A special meeting of the Escambia County Board of Commissioners is scheduled for Monday, June 19 at 3:30 p.m. to discuss the OLFX land exchange. Congressman Matt Gaetz and Deputy Assistant Secretary…
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Red Snapper season extended
The National Marine Fisheries Service has extended the federal Red Snapper season for 2017. The season resumes this weekend, and will allow recreational red snapper fishing on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays until…
DIB bans school-age beggars
Undaunted by the recent repeal of the city’s anti-panhandling ordinance, the Downtown Improvement Board has extended its crusade to end panhandling within its confines to now include children. The candy-hungry tots will…
Shreveport mayor gets community support for NBA Pelicans affiliate
By Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY In the northwestern corner of Louisiana, nestled on the Red River lies the third largest city in Louisiana, Shreveport. The city has a population of about 198,000 and…
Move to Amend gathers tonight in Gulf Breeze [podcast]
Move to Amend will hold an informational meeting tonight June 14 at 6 p.m. at La Brisa Restaurant, 51 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze. Move to Amend is a non-partisan national organization…
Ice Flyers tout nearly $1M economic impact
Press release: The Pensacola Ice Flyers hosted their annual $5 Weekend on March 3 and 4, and it generated an economic impact of just under $1 million, at $963,944, to the local…
The Bluffs launches national marketing strategy
By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY Economic officials gathered Tuesday morning to announce: There are 1,758 shovel-ready acres at The Bluffs Northwest Florida Industrial Campus ready for manufacturing companies to develop. For four years,…
More photos of Government Street pond, sidewalk collapsed
We drove over to the Government Street Stormwater Pond, which is two blocks west of Pensacola City Hall. The easternmost end of the pond has eroded the sidewalk and iron fencing.
Tanyard streets flooding
Councilwoman Sherri Myers called to say the Tanyard neighborhood that streets around Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Government Street Stormwater Pond are flooded. “We paid $4 million for a stormwater pond that’s not working,”…
Gaetz: ‘This Justice Department is becoming too politicized’ [podcast]
On “Pensacola Speaks,” I asked Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fort Walton Beach) what was his take on the Jim Comey’s testimony before the U.S. Senate. Gaetz chose to focus on the former FBI…
Email trail shows Hayward put off NBA proposal to last minute
Inweekly made a public record request of Assistant County Administrator Amy Lovoy’s emails regarding the county’s interaction with Mayor Ashton Hayward’s office regarding the Request for Proposal for a NBA developmental league…
Docs vs. Glocks legal battle ends
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Six years after Florida lawmakers tried to stop doctors from asking patients about guns, health-care providers have emerged victorious in a legal battle as…