From the Florida Department of Education: At yesterday’s State Board of Education meeting, Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart named former St. Johns County Schools Superintendent Dr. Joseph G. Joyner as the 2016…
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Mayor and Board of County Commissioners celebrate local volunteers
To kick-off National Volunteer Recognition Month, United Way of Escambia County, the City of Pensacola and Escambia County are hosting The Mayor and County’s Day of Recognition for Community Volunteers on Tuesday,…
Escambia County population growth lags behind surrounding counties
Since 2010, the population growth rate of Escambia County, 5.7%, has lagged behind the growth of its neighboring counties–Okaloosa 11.3%, Santa Rosa 11.5%, and Baldwin Co., Ala. 13.8%. Â The rate slowed in…
Council President seeks full council input on Hayward veto of budget analyst
From Pensacola Council President Brian Spencer: Mayoral Veto of #17-00186 Hiring of a Budget Analyst Although requests have been made of me as Council President to provide an opinion on the Mayoral…
Downtown pole still standing
The extremely tall pole that we and other downtown business owners were told was being relocated is still standing. An electric meter has been attached and the city’s inspection department approved the…
Ingram gets funding for Bluffs and airport through his committee [podcast]
Escambia County and the City of Pensacola got good news yesterday. Rep. Clay Ingram reported on “Pensacola Speaks” that infrastructure funding for FloridaWest’s Bluffs project and VT-MAE at the Pensacola International Airport…
Ford named to Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
The Florida Inventors Hall of Fame announced today that the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition co-founder and CEO Ken Ford is among the eight inventors who will be inducted into…
Corcoran faces the Tiger
Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran isn’t afraid to challenge Gov. Rick Scott. And he didn’t shy away from the opportunity to speak before the Panhandle Tiger Bay Club, even though Escambia County…
Bay Bridge Update:Traffic Flow a Priority Across Bay [see phases]
By Duwayne Escobedo Inweekly Susan Woolf is already in the process of moving from Gulf Breeze to Pensacola to avoid future traffic snarls during the construction of the new six-lane Pensacola Bay…
Mayor Hayward still does not have working employee evaluation system (Update: but it’s coming)
Last May, we reported that Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward had discontinued the city’s job performance evaluation not long after he took office. The public records obtained by Inweekly show that city employees…
William D. Smart Seminar Series in Chemistry: Olvera de la Cruz
The University of West Florida and the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) will host renowned researcher and educator Dr. Monica Olvera de la Cruz for two lectures March 30-31…
Constitution Revision Commission starts work
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The once-every-20-years process of updating Florida’s basic law began Monday, as the Constitution Revision Commission held its opening meeting in Tallahassee. The 37-member panel,…
Englewood Neighborhood Cleanup collects 58 tons of debris
Escambia County collected and disposed of more than 58 tons (116,580 pounds) of debris during the March 15 Englewood Neighborhood Cleanup, as part of the county’s ongoing effort to help keep local…
Fiesta gift to help UWF draw cultural heritage tourism
The University of West Florida Historic Trust announced a lighting and projection enhancements to its flagship museum, the T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum, made possible by a $125,000 gift commitment from…
Gulf Power withdraws rate hike
In a settlement filed this morning, Gulf Power has withdrawn their proposed fixed charge hike which would have cost consumers nearly $50 every month, regardless of how much power they used. The removal of this…
State budget cloudy thanks to latest forecast
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Another slight change Friday to the state’s estimated future tax revenues did little to alter the situation facing legislative budget-writers: a tight fit for…
Pensacola mayor pushes downtown parking problems to volunteer board
Last week, the Pensacola News Journal wrote about concerns of a high-rise condominium being built on a city-owned parking lot. When asked about the impact on downtown parking, Mayor Ashton Hayward said…
Pensacola Beach toll reduced
At the Thursday, March 16 commission meeting, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners approved a reduction in the Pensacola Beach General Public Annual Pass, reducing the annual fee from $50 to $20….
Triumph spending proposal advances
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Efforts by Panhandle lawmakers to steer BP settlement money toward counties most impacted by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill aren’t out of the…
UWF Historic Trust seeks volunteers
The University of West Florida Historic Trust is seeking volunteers to serve as tour guides, living history interpreters, museum store attendants and archive and collection assistants at its properties in Historic Pensacola….