Community split on OLF-8 design proposals

The debate of what to do with the 500-plus acre site known as OLF-8 (former Navy helicopter training site – Outlying Field Site Eight) has…

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Ft. Pickens area opens tomorrow

Gulf Islands National Seashore will reopen the Fort Pickens Area at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5 under COVID-19 Adaptive Recovery Phase II operations and…

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Mothers plea for end to shootings

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly A day after the most recent shooting in Pensacola, city officials joined with mothers who have lost their sons to gun…

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Judge backs FDOT in fight over Garcon tolls

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — In the latest chapter in a long-running legal battle, a circuit judge has ruled that…

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‘Blood in The Water’ makes IndieReader list

Best Reviewed Books of the Month – By IndieReader Thanksgiving is in the rear view and we’re wishing all of our readers and authors a…

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A BCC Bug’s Life

The eavesdropping device found by FDLE in the offices of Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley in the Ernie Lee Magaha Government Building may have been hidden…

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More on BCC bug

After Inweekly broke the news yesterday that a hidden recording device had been found in the county administrator’s office, the other media followed with Administrator…

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County confirms FDLE investigation into ‘bug’

After Inweekly reported that an eavesdropping device was found on the fourth floor of the county office complex, the county has confirmed the Florida Department…

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Who bugged BCC offices?

Since early September, Inweekly has heard that someone may have installed listening devices on the fourth floor of the Escambia County Administration Complex, where the…

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Hospitalizations continue to climb

When CivicCon held a session with local health care leaders on Monday, Nov. 23, Escambia County’s dashboard reported 90 hospitalizations. Today, the county reports 108–…

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Moody wants CARES extended

Press release: Attorney General Ashley Moody is urging Congress to extend the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funding until the end of 2021….

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Andrade to host 2nd town hall on bridge

State Rep. Alex Andrade will host a Town Hall Meeting to discuss the details and projected timeline for repairs to the Pensacola Bay Bridge. The…

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SBA Business Recovery Center closes Dec. 1

The SBA Business Recovery Center in Escambia Counties closes permanently at 8 pm tomorrow (Tues., Dec. 1). Dec. 1 is also the deadline to apply…

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COVID ‘wavelet’ continues

With testing down  38% over the long holiday period, the Florida Department of Health reported only 659 new cases for the week ending Nov. 28…

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2019 NAS shooting reports points to self-radicalization, lack of coordination and toxic climate

As we approached the anniversary of the attack by 2nd Lt. Mohammed Alshamrani, a 21-year-old Royal Saudi Air Force member,  that killed three sailors and…

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COVID cases and positivity rates continue to climb

For the third consecutive week, COVID-19 new cases reported trended higher in Escambia County, though the rate of increase has slowed. The biggest jump in…

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Podcast: Bruce Robert Coffin, Portland and John Byron

Recently, I interviewed author Bruce Robert Coffin for my podcast “And the Murders Began.” Bruce spent more than 27 years in law enforcement and supervised…

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COVID: November cases may top Oct and Sept combined

The COVID-19 stats as of Wednesday, Nov. 18 have been published by the Florida Department of Health.  Escambia County has the most new cases since…

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Pet pantry supplies critically low

The Pensacola Humane Society’s Pet Pantry is in dire need of cat and dog food. Demand is extremely high due to the Covid-19 pandemic and…

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GBHS has over 100 students out due to COVID-19

Gulf Breeze High School has had to cancel several soccer games due to COVID-19. As contact tracing is done through the school, more and more…

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