Here we go again: another tropical wave

Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore says Florida may see a hurricane during the middle of next week. A cold front may protect us….

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Escambia Children’s Trust walks away empty-handed

Last Thursday, the Escambia Children’s Trust asked the Board of County Commissioners to negotiate an interlocal agreement on how to spend the CRA dollars given…

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Top news stories, Nov. 10 edition

Posts about the “bikini” mailer, a failed coup at the county and the lack of fact-checking at the News Journal attracted our readers attention this…

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Real News: Soccer and more

The SEC Soccer Tournament Championship Game will be played at Ashton Brosnaham Athletic Park where Texas and South Carolina will compete for the championship title….

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Business Alliance wants to protect light-industrial use at OLF-8

The Business Alliance of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties issued their collective position on OLF-8 in support of job growth, following the masterplan, and keeping…

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Daily Outtakes: Seeking Rising Star nominations for 2025

UPDATE: WE HAVE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE TO DECEMBER 15 Since 2008, Inweekly has recognized the under-40-year-olds in our community whom their peers, clients, and bosses…

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County continues to seek ECT board applications

The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners continues to seek applications from county residents to be nominated for gubernatorial appointment to the Escambia Children’s Trust….

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Former Chief Magistrate Judge Elizabeth M. Timothy appointed to SRIA board

County Commissioner Ashley Hofberger has appointed former Chief Magistrate Judge Elizabeth M. Timothy to serve as the District 4 representative on the Santa Rosa Island…

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Daily Outttakes: County Commission discusses Escambia Children’s Trust

Escambia Deputy County Attorney Kristin Hual has asked the Board of County Commissioners to discuss the Escambia Children’s Trust request for clarification of the $690,684…

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Real News: ‘There’s nobody to blame’

Don Gaetz easily won his old Florida Senate seat by 30 percentage points. “Republicans have to understand now at the federal level, at the state…

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SEC Women’s Soccer excites fans, semifinals on Thursday

The Southeastern Conference Women’s Soccer Tournament is already drawing thousands of attendees to Escambia County’s Ashton Brosnaham Athletic Park. Yesterday, we had four exciting games:…

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Pensacola Habitat for Humanity lauds Pride Build campaign

Pensacola Habitat for Humanity wrapped up its inaugural Pride Build campaign with a three-day build week, as 37 volunteers worked together to promote inclusion and…

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Hurricane Rafael update

Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore says the models have aligned, and we are out of the cone of uncertainty. “We do have a…

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Daily Outtakes: Axios of Evil fails

The Pensacola News Journal, County Clerk Pam Childers, Andrew McKay, Escambia Citizens Watch and the ethically-challenged couple, Doug Underhill and Jonathan Owens, failed to defeat…

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No upsets in Escambia elections

State Representative District 1 REP Michelle Salzman (REP) 66.15% State Representative District 2 REP Alex Andrade (REP) 54.55% Board of County Commissioners District 4 Participating…

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Real News, Monday, Nov. 4

I apologize for taking so long to get these interviews up. Yesterday was a full-blown Monday. State Senate candidate Don Gaetz delivered his closing pitch…

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Voting today – 22,073 today, total passes 137K

As of 11:50 a.m, turnout approaches 64%: Mail 34,143 24.88% Early Voting 80,805 58.89% Election Day 22,073 16.09% Provisional 198 0.14% Total 137,219  

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Fact-check: UWF Haas Center did analysis for DPZ, too

It is apparent that PNJ columnist Theresa Blackwell didn’t read the recent University of West Florida study regarding just 46 acres of OLF-8 before she…

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Tropical Storm Raphael update

Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore expects Raphael to be upgraded to a hurricane later today. The models have it making landfall to the…

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Daily Outtakes: The Mythical Town of Beulah

News Journal columnist Theresa Blackwell delivered another dram of her wisdom on Sunday, blasting the Escambia County Commission, praising DPZ CoDesign and waxing poetically for…

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