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May to Host Town Hall
Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May will host a town hall meeting Thursday. Elected in November, May represents District 3. The town hall meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday at the St. James Missionary Baptist Church, located at 219 E. Johnson Ave. Citizens may also keep up with District [...]
Barry’s Town Hall
Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry will be holding an open forum town hall meeting Monday. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the Molino Community Complex. For more information, contact the District 5 commissioner’s office at 595-4950. Citizens may also keep up with the [...]
Schedule-Changes for County Meetings
Tomorrow’s meeting schedule of the Escambia County Commission will be a bit different than usual. The time change is being made to allow for commissioners to attend funeral services of a local priest, Father Jack Gray of St. Anne’s Catholic Church, who passed away last week. The [...]
Valentino challenges City on its pulling gas tax revenues from ECAT
Our reporter Jeremy Morrison is covering the Escambia County Commission agenda workshop. He just texted me that Commissioner Valentino has made a statement against Mayor Ashton Hayward's intention of using the city's portion of the new gas tax for its proposed Project Stallion (a 'top secret' deal [...]
Buzz: May appoints Coby to RESTORE advisory
Commissioner Lumon May has selected former Pensacola City Manager Al Coby has his appointee for the Escambia County RESTORE Advisory Committee. Coby worked for the City of Pensacola for 27 years (1984-2011), the last three as the city manager. He was hired 1984 as director of the Community [...]
More Spay, Less Pay
Escambia County is celebrating the 19th annual World Spay Day all month. During the month of February, qualifying county residents—at least the first 100 of them—may have their pets spayed or neutered for half-price. The Escambia County Animal Services department is partnering with Concerned [...]
Deleting text messages may be a crime for public officials
Watch a county commission or city council meeting and you will see some of the board members scanning their cell phones every few minutes. Then the council member or commissioner types something in reply. The public and media don't know if the message is from a loved one reminding him to pick [...]
County: Landfill Fire ‘Extinguished’
Here's the latest statement from Escambia County regarding the fire at the Cove Landfill: The Florida Department of Health Escambia County Health Department has lifted the health advisory that was issued on January 22, 2013 regarding health risks associated with smoke from a local fire. The FDOH [...]
Life in drug culture on the west side of Pensacola
The Escambia County Sheriff's Office has identified the body found last Friday in a field behind Alternative Powersports, near Kenmore Boulevard. Investigators said it appeared that the victim, Melisa Midori Townsend,had been at the location for a few days at the time of discovery. Her next of [...]
Escambia County Landfill continues to burn
Escambia County Press Release: The Cove Landfill fire has sparked up again, this time in an area in close proximity to Pine Meadow Elementary School. According to Escambia County Public Safety officials, the fire poses no immediate threat to the students at the school, but eroding air quality does [...]
State Issues Debris-Fire Health Advisory
The Florida Department of Health has issued a health advisory pertaining to the fire at an Escambia County landfill. Here is the DOH press release: HEALTH ADVISORY – ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA RESIDENTS MAY BE AT INCREASED RISK FOR HEALTH PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH SMOKE FROM AREA DEBRIS [...]
Touart predecessor in running for Walton County job
Robert T. Halfhill served as interim Escambia County Administrator for sixteen months, from December 4, 2001 until April 21, 2002. One April 22, Touart took over and had one of the longest tenure's as county administrator. Halfhill has been public works director for Charlotte County since 2009. [...]