Category: Escambia County

From: Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh: A one-sided opinion piece was published very recently about Escambia County’s project to acquire the property in Beulah Known…

On July 18, the media was notified that an Escambia County grand jury had completed its investigation of the Emerald Coast Utility Authority. However, the…

Yesterday, I wrote about the Project Titan–a $275.5-million project to expand aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul operations at the Pensacola International Airport and create the…

The Escambia Board of County Commissioners will vote tonight whether to accept Quint and Rishy Studer’s donation of a portion of land, approximately eight acres,…

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward next week will ask the Pensacola City Council to allocate $8 million of Local Option Sales Tax towards a second maintenance…

In the 2014 Republican primary, Doug Underhill beat two-term County Commissioner Gene Valentino by earning 62.51 percent of the vote.  Four years later, he’s the…

Commissioner Doug Underhill won re-election by beating Alan McMillan by 212 votes. Two precincts – #3 Myrtle Grove United Methodist  and #67 Holy Spirit Catholic…

  The most efficient winning candidate was Judge Joyce Williams – who spent  88 cents per vote – followed by School Board member Kevin Adams…

The Escambia County Corrections Office Building, located at 2251 Palafox St., was evacuated about 11:30 a.m. after a strong smell thought to be sewer gas…

Both the County Commission primaries attracted more voters that the previous two primaries. The three School Board races drew 31, 596 votes—8,274 more votes than…

The biggest surprises were: Mike Hill edging out Rebekah Bydlak in the GOP primary for House District 1. Incumbent Doug Underhill surging in August to…

In governor’s race, the Inweekly/Political Matrix poll predicted the margin of victory for Congressman Ron DeSantis over Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam – 20 percent. The…

  Local candidates have spent $826.380 for the Aug. 28 primary. The most expensive race, through Aug. 24 campaign election reports, is the Pensacola mayor’s…

District 2 Commissioner Doug Underhill, Escambia County staff and Hammond Engineering Inc. are hosting an on-site public meeting to discuss the plans for the Bob-O-Link,…

Republican Mike Hill, a former State Representative who is running for the Florida House District 1 seat, yesterday posted a live video on Facebook. Hill…

The Pensacola Young Professionals (PYP) want to establish a Community Development Corporation. It’s first task will be to develop a strategic plan. “This Corporation will…

A review of the campaign finance reports as of Aug. 17 shows the top 10 spenders are: Alan McMillan County Commission, District 2  $   90,187…

Since Mayor Ashton Hayward’s announcement of the city’s partnership with IHMC to add drones at the Pensacola Police Department, Inweekly reporter Duwayne Escobedo has been…

Escambia County’s Ashton Brosnaham Athletic Park and the Gulf Coast Texans youth soccer program have been awarded the 2018 Florida Youth Soccer Association Recreational Club…

Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David H. Stafford announced today that sample ballots for the August 28 Primary Election are being mailed to Escambia County…