Yesterday, Walton County Sheriff Mike Atkinson notified the Escambia Board of County Commissioners that he will terminate the agreement to house the county’s prisoners, effective July 1. In his letter, he cited…
Category: Politics
Breaking News: Walton County cancels jail contract
Escambia County Commission Chairman Doug Underhill might get to build the “Tent City” jail that he has been discussing in BCC meetings. Late this afternoon, Walton County Sheriff Mike Adkinson gave Underhill…
Pensacola Speaks: Quint Studer, State Rep. Matt Caldwell and Garden & Gun Editor-in-Chief Dave DiBenedetto
We have a full slate for today’s show, starting at 5 p.m. on NewsTalk 1370 WCOA. We open with Quint Studer who will discuss his upcoming column in the PNJ on the…
EPA awards grant for Community Maritime Park brownfield
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) selected 172 communities across the country including five in Florida to receive funding for brownfield site revitalization to help local governments redevelop vacant and unused…
City of Pensacola legal fees continue to climb, up 35-percent in two years
According to the quarterly, unaudited financial reports that CFO Dick Barker will present to the Pensacola City Council, the Hayward administration’s legal fees are up 24.5 percent over the first six months…
Citizens celebrate Carpenter’s Creek efforts
By Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY Locals celebrated and simultaneously discussed Escambia County’s purchase of the 8.5-acre Carpenter’s Creek headwater property and restoration processes over pizza and cake at a town hall meeting hosted…
Escambia County has over $245-million in state budget…but still faces line-item veto review
Escambia County could receive over $245 million for projects and programs, if they survive Gov. Rick Scott’s line-item veto: Project First City Arts Alliance, Inc. Cultural & Museum Grants  7,316 Jazz Society…
President Trump summons covfefe to ward off investigations
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Medical pot regs slowly developing
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA After state lawmakers failed to act, health officials on Thursday laid out a framework for adopting regulations required by a voter-approved constitutional amendment that…
White drops out Speaker’s race
State Rep. Frank White (R-Pensacola) confirmed with Inweekly that he has dropped out of the race to be the future Florida House Speaker. Peter Schorsch reported last week on his SaintPetersBlog.com that…
RESTORE Comments Sought
The Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012, or RESTORE Act and U.S. Department of Treasury’s regulations direct Escambia County to prepare…
Breaking news: Myers proposes repeal of anti-panhandling ordinance
Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers notified Inweekly that she plans to ask her fellow council members to repeal the anti-panhandling ordinance passed earlier this month and signed into law by Mayor Ashton…