Category: News
Limited Edition GGAF Poster on sale
With the cancellation of this year’s Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival due to COVID-19, the Festival Committee invited local artist Kreg Yingst to create a poster…
Escambia County government took most of CARES dollars
Escambia County received $57.6 from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. About 60 cents of every dollar will be spent on county…
Escambia COVID update
Escambia County had 1,006 more Florida resident COVID-19 cases last week – 57% from the previous week. The positivity rate jumped from 8.5% to 10.1%….
PNJ editorial misfires at BCC
The PNJ’s Sunday editorial, “Escambia commissioners embarrass themselves and insult citizens of Beulah,” was a scathing attack on the Escambia County Commission but also came…
National Seashore Superintendent to retire
GULF BREEZE, FL. – After more than 43 years of public service, Gulf Islands National Seashore Superintendent Dan Brown will retire on January 2, 2021….
Breaking: Skanska files ‘Screw Over Pensacola Community’ motion
Skanska USA has filed a motion in federal court to limit the damages caused by its barges to the barges’ value. If the legal action…
PSC faculty express concerns about in-person classes in 2021
Press release from Pensacola State College Faculty Association-United Faculty of Florida: In-person classes at Pensacola State College endanger health, safety and well-being of students, faculty,…
Pensacola warms up to climate report (but, slowly) – Update
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly What can the city of Pensacola do to plan for and respond to climate change? That question has been pondered extensively,…
County needs input on broadband
From FloridaWest CEO Scott Luth: As part of the broadband feasibility study being conducted by Magellan Advisors, Escambia County is asking that residents and business…
Mayor Robinson has 64 percent approval
According a recent telephone survey conducted by Listener Group and Political Matrix for Inweekly, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson is finishing the first two years of…
Public safety director resigns
Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley has lost a senior leader that she bragged to the commissioners was her best hire in her 18-month tenure –…
Commissioner May supports Mayor’s home-rule request
At this morning’s Committee of the Whole,Commissioner Lumon May said he supports Mayor Grover Robinson’s initiative that giving local governments control over how they deal…
Presser Notes: COVID Climbs & Open Space Slime
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As COVID cases continue to climb in the Northwest Florida region, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson is getting increasingly concerned. “Recently, we’ve…
Mayor and builders form working group
For weeks, Inweekly has heard of complaints from builders and contractor about long delays in getting plans approved and site inspection in the city limits….
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…
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…
Buchanan takes over CPAC chair
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The new chairman of the Pensacola Citizen Police Advisory Committee intends to guide the group toward something tangible, something actionable. “In…
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…
‘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…
Is Pensacola Ready for a Kinder, Gentler CRA?
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola’s relatively freshly formed Urban Core Redevelopment Board is exploring some less familiar territory. The board was assembled…
