Category: Escambia County

State Rep. Clay Ingram (R-Pensacola) has submitted $28 million worth of appropriation bills. including $11,481,000 for his alma mater, Florida State University.  The University of…

According to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, arrests of youth in the state of Florida have dropped 28 percent over the past four years….

District 2 Commissioner Doug Underhill is encouraging public participation in the Florida Mission of Mercy dental clinic in Pensacola, which is still seeking a variety…

City residents pay more for sanitation services than the ECUA customers, and the gap will increase if Mayor Ashton Hayward recommends the increases proposed by…

By Duwayne Escobedo Inweekly Grace Resendez McCaffery tells the group of about 70 Democratic Women’s Club of Escambia County members that no person living in…

The Pensacola City Council voted, 5-0, for the mayor to settle the dispute over the city’s allocation of the Local Option Gas Tax. No presentation…

At Monday’s Agenda Review, City Administrator Eric Olson told the Pensacola City Council that Escambia County had requested verbally the city hand over its portion…

Mayor Ashton Hayward doesn’t want the Escambia Board of County Commissioners to be the sole body that decides how the county’s share of the BP…

State Sen. Doug Broxson passed along to the Inweekly encouraging news from Senate President Joe Negron’s first press conference of the 2017 Legislative Session. Sen….

After years of teaching sales skills to corporate professionals and students, University of West Florida marketing professor Dr. Bob Kimball is taking his instruction to…

Congressman Matt Gaetz said yesterday that Northwest Florida should prepare for a new BRAC (Base Closure and Realignment Commission). The last BRAC was in 2005….

District 1 Commissioner Jeff Bergosh will host a one-stop roundtable Monday, April 3. Residents will have an opportunity to ask questions, express concerns and gather…

The Escambia Board of County Commissioners has proposed a settlement of the 15-month dispute over the allocation of the Local Option Gas Tax. The proposed…

District 4 Commissioner Grover Robinson will host a Pensacola Beach town hall meeting Tuesday, March 28 from 6-8 p.m. at the Santa Rosa Island Authority…

The Florida Department of Health in Escambia County has rescinded the air quality health advisory near Rolling Hills Construction and Demolition Landfill, located at 6990…

By Mona Shand Florida News Connection While some sectors of Florida’s economy are thriving, new data shows the number of people who are struggling to…

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has sent South Palafox Properties LLC, owner of the Rolling Hills landfill, a notice of violation. On February 13,…

State Attorney Bill Eddins announced today that the Office of State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida intends to move forward on the…

New Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh has followed the lead of his fellow board members. He has to public meetings this month. He will hold…

Last Friday afternoon, Escambia County mobilized work crews from Waste Services, Public Safety and the Road Department to address the ongoing fire at the Rolling…