Inweekly has investigated the circumstances surrounding the revisions to the City of Pensacola’s HR manual that eliminated the independent personnel board and modified the appeal process. Our research, and subsequent public record…
Breaking news: Buck Lee pre-files for Tax Collector
I just ran into former SRIA executive director Buck Lee outside of the Supervisor of Elections office. He said that he has pre-filed for Escambia Tax Collector as a Republican. The incumbent…
Escambia County Commissioner Wilson Robertson honored
Last Friday, local, regional and state representatives gathered for the dedication of the new Wilson B. Robertson Boat and Canoe Launch, located at 11800 Mobile Hwy. The special ceremony recognized Vice Chairman…
International Childhood Awareness Day: ‘We Are One’
Earlier this year, Childhood Cancer International teamed up with Disney’s Frozen composer Christophe Beck to raise childhood cancer awareness. They launched the Child4Child.com campaign that brought together children from across the globe…
UF researchers present inner workings of Ebola vaccine trial
An experimental vaccine combined with an innovative way of vaccinating people has resulted in an estimated 100 percent efficacy of the vaccine against the Ebola virus in West Africa — and the…
ECAT seeks input on future service
Escambia County, in coordination with Escambia County Area Transit, has launched a major update to the county’s 10-year Transit Development Plan. The plan is referred to as “Connections 2026: Moving Escambia Forward.”…
Weekly State Capital Roundup: Hoping for a happy ending
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Budgets have been approved. Committee meetings are dropping off. And the major differences between the House and the Senate are coming into focus. The…
Escambia County High Schools – A: 1, B: 3, C:4
West Florida High is Escambia County’s only “A” school. There other seven earned B’s and C’s. [supsystic-tables id=’17’]
Escambia County has one ‘A’ middle school, B: 4, C:2, D:4
Brown Barge is Escambia County’s middle school that earned an A for the 2015 school year. Four other schools earned B’s – Ransom, Beulah Academy (a charter school), Ernest Ward and Jim…
Escambia County has 12 elementary schools earn A’s, B: 4, C:10, D:4, F:4
The Escambia County School District had 11 elementary schools earn A’s for the 2015 school year, plus Lincoln Park that was given special status for its A. The top elementary schools in…
Santa Rosa School District ranked 4th, Escambia County 42nd
The Florida Department of Education released the Preliminary Informational Baseline grades for the 2015 school year. Santa Rosa earned an A with 477 points; Escambia earned a B with 379 points. Santa…
Pensacola city officials never notified employees of changes to HR manual
On Monday, Feb. 8, Inweekly requested from the City of Pensacola copies of the “notification sent to city employees regarding changes to the HR policy manual regarding the appeal process.” The paper…