The tour of the Wedgewood area landfills and pits yesterday was a perfect example of what can happen when state and county officials work together on an issue. For the first in…
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Health Department issues air quality alert for Wedgewood neighborhood
Health Alert: Wedgewood Air Quality Effective immediately, in response to air quality monitoring, the Florida Department of Health in Escambia County (FDOH-Escambia) is issuing a health alert for the area surrounding the…
Wedgewood tour attracts attention
Wedgewood residents hope seeing is believing By Duwayne Escobedo The predominantly black Wedgewood community organized a nearly two-hour, two-bus tour Tuesday of C&D landfills and borrow pits surrounding their neighborhood. They hoped…
Michelle Snow visits Inweekly
Basketball star Michelle Snow stopped by the Inweekly offices today with Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May. She graduated from Pensacola High in 1998 and played AAU ball against my oldest daughter Cat….
Innovation Coast announces 2014 Innovation Award finalists
Concluding the initial round of evaluations, the 2014 Innovation Awards Business Competition is excited to announce the top 10 finalist companies that will compete on November 7, 2014 for a chance to…
Gulf Powers joins others in request to scale back energy efficiency goals
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Florida’s biggest electric providers are asking state regulators this week to let them scale back energy-efficiency programs — such as rebates for installing solar…
Greater Pensacola Chamber votes to create Economic Development spinoff
During a special meeting yesterday at Gulf Power Company’s Addison Auditorium, the Greater Pensacola Chamber’s Board of Directors voted to establish a separate economic development (ED) agency that could continue to work…
Wu named Home Rule Hero
The Florida League of Cities (FLC) recognized City of Pensacola Council Member and League president P.C. Wu with a 2014 Home Rule Hero Award at a local city council meeting on July…
Next neighborhood pushback coming
The Parker Circle Neighborhood Association is organizing and are asking the mayor and Pensacola City Council to address the longstanding needs of the Burgess Road corridor for safety, drainage and sidewalks. Commissioner…
Report: Florida BLue eyes rate increase
Major insurer Florida Blue could raise rates in 2015 for people enrolled through the federal health-care exchange after seeing a large number of older and sicker enrollees, Kaiser Health News reported Monday….
Greek Festival set for Oct 10, 11 and 12
Press Release: The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church of Pensacola is preparing for the 55th annual Greek Festival. The Pensacola Greek Festival is one of the Pensacola Bay area’s signature festivals mixing southern…
Covenant Hospice’s 20th Annual Evening of Comedy: Henry Cho
Covenant Hospice, along with top sponsors Brown Helicopter, Pensacola Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home, Wells Fargo and Dignity Memorial, is proud to present the 20th Annual Evening of Comedy — a gala-style…
Peterson Elected as Fellow in The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
Beggs & Lane RLLP has announced that Ralph A. Peterson, senior partner in the law firm’s Labor and Employment Group, has been elected as a Fellow in The College of Labor and…
Pensacola City Council did brainstrom on the budget
Councilwoman Megan Pratt emailed me last week about a budget workshop that she chaired in June. Unfortunately much of the discussion got overshadowed by the mayor’s firing of the council’s executive. “I…
Local nursing home owner arrested for abuse
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit today arrested Escambia County Assisted Living Facility Administrator, Belie Brock Williams and Assistant Administrator Adrienne Taylor. Williams allegedly refused psychological nursing caregivers entrance into…
Miller to address Veterans summit
Congressman Jeff Miller will be a featured speaker at the 2014 Military, Defense & Veterans Opportunities Summit hosted by The Florida Chamber Foundation. The one-day event focuses on the future of the…
State and county officials to tour Wedgewood area dumps
State Rep. Mike Hill and Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May will tour next Tuesday the various borrow pits, construction and demolition (C&D) disposal facilities and mines within District 3, as well as…
Staged reading of King John: A fundraiser benefiting the Southeastern Teen Shakespeare Company
Professionals from around Pensacola have come together to read and interpret one of William Shakespeare’s lesser-known works, KING JOHN, in a project benefiting the Southeastern Teen Shakespeare Company. Gathered together at the…
Scenic Highway Open to Traffic
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has completed the reconstruction of Scenic Highway (U.S. 90/State Road 10A) south of Scenic Highway Circle and has opened the road to traffic. The $1.2 million…
Council member challenges mayor’s legal expenses
Councilwoman Sherri Myers shared this report from Ann Regan on her battle to gather the facts on the city of Pensacola’s legal expenses since Mayor Ashton Hayward has taken office. Regan has…