Category: News
Ford Named to National AI Commission
By Duwayne Escobedo, Inweekly –Dr. Ken Ford and 14 others were named to the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence and have two years to…
Bowling paid $91K to trade jobs
The buyouts of the holdovers from the Hayward administration has begun. Former City Attorney Lysia Bowling, who has worked for the city since April 2015,…
Presser Notes: ST, soccer and safer streets
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –After patching together must-have funding commitments for Project Triumph last week, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said the city’s hopes for the…
Chamber has a job opening
The Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce is seeking a new President (Executive Director). The position was vacated when Clay Ingram accepted the Governor’s request that…
Poll: Pensacola wants to know facts about investigation of fire chiefs
A InWeekly/Political Matrix poll of 444 likely Pensacola City voters conducted over the weekend found residents overwhelmingly want Mayor Grover Robinson to investigate why former…
Ingram’s farewell message
From Greater Pensacola Chamber President Clay Ingram: Dear Friends, As you may already know, today marks the end of my time as the President of…
$10 million and a spanking
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –Triumph Gulf Coast members agreed to commit additional oil-spill funds toward Pensacola’s Project Titan on Friday. But they weren’t too happy…
BB&T and Suntrust to merge
BB&T and SunTrust have agreed to merge into a new and as-yet-unnamed bank, in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $66 billion. The new bank,…
County pitches in on Titan
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson secured an additional $5 million from Escambia County Thursday night for a jobs and infrastructure project at…
Pensacola named second most affordable beach town
In its fourth annual study, SmartAsset analyzed data to find the most affordable beach towns in America, and Pensacola ranks in the number two spot!…
BBC Project Titan Preview
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –It looks likely that Escambia County will cough up another $5 million for the city of Pensacola’s Project Titan, a jobs…
Buzz: Plant Crist may convert to natural gas
NorthEscambia.com broke the news that Gulf Power is analyzing the feasibility of a proposed natural gas pipeline though North Escambia to convert Plant Crist from coal…
Council narrowly approves more Titan Money
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly –The Pensacola City Council narrowly approved committing another $5 million to the so-called Project Titan — a jobs and infrastructure project…
Crime down in Pensacola
Violent crimes in the City of Pensacola were down during the 2018 calendar year, according to the FLDE. The property crime rate was down 4.2…
Mayor promises to establish an independent personnel board
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson this morning committed to establishing an independent personnel board after listening to a presentation at the mayoral transition team meeting History…
Nearly half of Escambia County families struggle paying the bills
United Way of Escambia County yesterday announced that of 118,702 households in Escambia County, about a third struggle to pay for basic needs such as…
FYI: Some Fla. cities move Confederate monuments
The Lakeland City Commission agreed to go ahead with moving its Confederate monument after a federal lawsuit by Confederate heritage groups was dismissed. The groups…
Town hall set for Feb. 19
Sherri Myers, Pensacola City Council, District 2 is hosting a town hall meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19 regarding Carpenter’s Creek. The meeting will provide…
Fundraiser: Love at First Bite
FavorHouse of Northwest Florida is hosting a fundraiser, “Love at First Bite,†4-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 at V Paul’s Italian Ristorante, 29 South Palafox. FavorHouse…
Presser: Titan, Annexation & the DIB
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Much of Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson’s time as of late has been devoted to securing funds for the jobs-related infrastructure project…
