Category: News
County Budget Director resigns
NorthEscambia.com has reported that Amber McClure, who was hired by former County Administrator Janice Gilley a year ago to be her budget director, has submitted…
Check out July 22 Inweekly
By You A special feature showcasing words and images by Inweekly readers When we started accepting submissions in June for our second By You issue,…
Childers goes off again
Something must be in the water at the MC Blanchard Judicial Building, County Clerk Pam Childers dropped another bomb at today’s BCC meeting, declaring the…
Childers still upset about audit of how she handles bed tax
Escambia County Clerk of Court Pam Childers is upset that Tourist Development Council chair David Bear has asked for the Florida Auditor General to conduct…
30M Words creator has new program
Dana Suskind, creator of 30 Million Words, has a new early learning initiative, 3Ts – Tune In, Talk More and Take Turns. Suskind gave a…
Inweekly mourns loss
The Inweekly staff mourns the passing of Becca Morrison, wife of our longtime reporter Jeremy Morrison. Obituary ReBecca Joanne Morrison, loving wife, mother, daughter, sister,…
Bay bridge closures to continue
Chipley, Fla. – The Pensacola Bay Bridge will be reduced to one lane in each direction from the bridge approach in Gulf Breeze extending for…
Sheriff budget per employee up, too
Escambia County’s Sheriff Office added 19 employees since 2014. We don’t know in what department or if they are deputies on patrol. The cost to…
Last day for Best of the Coast voting
Best of Coast doesn’t have multiple rounds that require to you advertise to stay in contention. This is purely a readers’ choice award, and all…
City launches resiliency story map
The City of Pensacola has launched an interactive online Resiliency Story Map and sea level rise vulnerability assessment, which will help the city collect data to identify and…
Sheriff’s budget has ballooned in 10 years – up 57.6%
The Escambia County Sheriff’s budget has increased $26.6 million this past decade – 57.6%.  The budget is about $3 million  shy of what was…
Presser notes: COVID, Scooters, Park
At his weekly presser, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said the percentage COVID-positive cases is up as are hospitalizations. “We’ve not been tracking hospitalizations, but I…