Following a season of negative feedback concerning safety improvements for West Cervantes Street in Pensacola, the Florida Department of Transportation presented revised plans Tuesday night that incorporated community concerns. Specifically, the new…
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City of Pensacola servers attacked
The city of Pensacola is the target of a cyber attack, which has impacted the city’s communication and technology infrastructure. “Everything that was here within city hall has been compromised at this…
Gun Violence Task Force wraps up Phase I
A collective of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies have been working together for the past three months in an effort to address the issue of gun violence in the Pensacola…
The IP & FDEP workaround
International Paper in Cantonment has been unable to secure a permit from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection since 2010. Since that time, the company has been operating under a consent order…
Presser notes: Sanitation and Sexism
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson used his weekly press conference leading into the Thanksgiving holidays to announce some changes for the city’s sanitation department, and also fielding a few questions about a city…
Talking turtles
Turtles are plentiful in the Florida panhandle, and there are folks who still consider them to be a tasty meal. Even protected varieties of turtles, such as the gopher tortoise. “Most of’em…
Presser Notes: Annexation, Feedback and the Tree Fund Reprise
After knocking out some announcements — the city’s completely replaced all its old cast iron pipes and the fire department’s been installing residential smoke alarms — Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson spent the…
Exclusive: Conversation with Rodney Mullen
Freestyle Philosophy Rodney Mullen is sort of like Yoda. If Yoda wore a puffy and a beanie and invented a good number of the tricks that modern skateboarding is built upon. In…
Presser notes: The Great Pensacola Dilution
On Monday, the city appeared to be considering circumventing the spirit of a commitment made in the wake of a police shooting over the summer. Instead of creating a citizen advisory board…
Mayor, Moore hold court in District 4
With a drizzly evening raining down outside, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson and District 4 City Councilman Jared Moore hunkered down inside the Vickery Community Center Tuesday for a town hall with area…
Exclusive: NAS CO advocates for military families
Commanding Officer of Naval Air Station Pensacola Capt. Tim Kinsella has expressed concerns about the quality of local education and the impact that has on military families serving in the area. On…
New Greenway proposed
The city of Pensacola has several greenways centered on stormwater projects. It could be in line to get another one if a Pensacola City Council member gets her way. Councilwoman Sherri Myers…
No fun being thrown under the bus
Earlier this month, the commanding officer of Naval Air Station Pensacola informed a chamber of commerce luncheon that the Navy was facing challenges attracting families to serve in the Pensacola area due…
PYP survey shows support for Education Tax
As the organization has since 2008, the Pensacola Young Professionals recently released its Quality of Life Survey results for this year. This year’s survey indicates a continued climb when it comes to…
Bay Bridge traffic enforcement beefed up
A collective of law enforcement agencies will be working together over the next two years to step up traffic enforcement efforts on the new Pensacola Bay bridge until its construction is competed….
Bye Bay Center; Hello Sports Tourism?
A project first proposed two years ago that involves constructing a sports complex and replacing the Bay Center in downtown Pensacola is back on the radar. Pensacola Area Development Partners, founded by…
2020 Vision eyes Education, Election
In an effort to better inform the local African-American community about issues that can impact them, a collective of groups kicked off their 2020 Vision campaign this past weekend with an all-day…
Presser Notes: Sidewalks, trips afar and PPD in the wake of Tymar
During his weekly press conference Monday, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson addressed a number of city issues — including ADA improvements and matters related to a fatal July police shooting — and also…
Lawmakers Town Hall: A Roomful of Asks
PENSACOLA: The collective sentiment of the Escambia County Legislative Delegation meeting Monday night was summed up nicely by Dr. Ed Meadows, president of Pensacola State College, where the event was held. “Everybody…
Presser notes: Deadly Force Policy, Gun Task Force
PENSACOLA: Following last week’s revelation by the Pensacola Police Department that the officer involved in a fatal July shooting has been relieved of his duty, Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday morning that…
