Pensacola Bay Center Replacement Project page available

The Escambia County Commission is reviewing the best way to move forward with the aging Pensacola Bay Center and the challenges the facility currently faces….

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Escambia County receives grants for Three RESTORE projects

Escambia County Receives Grant Awards for Three RESTORE Projects from U.S. Treasury On March 1, Escambia County received grant awards for three RESTORE Direct Component…

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Disabled rider gives commissioners plan to save ECAT

Last May, Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill stated that Escambia County Area Transit wasn’t financially viable and he wanted his fellow commissioners to consider discontinuing…

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Eleven Mile Creek Basin project to receive $268,000 grant

Congressman Matt Gaetz today announced an Escambia County stormwater project will receive grant money from the U.S. Treasury Department. “The Office of Gulf Coast Restoration…

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Governor tells Sheriff Morgan state will fund SROs

This morning Escambia County Commission chairman Jeff Bergosh put off any discussion on allocations of the LET funds while he determined if the funds should…

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Sheriff Morgan: ‘Beyond Serious’ on handling campus threats

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, Pensacola Police Department and the Escambia County School District have been dealing with a rash of social media threats that…

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The tale of two Escambia schools, two guns

On Tuesday, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Ransom Middle School student for allegedly bringing a loaded gun to school. The student faces charges…

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Convention center with indoor sports facility could create 660 jobs

A new study shows that a convention/conference center in combination with an indoor sports facility could generate as much $90 million revenue for the local…

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Major clean-up of Johnson Beach begins today

Due to extensive structural damage, Gulf Islands National Seashore officials will remove several dilapidated structures at Johnson Beach in the Perdido Key Area of the…

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Senate scraps moving Panhandle to Eastern time

By Jim Turner The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Most of the Panhandle would remain an hour behind the rest of the state under…

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County commission candidates continue to raise funds

Robert Bender did the best raising campaign funds in January, $7,933. He was followed by Alan McMillan, who raised $6,105. The top spenders in January…

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Grover Robinson speaks out against offshore drilling [video]

On Feb. 8, a group of local environmentalist traveled to Tallahassee to attend the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s public meeting concerning the recently released…

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