Category: News
Garcon Point Bridge moving under turnpike system
Legislative support continues to build for moving Northwest Florida’s Garcon Point Bridge into the state turnpike system. The House Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee on…
DEO: Pensacola job market grew 4.2 percent
Today, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity announced that the Pensacola area’s private sector employment grew 4.2 percent (+6,800 jobs) over the year in March…
D’Angelo to head Pensacola CRA
Victoria D’Angelo has been selected as the Community Redevelopment Agency Division Manager for the City of Pensacola, responsible for planning, coordinating and managing programs and…
Larrison Campbell and ‘Devil in the Ditch’
On June 13, 2003, Martha Dyer Campbell, 85 was found dead by her sister in the garden room of her big house in the affluent…
Fate of Warrington MS to be determined within two weeks
By Tom St. Myer The fate of Warrington Middle School will soon be determined. Escambia School Board Chairman Paul Fetsko said Friday, April 28, is…
Escambia County Public Schools’ Music Education Program receives national honor
Pensacola, Florida – Escambia County Public Schools has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding…
Real News: Quint, UWF Argos, Twitter & Earth Day
Quint Studer talks about the fight to build the Community Maritime Park and Blue Wahoos Stadium. UWF Athletic Director Dave Scott discusses the Sandy Sansing….
Palafox Market South coming May 13
Palafox Market is expanding its popular Saturday farmer’s market into a new area of Palafox Street in Downtown Pensacola starting May 13, and the Downtown…
Buzz: Belmont Hall moving to Port
Last year, the PNJ reported on Jordan Yee and Alistair McKenzie building a food hall and multi-purpose outdoor area in the parking lot across from…
April 20 issue on the stands
Unleashing Your Inner Entrepreneur & Author With Jamari and Jamal Sharp of BAM! Snoballs By Savannah Evanoff The brothers behind BAM! Snoballs are something…
Homework: Devil in the Ditch
Journalist Larrison Campbell returns to her hometown, Greenville, Mississippi, to reexamine the unsolved murder of her grandmother, Presh, 20 years after the death rocked the…
Real News: Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Commissioner Robert Bender previews the District 4 town hall set of 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 20, at the District 4 Community Center, 8800 N….
Mobile County, Ala. vs. Escambia County, Fla.
Want to win a bet? Ask your drinking buddies which county has the bigger crime problem – Mobile County, Ala. or Escambia County, Fla.? Escambia…
UWF breaks ground on Sandy Sansing Sports Medicine Center
The University of West Florida hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the Sandy Sansing Sports Medicine Center, a $6 million facility dedicated to enhancing the quality…
Evening with Temple Grandin
The Autism Coalition of Nevada invites the greater Gulf Coast community to attend “An Evening with Temple Grandin” April 20th, 2023 at the Jean &…
Six deepest pockets of poverty [podcast]
Eight years ago, the Studer Community Institute published a map showing the pockets of poverty in Escambia County based on the 2014 census data. Inweekly…
Valentino fought for public beach easement in the 2000s
Former Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino told Inweekly that tried to get county staff to get a declaratory judgment concerning the 75-foot public beach easement…
Public invited to Blake Doyle Community Skatepark ribbon cutting May 2
The City of Pensacola invites the public to a ribbon cutting event on Tuesday, May 2 at 3 p.m. to celebrate the completion of the…
Officials seek help for Warrington Middle
By Tom St. Myer Blindsided by proposals never previously mentioned by Charter Schools USA, Escambia County Public Schools is searching for remedies to salvage a…
PSC Pirates sign ‘Mr. Basketball’
According to lohoud.com, Pensacola State College has signed Dylan Colon, who has been named Mr. Basketball the past last two seasons by the Lower Hudson…
