Category: Escambia County

The hot topic at the Escambia Commission meeting on Thursday, June 3, was the pensions for the county’s senior management and the commissioners. According to…

Escambia Administrator’s Contract Up For Discussion By Jeremy Morrison When Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley returns to work from her trip out of town, she…

The word on South Palafox is Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley may have to face a job performance evaluation when she returns from vacation. The…

In commemoration of Florida’s Territorial Bicentennial and Escambia County’s 200th Anniversary, the 200th Anniversary Commission is seeking the community’s input on items to place in a time capsule…

What should have been a routine public record request of the county has revealed the dysfunction of the Gilley administration. To get an accurate breakdown…

Danica Phillips, who was only hired by Escambia County in January, has notified her bosses that she, too, is leaving her job. She is a…

Cassie Boatwright, Escambia County’s director of facilities management, has announced that she is leaving the Gilley administration. Boatwright was hired in January 2020. She came…

The Fairest of Them All Equal Justice Awards named Judge Tom Dannheisser the “Fairest of  Them All” in Circuit 1 The awards provide a scientific…

Pensacola, Escambia Ponder Shared Interests by Jeremy Morrison Escambia County and the city of Pensacola leaders held a joint meeting this week to discuss a…

The speed limit on West Cervantes Street (U.S. 90) between Dominguez Street and A Street will be permanently reduced from 35 mph to 30 mph…

Escambia County wants to remind you that 9-1-1 is for emergencies, not general information, such as where to find gas or what’s on HBO tonight….

Escambia County has hired Jason Catrambone as its new fire chief starting June 14. He joins Escambia County with more than 25 years of experience…

In October 2020, representatives from Escambia County Area Transit  (ECAT) launched ‘Your Service, Your Say,’ a project focused on improving the future of public transportation…

While several communities have held memorial ceremonies honoring those who have died because COVID-19, Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley wants to hold a “Burn the…

The Escambia Board of County Commissioners had a surprise from its administration at its regular meeting on April 22–substantial change orders, sometimes greater than the…

Sources have shared Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley has asked the county’s IT department to look into installing ActivTrak, a cloud-based monitoring tool that would let…

At their Committee of the Whole on Thursday, April 15, Escambia County commissioners learned that the administration had told Pensacola Bay Center’s management company not…

In March 1977, a class action was filed on behalf of Escambia County’s Black voters that challenged the at-large system for electing county commissioners (McMillan…

Pursuant to Executive Orders 20-224, 20-248 and the extension of those orders in Executive Order 21-64, Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Secretary Kevin J. Thibault,…

In August 2018, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners passed the Covenant for the Community, which requires all county construction projects–funded solely funded from the…