Category: News
DIB seeks input on downtown parking
By Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY With downtown Pensacola growing rapidly there has been a burning need to increase parking and the Downtown Improvement Board and Structured…
Heroes Among Us: Sgt. Major Ralph Hyatt [podcast]
Sgt. Major Ralph Hyatt USMC, a Bronze Star recipient, is the guest of honor for the Cpl. J.R. Spears Detachment of the Marine Corps League’s…
UWF lecture series with Quint Studer open to the public
Entrepreneur Quint Studer is sharing his expertise in Management 4990/5990: Innovation Within the Organization, a summer undergraduate and graduate course at the University of West Florida. The…
City voters want Mayor Hayward to appeal Bayview Cross ruling
The majority of Pensacola voters would like Mayor Ashton Hayward to appeal Judge Roger Vinson’s ruling that the Bayview Cross was unconstitutional and needed to…
Cannada-Wynn hosts town hall in Tanyard neighborhood
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward may not like facing this constituents in a town hall format, but Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn is willing to pick up the…
First Tee opens Goofy Golf course tomorrow
The 36-hole former “Goofy Golf†miniature golf course in Warrington is opening to the public June 27 at 10 a.m. The First Tee of Northwest…
Scott touts bridge construction, introduces new CFO
By Sammi Sontag On Monday morning, Governor Rick Scott held a kick-off event at the base of the old Pensacola Bay Bridge for the four-year,…
Coughlin selected new assistant county administrator
Mayor Ashton Hayward will have to replace another key employee. His assistant airport director, Matthew Coughlin, has been selected to fill the vacant Escambia County…
Second Annual Kite Film Fest
Short Films Sought The organizers of the Kite Film Fest are seeking short film submissions for their second annual festival set for Nov. 11 at…
Scott in Pensacola today celebrate Pensacola Bay bridge construction
Gov. Rick Scott is visiting Northwest Florida today. At 8:30 a.m. in Panama City, he is expected to announce the appointment of former lawmaker Jimmy…
Charges against SRIA official dropped
State Attorney Bill Eddins announced this morning that the drug charges against Santa Rosa Island Authority Director of Administration Robbie Schrock have been dismissed. On…
Studer to close on SunTrust building on Aug. 22 [podcast]
Quint Studer said Wednesday on “Pensacola Speaks” that they will close on the SunTrust building on Garden Street by August 22. We also discussed his…
City of Pensacola blames ECUA for raw sewage in Tanyard
Yesterday, ECUA executive director Steve Sorrell blamed the raw sewage flowing on DeVilliers Street one block west of Pensacola City Hall on the failure of…
Emerald CoastKeeper on ‘Pensacola Speaks’ today
Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy will give an update on the latest developments in her investigation of the raw sewage that flooded the Tanyard area one…
Reds announce Blue Wahoos roster changes for second half
After an exciting first half of the 2017 season with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos capturing the South Division title, the Cincinnati Reds have announced the…
ECUA confirms raw sewage caused by City of Pensacola stormwater failure
Inweekly obtained this email between ECUA board member Lois Benson and ECUA Executive Director Steve Sorrell. We had earlier reported that the human waste on…
IRIS raises Series B funding
Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems, Inc. (IRIS), the industry leader in early detection systems for diabetic eye disease, today announced the company successfully closed a round…
City decision may have led to flooding Tanyard neighborhood with raw sewage
The Escambia County Utilities Authority’s Tim Haag reported that the cause of raw sewage overflowing in the Tanyard neighborhood a block west from City Hall…
Newpoint school vendor arrested yesterday
Steven J. Kunkemoeller, one of two businessmen accused of racketeering and organized fraud at 15 charter schools throughout Florida, turned himself into authorities yesterday afternoon….
UWF ranks in top three in Florida Board of Governors performance-based funding model
The Florida Board of Governors announced today the University of West Florida ranks in the top three top-performing public universities in the state and will…
