By Duwayne Escobedo That was the question put forward by Tony Carvajal for the Florida Chamber Foundation Florida 2030 Project on Tuesday morning. The organization is barnstorming through all 67 Florida counties…
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Pensacola City Council has chance to set city on right track tonight
By Duwayne Escobedo At 5:15 p.m. today, the Pensacola City Council will hold its first public hearing on Mayor Ashton Hayward’s FY 2017 Proposed Budget. If you didn’t attend the Pensacola City…
Miami to Pensacola on Zika Virus Alert
As Escambia County Health director John Lanza began his presentation to Rotary Club of Pensacola members on the Zika virus, Gov. Rick Scott announced that four more people in northern Miami have…
County makes offer for jail site
by Duwayne Escobedo… After more than two years of haggling about where to rebuild a jail destroyed by flooding in April 2014, the five-member Escambia County Commission finally unanimously picked out a…
Pothole Politics
By Duwayne Escobedo City and county officials played pothole politics for 2 ½ hours Thursday. In the end, the state funding from the 6-cent Local Option Gas Tax for repaving roads inside…
Live Work Learn Play shares concepts for West Moreno District
Richard Martz revealed the concepts Tuesday that Montreal-based Live Work Learn Play have come up with for the West Moreno District, part of the 25 city blocks owned by Baptist Hospital located…
Dr. Biden announces national math+science initiative at Escambia High
Dr. Jill Biden announced the expansion of the National Math + Science Initiative to 18 high schools in Bay, Clay and Escambia counties, including Escambia, Pensacola, Pine Forest, Washington and West Florida…
DIB seeks volunteers and ideas for 2017 events
Downtown Improvement Board Executive Director Ronald Butlin said the organization that serves businesses and residents in a 40 block area of downtown really, really needs people to volunteer and brainstorm ideas for…
Wahoos season preview
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos opened their fifth season with a road win. Here is a preview of the upcoming season. The 2016 season begins with high hopes for the Double-A Pensacola Blue…
Perdido Key Master Plan presented and debated at Planning Board
For nearly two decades, Escambia County and Perdido Key residents have argued over a master plan for development on the barrier island. Some issues still remain and strong opinions, too, about the…
Hawkshaw Development still a touchy subject
Want to start a debate at City Hall? Just ask Pensacola citizens what should be built on the 1.8-acre, city-owned Hawkshaw property. Renowned design firm Urban Design Associates asked for public input…
ECUA tanks added to Pensacola City Council agenda
Yesterday, North Hill residents came ready to fight against the Long Hollow radio tower but also spoke out against ECUA plans to put sewage storage tanks in their neighborhood. The issue came…