Category: Escambia County

After creating a viral storm on local social media, Escambia County Commissioner Ashlee Hofberger hinted on her official Facebook page that she would have been…

At this morning’s Escambia Children’s Trust board meeting, Chair Dr. Rex Northup made an impassioned plea for what he termed “civil discourse” from the Escambia…

Escambia County Commissioner Ashlee Hofbergers’s Pensacola Beach Gateway project continues to get roasted on social media. Last Friday, Hofberger released three options for residents to…

The Escambia Children’s Trust Board of Directors meets tomorrow to discuss a new proposed interlocal agreement between the Trust and the Board of County Commissioners….

The stories that attracted the most readers were the ones that the Pensacola News Journal either barely reported or ignored completely: County Clerk Pam Childers’…

Readers are not impressed with Commissioner Ashlee Hofberger’s “new” renderings for her proposed new gateway to Pensacola Beach. The options boil down to Innisfree logo…

District 4 Commissioner Ashlee Hofberger invites the public to provide input on the Pensacola Beach Gateway design, part of her overall improvement project to welcome…

While WEAR-TV reports that Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers has resolved the $2 million reimbursement issue with Visit Pensacola, few people have been willing to…

During today’s Committee of the Whole, Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May revealed he had negotiated a deal to bring immediate healthcare services to the West…

Less than an hour before their long-awaited meeting with Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers, Visit Pensacola board members received notification that the Clerk’s office sent…

Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons has been busy. Between coordinating major drug operations that have taken dangerous weapons and narcotics off the streets, expanding the…

Beulah Town Center, LLC sent a brief letter to the Escambia County Commission today ahead of the Commission’s planned discussion of OLF 8 on June…

As I reported on May 19, Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed Anastasios “Stasi” Kamoutsas the new Florida Commissioner of Education. Official Announcement TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Today, Governor…

Pensacola’s vital tourism industry faces an unprecedented crisis as over $2.5 million in marketing bills remain unpaid, threatening to derail the county’s economic engine during…

The piece of property that could define Escambia County’s economic future for generations is finally moving toward development. After years of negotiations, stops and starts,…

Florida could lose $37 billion in economic impact and 682,000 jobs if proposed legislation redirecting tourism marketing funds becomes law, according to a new analysis…

Commissioner Ashlee Hofberger’s  “Tourist Dollars At Work” and “Prohibited Uses of TDT Funds” flyers are supposedly based on “Florida Statute 125.0104. The commissioner said the…

The Escambia County Board of Commissioners (BCC) will consider a significant expansion of Emergency Medical Services at its June 5 meeting, adding 11 new full-time…

On Thursday, the Escambia County Commission will consider selling the 541 acres of OLF-8 for $42.5 million to Tri-W Development and Chad C. Henderson Enterprises…

Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers’ much-publicized Office of Independent Internal Audit (OIIA) has lost John Greene, her Chief Audit Executive, and his right-hand CPA, Scott…