Christina Andrews
@christinaandrews.bsky.social
All Things Considered Host for NPR member station WUWF in Pensacola, Florida. Obsessed with our beaches and determined to create my very own cottage garden with citrus trees.
Devotee of slow living, cats, dogs, and wild birds.
Devotee of slow living, cats, dogs, and wild birds.
Reposted by Christina Andrews
As Escambia County leaders look for ways to expand affordable housing, some are turning to a smaller idea: tiny homes. A project now taking shape in downtown Pensacola is offering an example of what small-scale communities could look like.
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Can Escambia County make tiny home communities work?
Nine cottages in downtown Pensacola represent a possible blueprint for future affordable housing.
www.wuwf.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
As Escambia County leaders look for ways to expand affordable housing, some are turning to a smaller idea: tiny homes. A project now taking shape in downtown Pensacola is offering an example of what small-scale communities could look like.
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Three local women recently created Pensacola Grocery Buddies, a community effort that connects neighbors who want to help families who need groceries.
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Pensacola’s Grocery Buddies grows fast to feed families in need
Grocery Buddies formed just last week and is already feeding local families
www.wuwf.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Three local women recently created Pensacola Grocery Buddies, a community effort that connects neighbors who want to help families who need groceries.
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Escambia County is hosting a drive-thru rabies vaccine clinic and free microchips this weekend.
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Free microchips added to Escambia County’s drive-through rabies vaccine clinic
The new service aims to reunite more lost animals with their families while keeping the community’s pets protected.
www.wuwf.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Escambia County is hosting a drive-thru rabies vaccine clinic and free microchips this weekend.
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Reposted by Christina Andrews
Florida lawmakers began considering whether to redraw the state’s congressional districts, not in 2030, but in the middle of the decade. Supporters said it was about fairness. Critics in Northwest Florida said it was about power.
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Mid-decade redistricting debate reaches Escambia County
State leaders push for new maps, while local residents worry about losing their voice
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September 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Florida lawmakers began considering whether to redraw the state’s congressional districts, not in 2030, but in the middle of the decade. Supporters said it was about fairness. Critics in Northwest Florida said it was about power.
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At the Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel in downtown Pensacola, visitors marked the canonization of millennial saint Carlos Acutis with the opening of a Vatican exhibit showcasing Acutis’s life’s work.
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Pensacola basilica hosts exhibit honoring millennial saint's work
Digital archive of Catholic miracles arrives in Pensacola as church celebrates young saint
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September 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
At the Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel in downtown Pensacola, visitors marked the canonization of millennial saint Carlos Acutis with the opening of a Vatican exhibit showcasing Acutis’s life’s work.
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Florida wildlife officials on Wednesday approved a 23-day black bear hunt in December that could result in up to 187 bears being killed. It will be the state’s first sanctioned bear hunt in more than a decade.
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Florida wildlife officials approve black bear hunt for this December
For the first time since 2015, Florida will reopen black bear hunting.
www.wuwf.org
August 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Florida wildlife officials on Wednesday approved a 23-day black bear hunt in December that could result in up to 187 bears being killed. It will be the state’s first sanctioned bear hunt in more than a decade.
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For the seventh time this year, a sewage spill has contaminated waterways in Escambia County. ECUA says the spill was due to pipelines that date back to the late 1960s/early 1970s.
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Aging sewer lines trigger new wastewater spill in Escambia County
Aging cast iron sewer lines have ruptured multiple times this year, leaking raw waste into Skinner Mill Creek and Escambia Bay.
www.wuwf.org
August 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
For the seventh time this year, a sewage spill has contaminated waterways in Escambia County. ECUA says the spill was due to pipelines that date back to the late 1960s/early 1970s.
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Research shows that just 20 minutes in nature led to significantly reduced levels of cortisol, the body’s primary stress hormone. A handful of locals share how they engage with nature and why Its important to their mental health.
✍️: Christina Andrews
✍️: Christina Andrews
Nature helps Pensacola residents cope with political and economic strain
From shoreline walks to bird feeders and labyrinth paths, residents are turning to green and blue spaces for mental clarity in uncertain times.
www.wuwf.org
June 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Research shows that just 20 minutes in nature led to significantly reduced levels of cortisol, the body’s primary stress hormone. A handful of locals share how they engage with nature and why Its important to their mental health.
✍️: Christina Andrews
✍️: Christina Andrews