The Escambia County Public Schools Foundation to announced the selection of Kristie Kelley as its new executive director. Kelley served on the ECPS Foundation Board for the past seven years and held…
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ECUA board wants District 3 seat filled
The board of the Emerald Coast Utility Authority only has four members. The policy-making body of the area’s largest water utility has been missing its fifth member since District 3 board member…
Feeding People Thru Music
This Labor Day weekend, Widespread Panic will be partnering with Feeding the Gulf Coast at the Pensacola Bay Center to collect food and fund donations to help those in need in our…
Panhandle to get new area code
Amid concerns that the 850 area code will “exhaust†in 2022, state regulators are considering a proposal that could lead to an additional area code in Northwest Florida. Staff members of the…
Save Our Beach meeting
Press release: The organizers of “Save Pensacola Beach†are hosting a town hall meeting, 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31 at the main public library located at 239 N. Spring St. . We will be…
Pitt Slip deal coming soon?
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola may be preparing to finalize a longterm lease for its Pitt Slip property, and in doing so wrap up a lingering lawsuit from the…
Pensacola fails to make Safe City list
BackgroundChecks.org has published its annual report on the safest cities in each U.S. state for 2019. Florida’s top five safest cities are: Sweetwater Naples Key Biscayne Coral Gables Satellite Beach See the full…
Viewpoint: Teachers need more support
By Kimberly Sullivan The Escambia County School District recently congratulated itself for the slight increase in the number of A, B and C schools within the district. Unfortunately, the bar is set…
Presser Notes: District 5, Police Relations and a Baby Osprey
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly PENSACOLA CITY HALL: The baby osprey story wasn’t the most important thing Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson talked about Monday during his weekly press conference. But it was definitely…
Corcoran shakes up disabilities organization
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran has threatened a criminal investigation into a state organization that helps Floridians with disabilities, after learning about…
Coughlin rehired at airport
As predicted: The City of Pensacola has selected Matt Coughlin as the Deputy Airport Director for Pensacola International Airport, with a start date of Monday, Sept. 9. In his new role, Coughlin…
Four questions for Monday
How safe are high school football games? At Booker T. Washington High, the teachers are paid to sell tickets at the gate, while other schools have booster volunteers do it for free….
Florida Board of Accountancy announces Clay Ford Scholarship Recipients
he Florida Board of Accountancy (FBA), a professional regulation board of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), today announced the 2019 recipients of the Clay Ford Scholarship which is awarded…
M.E. nominee withdraws
State Attorney Bill Eddins announced today that Dr. Scott Luzi has withdrawn his name for consideration as Chief Medical Examiner for the First District of Florida. At this time there are no…
D5 nominees preview
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Although the deadline doesn’t fall until late Friday afternoon for nominations, the city of Pensacola has provided a preview of the list of potential appointees to Pensacola City…
‘Small Things’ delay bridge
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly State Senator Doug Broxson (R-Gulf Breeze), accompanied by a spokesman from the Florida Department of Transportation, invited local media to his downtown Pensacola office Thursday to discuss the…
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
August 22 marks Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, which represents how far into 2019 Black women have to work before their wages catch up to what white men earned last year. Black…
Escambia Santa Rosa get more liquor licenses, lottery in Oct.
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s (DBPR) Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco opened the entry period for the 2019 Quota Beverage License Drawing. The Division will accept quota license…
UWF Haas Center 5.0 announced
Pensacola, Fla. – August 21, 2019 – The University of West Florida announces the expansion of the UWF Haas Center in its mission to support communities with market research, workforce development and…
Dream Defenders call for firing of PPD officer
Dream Defenders has released the name of the Pensacola police officer who killed Tymar Crawford when the man got into an altercation with police after being stopped on July 5. The officer…