Andrade town hall report

By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly –Freshman state Rep. Alex Andrade gathered District 4 elected officials Tuesday for a Town Hall meeting to discuss much-needed improvements. About…

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Wedgewood continues to battle pollution

By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly reporter LaFanette Soles-Wood demanded the cleanup of contamination from the Rolling Hills C&D Recycling site continue. The Wedgewood native blames the…

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Young Russians shaking up their political system

By Duwayne Escobedo Four young men who are members of opposition political parties in the Moscow area said Russia and President Donald Trump did join…

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Bridge may have ‘Chappie’ James monument

By Duwayne Escobedo The citizens supporting the General Chappie James Memorial Bridge name change on the six-lane bridge that connects Gulf Breeze to Pensacola also…

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Chappie James Bridge?

By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly — Today, locals refer to the bridge connecting Pensacola to Gulf Breeze as the Bay Bridge or Three-Mile Bridge. Have you…

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OLF 8 Zoning Left to Master Developer

By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly The Escambia County Commission decided to leave the zoning of the 640-acre Outlying Landing Field 8 in Beulah to the master…

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Ford Named to National AI Commission

By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly –Dr. Ken Ford and 14 others were named to the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence and have two years to…

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Appointed Superintendent salaries compared

By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly —Patty Hightower spoke to the public for the first time about hiring an appointed superintendent for the Escambia County school system….

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Hill loses 2-1 vote on PEDC

By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly Florida Rep. Mike Hill refused to support the update to state guidelines governing the Pensacola-Escambia Promotion and Development Commission (PEDC) on…

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Jail construction update

By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly So far, the most expensive public building project in Escambia County history remains on target for completion by May 28, 2020….

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Escambia County to Conduct Employee Survey

by Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly –Escambia County plans to join major corporations and small businesses by conducting annual employee engagement surveys to gage its performance. Quint…

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Updating PEDC

By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly The Pensacola-Escambia Promotion and Development Commission  (PEDC) would allow people to serve on its nine-member board who live outside Escambia County…

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‘Alarming’ kick allegedly spurred by ‘N’ Word

By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly WEAR and WKRG last weekend reported “alarming” violence at Workman Middle School between two eighth grade boys. Both TV stations said…

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Bay Bridge Update:Traffic Flow a Priority Across Bay [see phases]

By Duwayne Escobedo Inweekly Susan Woolf is already in the process of moving from Gulf Breeze to Pensacola to avoid future traffic snarls during the…

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Locals concerned about war on media

By Duwayne Escobedo President Donald Trump and his administration have declared war on the media. This war includes banning major news organizations critical of his…

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Save Carpenters Creek Town Hall: Commissioner shows, Pensacola mayor MIA

By Duwayne Escobedo Inweekly George Sanders recalled as a 5-year-old boy learning to swim on Carpenters Creek. The 80-year-old said there were four crystal clear…

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CIE rebrands as Co:Lab

By Duwayne Escobedo FloridaWest revealed a new name and new branding Wednesday for its Gulf Coast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship or CIE for short….

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First phase of Olive Road work to finish in February 2018

By Duwayne Escobedo Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson remembers seeing students trudging through the ditches along Olive Road to get to Ferry Pass Middle School….

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Pensacola plumbers fight to be heard by mayor over ‘terrible and corrupt’ utility practices

Larry Downs Jr. claims that city-owned Pensacola Energy and its director Don Suarez are trying to put private local plumbers out of business, but he…

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Tanyard Update: County checking Shortleaf, more help on the way…maybe

Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown told Inweekly he is sending county code enforcement and environmental officials to the Shortleaf borrow pit to confirm the dumping…

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