Poverty

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.

According to the USDA, 12.8% of Americans — more than 39 million people — live in food deserts. There are two dozen food deserts across Northwest Florida.

Local health advocates are going over details in the 2017 County Health Rankings, as part of determining their next moves in improving the collective…

A recent report by the Studer Institute in the News Journal, and a subsequent viewpoint by former News Journal executive editor Randy Hammer, again…

Robert Marbut, a 30-year veteran of working on homeless issues, is the featured speaker this afternoon at a Community Forum on Homelessness sponsored by…

At least two suspects are being sought in connection with the December fire that gutted the main building at the Alfred Washburn Center in Pensacola.…