The Pensacola City Council approved the gas tax allocation plan passed by the Escambia Board of County Commissioners with one significant change. The BCC approved using the city’s audited financial reports to…
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BCC release on LOGT, Jail
Commission Moves Forward on Gas Tax Sharing, Land Purchase for Jail At a series of meetings today, July 14, the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners moved forward on two major community…
Pensacola health system ranks 266 of 306 U.S. communities
This 2016 edition of The Commonwealth Fund’s Scorecard on Local Health System Performance assesses the state of health care in more than 300 U.S. communities from 2011 through 2014, a period when…
Hayward cut street work and increased dependency on gas tax
The City of Pensacola has always depended on its share of the Local Option Gas Tax to cover the majority of its expenditures on streets and sidewalks. Other cities find other ways…
Underhill does not see City getting more gas tax [podcast]
Commissioner Doug Underhill said yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks†that he does not see the county continuing to give the City of Pensacola greater than its share of the Local Option Gas Tax….
Mayor Hayward puts pressure on BCC re:Local Option Gas Tax
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward is asking the Pensacola City Council to pass a resolution authorizing bonds up to $15 million to finance street work. The only problem is the Escambia Board of…
State Attorney clears Robinson
Late Friday afternoon, the State Attorney’s Office announced that Escambia Commissioner Grover Robinson had been cleared of any Sunshine violation for his call to Gulf Breeze Matt Dannheisser. Here are the announcement…
News we broke
We’re not really known for breaking news, but this week we did break news on two major stories and followed up on a story from last summer. The other media will catch…
Pensacola wrap up: week ending July 9
PETA Loves PPD A Compassionate Police Department Award is on its way from PETA to the Pensacola Police Department after officers rushed to save a puppy who was crying in distress from…
County collects all taxes due on Big Wheel
It took a year but Escambia County Tax Collector Janet Holley reports to Inweekly that the owner of the Big Ferris Wheel, known as “360 Pensacola Beach,” that once was a tourist…
Escambia School District drops to a ‘C’ grade
The Escambia County School District dropped from a B to a C grade for the 2015-16 school year, according to preliminary results released Friday by the state Department of Education. The News…
Low bidder on Pensacola Bay Bridge did not get highest technical score
Inweekly received the tally sheets for design and construction of the new Pensacola Bay Bridge. As reported in the PNJ, Skanska USA Civil Southeast, Inc. was the lowest bidder with $398.5 million…
Grover, Gulf Breeze, the Bridge and Sunshine [podcast]
The State Attorney’s Office is investigating Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson’s phone call with Gulf Breeze Mayor Matt Dannheisser regarding the new Pensacola Bay Bridge to see whether Robinson violated Florida’s Sunshine Law….
Escambia BCC discusses Local Option Gas Tax and Escambia Co. Jail on July 14
A special Board of County Commissioners Meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, July 14 at 9 a.m. to discuss issues concerning the Local Option Gas Tax and the Escambia County Jail. The…
FDEP and NOAA to hold meeting on $11M Pensacola Bay Living Shoreline Project
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will hold a community meeting on the Pensacola Bay Living Shoreline Project. The project is…
Escambia County launches new website
Escambia County today announced the launch of a newly-designed website. The revamped site was created to provide a user-friendly experience that makes it easier than ever for citizens, businesses and visitors to…
Grover lays out his concerns about delaying bridge
Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson shared with Inweekly this editorial that sent the PNJ yesterday. He plans to attend tonight’s Gulf Breeze City Council meeting. ——– On June 10 around noon, I…
Escambia County posts proposed budget for FY 2017
The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners’ proposed budget for fiscal year 2016-2017 is now available online on the myescambia.com Budget Information and Related Documents page. Budget workshops will take place in…
Viewpoint: Just build the bridge
Since we moved to Gulf Breeze in 1981, our family has driven the Pensacola Bay Bridge at least four to six times a day. We’ve endured traffic jams, even the bridge being…
Century and Milton receive DEO planning grants
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) recently awarded Community Planning Technical Assistance grants to 43 local governments and regional planning councils, benefiting 92 communities across Florida. In Escambia County, the Town…
