The next meeting of the Escambia County Youth Justice Coalition will be March 14. The ECYJC deals with juvenile justice issues and is focused on reducing the number of youths heading into…
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No 911 in North End
911-service has been temporarily disrupted in the north end Escambia County. Here is a press release from the county: An outage of phone service to the north end of Escambia County has…
Invasive Species Awareness Week
This week is National Invasive Species Awareness Week. Locally, invasive species range from kudzu to lion fish. Here’s a press release from Escambia County, with a link included for further information on…
“An Evening for Educators†at Arcadia Mill
Arcadia Mill will host “An Evening for Educators†on Thursday night. The event is an opportunity for local teachers to explore the historical site’s educational curriculum. During the event, educators from Escambia…
Spring Fling on the Bayfront, Wine Festival Today
Spring Fling on the Bayfront Jaco’s is hosting its 2nd annual Spring Fling on the Bayfront. Plaza de Luna Park filled with artists for a free to the public Art Festival. Today…
More shootings in the City of Pensacola
The City of Pensacola has had two shootings within the last 48 hours. A Pensacola man is hospitalized after he was shot Tuesday night inside his home in Scenic Heights. The incident,…
Archaeology, You Dig?
There’s lots of reasons to dig archaeology. The month of March is Florida Archaeology Month and its full of opportunities to immerse oneself in history. Here’s a press release from UWF’s Florida…
May to Host Town Hall
Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May will host a town hall meeting Thursday. Elected in November, May represents District 3. The town hall meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday at the St….
Missing senior citizen found
Press Release: The Escambia Sheriff’s Office would like to update a news release from earlier today: 91-year-old Geneva Woods, who has been missing since February 18th, has been located, unharmed. Sheriff Morgan…
Woman, age 91, missing. ECSO asks for help.
Escambia Sheriff’s Investigators are searching for a 91-year-old woman who was last seen on Feb. 18, 2013. Geneva Woods (D.O.B. 5-18-1921) was last seen in the 6000 block of Chelsea Street. She…
ATU 1395 video to City Council
The city council will discuss the new gas tax today:
Darius Rucker Coming to Pensacola Bay Center, tickets go on sale March 1
Rucker will play May 10. He will be joined by Jana Kramer and Justin Moore. Darius Rucker’s just released his latest album “True Believers” (Fourth Studio Album, Third Country Album, released 1/22/2013)…
Asmar steps down as Chief of Staff
City of Pensacola Press Release: The City of Pensacola announced today that John Asmar would step down as Chief of Staff and Special Counsel in order to devote more time to his…
Barry’s Town Hall
Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry will be holding an open forum town hall meeting Monday. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the Molino Community Complex. For more information, contact the…
Santa Rosa teachers to get a little more in their paychecks
The Santa Rosa County School Board has agreed to a step pay increase this year rather than go into arbitration with Santa Rosa Professional Educators. Here is the official statement from SRPE…
Buzz: Pensacola Firefighters reject city agreement
My sources are telling me that the Pensacola Firefighters’ Union has rejected the last offer from Mayor Hayward for closing its pension plan. One fireman told me that the vote was overwhelmingly…
Schedule-Changes for County Meetings
Tomorrow’s meeting schedule of the Escambia County Commission will be a bit different than usual. The time change is being made to allow for commissioners to attend funeral services of a local…
More on City losses at Port of Pensacola
The daily newspaper followed up on my blog post regarding Northwest Florida Cold Storage and reported that the company is no longer in operation. Derek Cosson, the city’s public information officer, said…
NWFL Cold Storage owes $220K, $167K over 120 days
We have received the Accounts Receivable Aging Summary As of 2/15/13 for the Port of Pensacola. The total receivables are $518,513.96—42 percent of that is due from Northwest Florida Cold Storage. NWFL…
Buzz: Northwest Florida Cold Storage shut down
Sources close to the Port of Pensacola have told the Independent News that Northwest Florida Cold Storage has shut down. We requested yesterday the port’s aged accounts receivable as of Feb. 15…