Category: Escambia County
IP and Health officials reassure community after Cantonment plant explosion
At the first press conference of the Unified Command, International Paper Plant Manager Brett DeJong said the company is committed to keeping the facility that…
‘Mister Pervert’ arrested for cyberstalking (update)
At a press conference this afternoon, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan announced the arrest of Sean Michael Vest, age 31, on 15 counts of aggravated…
ECUA set to begin Brownsville Sewer Expansion Project, Phase 1
ECUA is preparing to initiate Phase 1 of the Brownsville Sewer Expansion Project to provide sewer service to the East Brownsville area – see Brownsville…
Secrecy surrounds IP explosion and future of Cantonment plant
In its official press release, International Paper said Monday that its Cantonment mill experienced significant structural damage to the largest pulp digester as well as…
Chamber wants you to weigh on joint county-city meeting
The Greater Pensacola Chamber has an online questionnaire on the upcoming City Council/County Commission Joint Meeting. The Pensacola City Council and Escambia County Commission have…
Criminal Justice Reform: Inmates find a pathway to turn around lives
By Duwayne Escobedo: Phillip Carrier became the newest former inmate to successfully complete the Pathways for Change court-ordered addiction treatment program.’ During the rigorous, 18-month…
League of Women Voters discuss Pipeline to Prison
Pipeline to Prison: “Resilience: the Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope†Who : League of Women Voters of the Pensacola Bay Area, ACLU,…
Pensacola Bay ferry service delayed a year
Last week, Gulf Islands National Seashore, City of Pensacola, and Escambia County officials announced the delay of the Pensacola Bay ferry service which had been…
CIE rebrands as Co:Lab
By Duwayne Escobedo FloridaWest revealed a new name and new branding Wednesday for its Gulf Coast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship or CIE for short….
Committee of the Whole agenda, Jan. 12
The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners will hold a Committee of the Whole meeting Thursday, Jan. 12 beginning at 9 a.m. The meeting will…
First phase of Olive Road work to finish in February 2018
By Duwayne Escobedo Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson remembers seeing students trudging through the ditches along Olive Road to get to Ferry Pass Middle School….
Criminal justice reform on BCC agenda
Yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks,” Commissioner Grover Robinson said he asked that criminal justice reform be placed on the agenda for this week’s Committee of Whole….
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