The Wedgewood/Rolling Hills/Olive Heights Homeowners Association has written the Environmental Protection Agency for help. A recent soil report indicates the Lewis Powell ballparks near the opening gate of Rolling Hills landfill are…
City Hall 2015 highlights, lowlights
TOP FIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY-JUNE 2015: 1. Removal of the Confederate flag. 2. Opening of OHM Food Concessions at the Pensacola International Airport (food concession revenue exceeded budget by…
ECUA and County work out recycling at Perdido Landfill
When Inweekly interviewed him last year, the last item County Administrator Jack Brown brought up was a proposed partnership with the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority on a recycling facility. During the last…
Graduation rate improvements uneven, black community falls further behind
We reported yesterday that the overall graduation rate for Escambia County has improved from the 2009-10 school year to 2013-14 school year. However, further analysis shows that the improvement was uneven and…
County 2015 Review: Stormwater repairs
When Inweekly sat down with Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown in December 2014, he discussed the challenges of making stormwater repairs and improvements after April 2014 floods. The county’s approach was different…
Escambia graduation rates lag, especially for black students
The Escambia County graduation rates have improved but still lag behind national, state and peer counties. Year    National  State 2009-10  78      69 2010-11  …
County 2015 Review: Correcting Corrections and the Deficit of Trust
Inweekly sat down with County Administrator Jack Brown last December to discuss his work plan for 2015 High on his list was corrections. The Board of County Commissioners took control of the…
UWF hosts 18th annual symposium for U.S. and Japan social welfare and caregiving
Press release: The University of West Florida recently hosted the 18th annual U.S.–Japan Social Welfare and Caregiving Symposium, where UWF faculty, staff, students and members of the general public gathered to hear…
BDI engineer appointed to State Emergency Response Commission
Governor Rick Scott announced yesterday that he has appointed Richard Delp of Gulf Breeze to the State Emergency Response Commission. Delp is an environmental engineer and project manager with Baskerville Donovan Inc….
Bondi punts on EDATES and Enterprise zones
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has decided to not issue an opinion on Florida’s Enterprise Zones and EDATES. Instead, she has recommended that Escambia County and the City of Pensacola seek a…
Stafford endorses military voting initiatives
Supervisor of Elections David H. Stafford, Vice Chairman of the Council on State Governments’ Overseas Voting Initiative (CSG OVI) Policy Working Group, participated last week in the official release of their policy…
State Capital Buzz
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Much of state government might be done for the year, but the judiciary spent the week still getting through the last bits of its…