Brian Frazier announced his plans to run for Congress over a year ago. He was ready to take on Jeff Miller. Now he faces seven other Republicans to win the party’s nomination….
Category: Escambia County
Underhill has questions re: Bay Bridge
Commissioner Doug Underhill has also been trying get answers from the Florida Department of Transportation regarding the plans for the new Pensacola Bay Bridge. In an email to Mary Beth Washnock, the…
Democratic Candidate and Campaign Training, July 9
All Democrats are invited to participate in a training session sponsored by the Escambia County Democratic Executive Committee. The day-long workshop is an introduction to the tools and strategies needed to run…
Escambia County proposed FY 2017 to be released next week
Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown told Inweekly that his proposed FY 2017 budget will be posted on the county’s website early next week. “We are conducting a second round of internal staff…
Timeline shows Hayward administration created stormwater pond crisis
Yesterday afternoon, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward didn’t get the $316,600 that he requested from the Escambia Board of County Commissioners for the clean up of contaminated groundwater that has stalled the city’s…
BCC meeting on mosquito control facility tomorrow
Escambia County has published its agenda for tomorrow’s special Board of County Commissioners meeting that will be held at 4 p.m. in commission chambers – see BCC 6_21. As reported earlier, the…
FEMA awards $6.5 Million in Hazard Mitigation Funding to Escambia County
Escambia County has been awarded two FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program projects, or HMGP, to reduce the loss of life and property due to natural disasters, one in Lake Charlene and the…
Commissioner still looks for answers on mosquito facility remediation
In preparation for tomorrow’s Escambia County Commission meeting, PNJ reporter Will Isern presented the City of Pensacola’s case for the county to pay for the clean-up of a plume from the county’s…
Pensacola Beach Renourishment Project to begin mid-June
Following project delays over the winter months of 2015-2016, the Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) is set to begin work soon to restore and renourish 8.1 miles of Pensacola Beach shoreline. The…
HOME program coming to area
The HOME program is coming to Escambia County. The five-year loan program is run by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The loans are available to those looking to…
Jail demolition delayed
The demolition of the Escambia County Central Booking and Detention Facility has been delayed pending litigation and a potential settlement related to the April 30, 2014 natural gas explosion at the facility….
Commission looks for plan before approving clean up of Mosquito Control facility plume
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners voted 5-0 to table a supplemental budget amendment for $316,646 to clean up a contaminated groundwater plume that has halted the construction of the Corrine Jones-Government…
Cost to remediate old Escambia Mosquito Control Facility tops $300K
At the May Pensacola City Council meeting, City Administrator Eric Olson said the city would ask the Board of County Commissioners to clean a plume that had halted the construction of Government…
No Escambia or Santa Rosa municipality makes list of 50 safest Florida cities
Background checks.org ranked the 50 safest cities in Florida based on FBI violent crime stats and proprietary BackgroundChecks.org research data. Rates are normalized per 100,000 residents with the state average being 540…
ECAT seeks public input
Escambia County, in coordination with Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT), has launched a major update to the County’s 10-year Transit Development Plan (TDP), which is named the Connections 2026: Moving Escambia Forward….
Podcast: Robinson on ‘Leave No Trace Behind’
Commissioner Grover Robinson says the “Leave Trace Behind†ordinance that the Escambia Board of County Commissioners passed last year was created as a turtle protection ordinance, not for clean up after events…
Candidates qualify for Escambia County races by petitions
Escambia Supervisor of Elections David Stafford posted on Friday the list of candidates that have qualified for their respective races by meeting the petition requirements: Tax Collector: Buck Lee (R), Deb Moore…
Sarasota launches innovative approach to mental illness and criminal justice
Last night, the Sarasota City Commission voted to help fund a pilot program, Comprehensive Treatment Court, that aims to divert low-level, non-violent offenders with mental illness from the county jail and providing…
Podcast: Second Annual Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day Festival
Robert Turbin, Escambia County Marine Resources Division Manager , discusses this weekend’s Second Annual Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day Festival on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks.” Here is this press release…
Another rehearing denied, this involves beach tax case
The First District Court of Appeals released a ruling Wednesday rejecting an attempt by the Escambia County Property Appraiser Chris Jones and Tax Collector Janet Holley to rehear a case holding that…
