Category: Escambia County
Hurricane Nate Update #8
Current Situation Residents who evacuated may return home. When returning, be watchful for standing water and downed power lines on the road and around your…
Gulf Power working to restore power
Gulf Power†has restored power to more than 15,000 households. According it is outage map, there are 89 outages remaining in Escambia County. The majority…
Monday StudioAmped performance cancelled
Due to the approaching storm and area weather alerts, WSRE’s “StudioAmped†performance by Johnny Hayes & The Loveseats, scheduled for Monday, Oct. 9, has been…
Latest update from Mobile Weather Service
**NOAA AND AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT FIND THAT NATE IS A LITTLE STRONGER OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO** NEW INFORMATION ————— *…
Hurricane Nate Update #5
Hurricane Nate Update #5 Current Situation Tropical Storm Nate has strengthened to a Category 1 Hurricane. Escambia is under a Hurricane Watch, Tropical Storm Warning,…
Escambia County: Tropical Storm Nate Update #3
Current Situation Escambia County is under a Hurricane Watch, which means that hurricane conditions are possible within the next 48 hours. A Storm Surge Watch is…
Nate may impact us as a tropical storm
NATE POISED TO SEND WIND, WAVES TO PANHANDLE By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Florida’s western Panhandle, the one area of the state…
County Commission seeks other proposals for field house, arena. Project cannot use monies from General Fund
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners voted 4-0, with Commissioner Lumon May absent, to solicit letters of interest from other development companies to build a…
Escambia, Santa Rosa under state of emergency
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE: Twenty-nine counties along the Gulf Coast and in North Florida were put under a…
Beach town hall draws a crowd
By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY About a dozen local citizens greeted Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson IV at his town hall meeting at the Santa Rosa…
Studer has buyer for ECUA land
Yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks,” Quint Studer said that Studer Properties has an offer on the former ECUA Main Street Sewage Plant site. “We’ve got a…
Hurricane Nate? Is Jim Cantore enroute?
Both Escambia County and City of Pensacola have issued warnings for the public to keep an eye on what could become Tropical Storm Nate by…
Why use developer for arena and field house? Does Escambia County need both?
After months of anticipation, Jay Patel unveiled his plan for a $100-million project that includes a 100,000 square-foot field house for basketball, volleyball and indoor…
Air Force: opposes reopening Navarre Pass; Nelson wants more restrictions in Fee Simple bill
The U.S. Air Forces has notified U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) in writing that it has a big problem with any reopening of the Navarre…
Victory for Sean’s Outpost
Circuit Judge Tom Dannheisser dealt another blow to Escambia County in its long-running effort to close Sean’s Outpost, a homeless shelter on about nine acres…
Underhill strives to separate his legal defense fund from office and campaign
Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill shared this email with the media that he sent his administrative assistants this morning at 7:02 a.m.: Jonathan/Susanna, Although I…
Escambia County fastracks dealing with jail overcrowding
Commissioner Lumon May, Circuit Judge Tom Dannheisser and the Public Safety Coordinating Council have ramped up their efforts to reduce crowding in the Escambia County…
Three takeaways for CivicCon morning session
Over 80 city, county, state and community leaders this morning listened to Chuck Marohn, founder and president of Strong Towns, talk about how to make…
Don Gaetz suggests Community Code of Ethics
Former Florida Senate President Don Gaetz discussed ethics in government with community leaders today during an Advocacy Lunch & Learn sponsored by the Studer Community…
Gaetz, Robinson: Fee simple is simple
The fee simple title on Pensacola Beach isn’t as diabolical and evil as some want the public and Sen. Bill Nelson to believe, according to…




















