Category: Escambia County

By Samantha Sontag INWEEKLY After a 4 ½-hour meeting Monday evening, the Escambia County Commissioners voted to embrace change with a 3-2 vote in favor…

The third annual Pensacola Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day Festival will take place Saturday and Sunday May 20-21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at…

By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY For nearly 15 years, Pensacola Christian College has approached the Escambia County Commission about turning Rawson Lane over to it. Each…

State Representative Frank White and Senator Doug Broxson will host Farm Share Food Distribution for Pensacola area families in need. Farm Share provides a semi-truck…

Tonight at 6 p.m. in the auditorium at Booker T. Washington High School the curtains will go up revealing a show about neighbors helping neighbors….

District 5 Commissioner Steven Barry will host a town hall meeting Tuesday, May 16 at 5:30 p.m. at the Barrineau Park Community Center located at…

The Southeast Tourism Society has named the Pensacola Beach Air Show as a STS Top 20 Event in the Southeast for May 2017. The STS…

Escambia County Commissioner Jack Brown has notified the Board of County Commissioners the names of the five finalists for the assistant administrator job. Former Pensacola…

The Escambia County Waste Services Department will host the next Regional Roundup on Saturday, May 13 from 8 a.m. until noon at Pensacola High School,…

Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson announced last November that he would not run for a fourth term in 2018. However, he left the door open…

Effective May 1, the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding that allows the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority to assume collection…

Florida Politics founder Peter Schorsch listed who they believed are winners as the 2017 Legislative Session comes to an end. Our two freshmen state representatives,…

West Florida Public Libraries and the Escambia County School District are teaming up to ensure every student in Escambia County will receive a special edition…

Applications are now being accepted for the new Escambia County Youth Employment Program, which will provide opportunities for youth to get paid work experience in…

By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY Florida lawmakers are considering a cut in funding per public school student, known as the Basic Student Allocation, by about $25.97…

This week, the Florida Legislature passed the Triumph Gulf Coast funding bill that finally releases $300 million of the BP settlement funds to Northwest Florida,…

Over 60 residents of the Wedgewood and Rolling Hills neighborhood came out for a town hall meeting at the Marie Young Community Center. Sitting in…

The third annual Pensacola Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day Festival will take place Saturday and Sunday May 20-21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at…

HOUSE APPROVES MEDICAL POT BILL By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The state would have more than a dozen pot operators — with…

Sunbelt Crushing, LLC will hold a town hall meeting to discuss the requested renewal of the existing permit for its facility on Longleaf Drive. The…