By Jeremy Morrison Inweeky: So, how long exactly have you been on the job? Four months? Chief Eric Randall: What day are we in —you know what? You’re right, almost exactly four…
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Power to the People?
Pensacola May Soon Consider Municipal Utility By Jeremy Morrison Although the Pensacola City Council shied away from the topic this week, it looks like a discussion will soon be had concerning the…
Out of Order & Fired Up
City Council to Consider Maritime Park Development by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As Pensacola City Council President Jared Moore said earlier this week, Thursday night’s discussion regarding a development proposal for Maritime Park…
Pensacola celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly For the second year, the city of Pensacola officially observed Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The occasion was marked Monday with a display of flags representing five regional tribes and…
Presser Notes: ‘Every Single Thing We Want to Do’
By Jeremy Morrison With two meaty items falling on the Pensacola City Council’s table this week, Mayor Grover Robinson used his regular weekly presser Monday as a platform to launch into a…
Presser Notes: No MOU, FEMA Funds & Scooter Stunts
By Jeremy Morrison With a stretch of wet weather moving through the region, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said city streets were looking good thus far, though he cautioned there could be some…
Presser Notes: Soccer Success, Campout Transition & COVID
by Jeremy Morrison Prior to getting into the meat of his weekly presser Monday morning, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson turned things over to Brian Wyer, executive director of the Gulf Coast Minority…
I-110 Homeless Camp stays for now
City Will Work to Transition Away From Site by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The homeless encampment underneath a downtown stretch of Interstate-110 overpass can remain in place a bit longer without campers having…
Green Money
Estuary Program Awards Second-Year Funding by Jeremy Morrison The Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program rolled out its second year of grant funding Thursday evening, awarding more than $200,000 to projects focused…
Footprint in the Sand
Pensacola’s Energy Assessment Measures Municipal Energy Usage by Jeremy Morrison Pensacola’s long-awaited environmental assessment has arrived. This week, the city unveiled its baseline greenhouse gas emissions results, essentially establishing a municipal carbon…
Science vs. Freedom?
ECSD’s mask debate rages on (as does Covid) by Jeremy Morrison The on-campus mask debate continued Tuesday evening during the Escambia County School District School Board meeting — with some staking their…
Homeless Task Force presents plan
By Jeremy Morrison The Homeless Reduction Task Force of Northwest Florida presented a report to the Pensacola City Council Monday on how best to spend $3 million in federal American Rescue Plan…
You Have the Right to an Attorney — Maybe
Escambia Examines Concerns Over Attorney Access at Jail by Jeremy Morrison Do inmates incarcerated in Escambia Country get full — and private — access to their attorneys? Some local lawyers have raised…
Hurricane Sally offers lessons for the future
Report Outlines Storms’ Impacts, Opportunities for Improvements by Jeremy Morrison A year ago, Hurricane Sally hammered the local region with wind and rain, causing massive damage and flooding in the area. On…
Pensacola to seek path forward for food trucks [podcast]
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly About a week or so ago, the city of Pensacola began enforcing a parking ordinance that effectively prohibits food trucks from operating on public property, like parking spaces…
COVID Uptick drives changes in Escambia Schools
More than 600 Currently Quarantined by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Less than two weeks into the school year, Escambia County schools are instituting stricter COVID safety measures due to what Escambia County School…
Presser Notes: A Bowl of Rivals, Fairyland Prospects & bARTram
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola High School and Booker T. Washington High School — the two public high schools falling within city limits — already nurture a healthy rivalry, but this year…
Florida’s School Mask War (podcast)
By Jeremy Morrison We’ve just got to keep the kids safe With students around the country returning to school this month as the Delta variant drives COVID spikes, some state governors –…
UWF Argos ‘Ready To Go’ (podcast)
Team Enters Season on 2019 Championship High By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The University of West Florida Argos football team will begin their season next month, with the team’s first home game on…
Presser Notes: Fred, COVID & Fields of Broken Dreams
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With Tropical Storm Fred looking to be shifting away from Pensacola, Mayor Grover Robinson breathed a guarded sigh of relief during Monday morning’s press conference. “It’s still looking…
