Category: News
Escambia County State Legislative Delegation meets Jan. 4
State Representative Clay Ingram, chairman of the Escambia County State Legislative Delegation, announces that a public hearing will be held on Wednesday, January 4, 2017…
Pensacola Dysfunction Junction: Tanyard Day Six
Sorry to report, no change at in Tanyard neighborhood near the Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Government Street Stormwater Project, which is being construction only two blocks…
What is in the future for Triumph Gulf Coast [podcast]
Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran has established a select committee to oversee the spending of $300 million in RESTORE funds the state will receive next…
Corcoran sends letter to county tourist and economic development agencies
Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran plans to use the House’s oversight powers to see how tourist and economic development councils around the state are spending…
Escambia Co. graduation rates continue to climb, black students still lag behind whites
The Florida Department of Education released the high school graduation rates for the 2015-15 school year. The size of the senior class dropped from 2,736…
Pensacola Speaks: House Speaker Richard Corcoran today
Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran won his fight with the Visit Florida over releasing documents concerning its contract with rapper Pitbull. We will talk about…
BREAKING NEWS: FLORIDA ELECTORS BACK TRUMP
By THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Florida’s 29 presidential electors cast their ballots Monday for Republican President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence. The…
More want a say in Gulf Power rate hike case
A regulatory case about Gulf Power’s proposal to raise base electric rates could get more crowded. The League of Women Voters of Florida and the…
Pitbull controversy raises concerns at Space Florida
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Another agency’s controversial contract with a Miami rapper, and its aftermath, was on the mind of Space…
Inweekly called
Yesterday, Inweekly surveyed the voters in City of Pensacola Districts 5, 6 and 7, using the same questions that were in the UWF Haas Center…
City of Pensacola misses Tanyard deadline
When Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May and County Administrator Jack Brown toured the Tanyard neighborhood and the City of Pensacola’s Government Street Stormwater Project on…
Pensacola Wrap-up: week ending Dec. 17
Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May and County Administrator Jack Brown showed Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward how to reach out to neighborhoods when they toured the…
Studer: How to handle being micromanaged
On “Pensacola Speaks,” Quint Studer discussed his upcoming column on how an employee can handle being micromanaged by his or her boss. Step One is…
Inweekly surveys west Pensacola
Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Pensacola Community Survey was skewed towards the city’s least diverse, more affluent eastern districts. Using the survey produced by the UWF Haas…
UWF alumnus Darrell Gooden invests $100,000 in UWF football
University of West Florida alumnus Darrell Gooden, founder of Gooden Homes, has gifted $100,000 to the UWF football program. Gooden’s contribution will help address the…
Mr. Robbins’ Neighborhood brings Santa to Wedgewood
Fred and Tia Robbins’ non-profit organization, Mr. Robbins’ Neighborhood, will host a free community holiday breakfast for the community this Saturday morning All Pensacola families…
Bay Center may become Indoor Sports Center
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners appears open to tearing the aging Pensacola Bay Center and replacing it with an indoor sports facility. Well, at…
Pensacola mayor has not responded to Tanyard violations [podcast]
On “Pensacola Speaks,” Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy said that last week she sent Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward a list of code violations at the Government…
Olson misses the point about Tanyards
Yesterday, Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson didn’t meet with the residents of the Tanyard neighborhood, but he did meet with City Councilwoman Sherri Myers. Myers…
Pensacola City Administrator approved Tanyard equipment working through the night
Yesterday, we had a call on “Pensacola Speaks” from a Tanyard resident near the City of Pensacola’s Government Street stormwater project. Despite complaints from residents…
