holt School with this photo essay from Hunter Morrison.

Currently on view at the Voices of Pensacola Multicultural Center is “Lost Pensacola,” an exhibition of posters and artifacts that explore the city’s lost and forgotten architecture. Inspired by vintage travel and advertising media, each poster details a Pensacola landmark in an artistic style that was appropriate during that building’s heyday.

Populating the Pensacola Museum of Art's entire second floor, "Vandals to Vanguards" showcases contemporary pieces from pop favorites like Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein, and Claes Oldenburg. Street artists such as Banksy, Mr. Brainwash, Shepard Fairey, and Jeremy Novy will also have work on display.

Just north of Highway 98 in Wynnehaven Beach is a relic of historical significance most people overlook. The Beal residence, built in 1910, was once the summer home, office, and shell museum of a well-known Fort Walton Beach man. The building now stands vacant.

Between Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton counties, 24 geographic areas are identified as food deserts, or areas with low income and low access to nutritious food. One northwest Florida man talks about how he and his family are directly impacted by food deserts.

The 309 Punk Project welcomed photographer Julia Gorton, known for documenting New York City’s ‘No Wave’ scene of the 1970s and 1980s, as this month’s artist in residence. Capturing a brief era with unique style and avant-garde music, Gorton shot trailblazers of the scene, including Debbie Harry, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, David Byrne, and others.

Between Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton counties, 24 geographic areas are identified as food deserts, or areas with low income and low access to nutritious food. Over 102,000 Northwest Floridians in the four counties are affected.