A project first proposed two years ago that involves constructing a sports complex and replacing the Bay Center in downtown Pensacola is back on the radar. Pensacola Area Development Partners, founded by…
Category: Escambia County
Lawmakers Town Hall: A Roomful of Asks
PENSACOLA: The collective sentiment of the Escambia County Legislative Delegation meeting Monday night was summed up nicely by Dr. Ed Meadows, president of Pensacola State College, where the event was held. “Everybody…
First Amendment and elected officials’ social media
Whether elected officials can block citizens from their Facebook pages has been a top topic. In July, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously in the case, Knight First Amendment Institute…
Underhill hit with public records, first amendment lawsuit
PENSACOLA: On the day Escambia Circuit Court Judge Stephen Pitre dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed against Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill, the District 2 commissioner had a new lawsuit filed against him…
Poof! ECAT special district vanishes
PENSACOLA: The Escambia County Area Transit Authority special district has been dissolved. The Escambia County Board of County Commissioner scrapped the special district overseeing mass transit in the area Thursday night. “This…
ECAT melodrama: Underhill changes tune, workers speak out
The ECAT/Underhill melodrama continues. The Board of County Commissioners will consider today repealing the dependent special district.
Underhill uses special district vote to push his anti-ECAT agenda
PENSACOLA: Last night, WEAR TV made it seem that the dissolution of the Special District for ECAT would amount to the county taking control of the mass transit system. According to the…
Workers protest county takeover of ECAT
PENSACOLA – On the eve of the Escambia Board of County Commissioners’ Oct. 3 meeting, Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) workers today will hold a press conference to criticize an agenda item…
Tufts University: PSC students voted at higher rate during 2018 midterm election
PENSACOLA: During the 2018 midterm election, 42 percent of Pensacola State students voted ─ compared to 39.1 percent voting rates of students from other U.S. colleges and universities, according to Tufts University’s…
ECSD 2004 internal audit report questioned the sale of McReynolds school
Inweekly has reviewed a May 2004 internal audit report of the Jackie Harris Pyramid School of Learning (JHPSL)- currently called Jacqueline Harris Preparatory Academy. The report raised several questions about how school…
Should FDEP cut IP a break?
PENSACOLA–Following the explosion at the International Paper mill in Cantonment in 2017, Jackie Lane began to notice something different in Perdido Bay. “It just immediately springs to life in two weeks,†Lane…
Buzz: Meet new ECUA director
PENSACOLA–Sources have shared that Rebecca Shelton, P.E., is on track to be the next executive director of the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority. Shelton is currently the deputy director of facilities operations for…