The talk yesterday was the TPO is considering moving over the next two decades $6 million from mass transit to fund long-awaited improvements to West Cervantes Street. Â The decision would force residents…
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School District/Military Council closes part of meeting to the public
Escambia County School District and Naval Air Station Pensacola leaders will hold a meeting of the ECSD and NASP Joint Military Council on Oct. 22. The first hour will be a closed…
Brand on Us 2020
idgroup, a Pensacola-based brand transformation firm, calls for area nonprofits in the Art, Culture and Recreation category to submit entries for its ninth annual Brand on Us initiative. The program, which grants…
Karen Pence to watch Blue Angels, visit with military spouses
On Wednesday, Oct. 14, Second Lady Karen Pence will travel to Pensacola to meet with military leadership regarding mental health and military spouse programs, talk to military spouses and view a Blue…
Presser Notes: Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola City Hall looks a bit different Monday as the city celebrates its first official Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Instead of flying its traditional display of flags denoting the…
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area announces 2020 grant recipients
Pensacola – IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a women’s philanthropic organization, is pleased to announce the eleven grant recipients selected at this year’s Annual Meeting held today as an online event. These…
Breaking: DMO disbands
On Tuesday, the members of the Escambia County Destination Marketing Organization (DMO voted to “wind down,” effective Oct. 31. The vote came a week after the Board of County Commissioners voted to…
Considering an Indigenous perspective for Plaza Ferdinand
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The bust of Andrew Jackson in Plaza Ferdinand may be getting some company, but it remains unclear if that addition will be a bust of Seminole leader Osceola….
Officials search for ‘solutions’ for Bay Bridge dilemma
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Local and regional elected officials met Wednesday with representatives from the Florida Department of Transportation in an effort to determine how best to ease the challenges facing commuters…
Preview: Inweekly Oct. 8 issue
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New website monitors Garcon Point Bridge traffic
Showcase Pensacola with the help of Duncan McCall has developed a website to monitor the traffic on the Garcon Point Bridge and the travel times using alternate routes to Pensacola Beach. The…
Tax collector keeps offices open for voter registration
Escambia County Tax Collector Scott Lunsford has announced that three tax collector office locations will be remain open until 7 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, Oct. 6, to receive voter registration applications. The Marcus…
Five Southern Professional Hockey League sit out 2020-21 season
The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced that the 2020-2021 season will be comprised of five teams and feature a 42-game regular season schedule. The SPHL is set to drop the…
COVID testing available Monday-Friday
Community Health Northwest Florida is now offering COVID-19 testing five days a week at two locations. The testing is a simple swab of your nostrils – not the “brain swab.” Drive-thru testing…
County asks residents to haul yard debris
With the possible approach of Hurricane Delta, Escambia County is focusing debris management collections in the low lying areas that are susceptible to flooding such as Perdido Key and Pensacola Beach. Contractors…
Renters Can Apply for FEMA Assistance
PENSACOLA, Fla. – Renters in Bay, Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton counties whose homes and property were damaged by Hurricane Sally can apply for federal disaster assistance. FEMA Individual Assistance is…
Last chance to register to vote in November election
Florida accepts new and updated voter registration by Monday, October 5. Eligible voters can register or update their registration multiple ways: in person at their County Supervisor of Elections office, online at…
How to get to/from Pensacola Beach, South Santa Rosa
Showcase Pensacola has begun working on ideas how to survive the next six month – or longer – without the Chappie James Bridge that connects the Fairpoint Peninsula and Santa Rosa Island…
Super says 59 COVID cases not 23
The afternoon after Inweekly questioned the state’s report that the numbers of COVID cases in local schools were only 23, Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas told WEAR that the district had…
FEMA sets up mobile sites today
FEMA will open mobile registration centers for Hurricane Sally survivors in Escambia, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties Saturday, Oct. 3. The centers, called Mobile Registration Intake Centers (MRICs), are staffed with FEMA…