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Best of the Coast voting is open. Schools are short $18M. The Hard Rock TIF got rejected. Quint Studer bought a baseball team. It’s all in this week’s Inweekly.

Hofberger finally speaks—but her answers raise more questions than they answer. Read my full response to her radio defense.

A Pensacola engineering firm born in 1927 has a new name. Donovan-Hill Group honors six decades of building the region—one relationship at a time.

Escambia County’s own anti-tampering hiring policy—born from a 2011 scandal—may have been violated three or four times in the Library Services Director hire.

By Gary Rohrer, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE – Florida lawmakers approved a major redrawing of the state’s 28 congressional districts Wednesday, a move…

323 apartments. No city subsidy. No road closures yet. Flournoy breaks ground on Ellison at West Main—and Mayor Reeves says City Hall is watching closely.

A Michelin-starred chef with 28 global restaurants is bringing his rooftop concept to Pensacola. This changes everything downtown.

Mayor Reeves puts AT&T & T-Mobile subcontractors on notice: fix the damage to Pensacola yards, irrigation lines & sewer infrastructure—or face city pushback.

Texts show Escambia officials mocked the library board’s top pick—then blocked her hire. Now a public records mystery raises bigger questions. #Pensacola

Escambia schools are educating 335 voucher students—and Florida’s broken funding formula isn’t paying the district a dime for it.

See you in court.’ Democrats, voting rights groups, and editorial boards are lighting up over DeSantis’s ‘Dummymander’—and lawsuits are already being promised.

Text messages expose how an Escambia commissioner’s office mocked the Library Board’s top pick — and then denied it when pushed by a city council member.

$5 tickets. 20+ bike giveaways. Autographs, four racing divisions, and one unforgettable Friday night at Five Flags Speedway. This deal won’t last long.

DeSantis wants Florida’s congressional map redrawn—race-neutral, controversial, and heading for a legislative vote THIS WEEK. Here’s what’s in the proposal.

Florida had 2.1M electricity shutoffs in 2024—nearly double the national rate. A new federal report reveals the Sunshine State’s staggering utility crisis.

Downtown Pensacola’s $10.3M Palafox makeover is 80% done—detours start Monday. Here’s what drivers, walkers & business visitors need to know this week.

Pensacola’s Roger Scott Pools have had no real bathrooms since 2021. Five years, three designs, and $670K later—swimmers lose a whole summer. Read the saga.

Two Pensacola nonprofits sued Clerk Pam Childers today after she blocked $7K in approved county funds—and the lawsuit could cost her hundreds of thousands.

DeSantis skipped a federal judge and 9 other qualified lawyers to put a UWF trustee on the bench. The network behind that pick is worth a close look.

PPD’s own crash report: Kohler didn’t commit a hit-and-run. He paid $116 parking fine. Inweekly got the records. The facts tell a different story