Category: News
Nightly lane closure begin tonight on Pensacola Bay Bridge
Drivers will encounter nighttime lane restrictions on the Pensacola Bay Bridge Thursday evening, June 10 through Friday morning, June 18 from 8 p.m. to 5…
Dismal picture painted of ECAT work conditions
ATU Local 1395 president Mike Lowery painted a dismal picture of the work conditions inside Escambia County’s transit system and blamed the county administrator and…
County loses arbitration in Union prez suspension
In February 2020, Escambia County gave bus driver Michael Lowery, president of Amalgamated Transit Union 1395, a one-day suspension for alleged insubordination when he took a…
As reported earlier…
News is often about who has the best sources. Once again, this little newspaper scooped the largest newspaper chain in the country. UWF names new…
Call for the best Southern-made products
The official call for entries for Garden & Gun’s twelfth annual Made in the South Awards is open through July 1. The magazine is seeking…
Buzz: Woolf jumping to UWF
Sources at Pensacola City Hall have shared that City Attorney Susan Woolf is resigning her post to become general counsel at the University of West…
Remember Live Work Learn Play?
Five years ago this week, Richard Martz of the Montreal-based Live Work Learn Play revealed the concepts on how Baptist hospital would redevelop the 25…
ECUA also handles retirement plans better than county HR
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority also handles how employees learn about retirement options better than the Escambia County Human Resources Department. A spokesperson for the…
HR Nightmare
Bus Driver Gets COVID, Fired and Fights to Win Back Job by Jeremy Morrison A An Escambia County Area Transit driver who contracted COVID last…
June 3 BCC discussion transcript
Here’s the pdf on the Escambia Board of County Commissioners’ discussion of the 401(a) annuity program. We’ve highlighted the statements made by Commissioner Lumon May….
Barry, May don’t want back pay for themselves
Both Steven Barry and Lumon May yesterday told Inweekly that they wouldn’t accept any back pay regarding the 401(a) annuity retirement plan. Still, they want…
New luxury condos on Palafox
Press Release: One Palafox Place is pleased to announce the premier of The Brent Lofts luxury condominiums, housed in the second and third floors of…
