Category: Escambia County
Sheriff Morgan objects to ‘shade meeting’ on his appeal
Last week, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan sent his budget appeal to the Florida Cabinet. The Escambia Board of County Commissioners has scheduled a shade…
Homeland Security to host Cybersecurity roundtable next week
The Department of Homeland Security is hosting a Cybersecurity Roundtable with Pensacola-area government, business and academic leaders, Oct. 25 at 9 a.m. at the University…
Game of Pensacola Political Chairs has begun (update)
State Rep. Frank White’s announcement on Friday that he will seek the GOP nomination for Florida Attorney General has started another round of musical chairs…
Breaking News: Frank White files for Florida Attorney General
Inweekly has confirmed that State Rep. Frank White (R-Pensacola) will file this morning to run for Florida Attorney General. We will have more later.
Escambia County Triumph Gulf Coast wish list: over $850M
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners will consider its Triumph Gulf Coast priorities at its Committee of the Whole at 9 a.m. Commission Chair Doug…
Frank White eyes Attorney General race
State Rep. Frank White (R-Pensacola) this morning confirmed that he is considering entering the race for Florida Attorney General and will make his decision before…
Gaetz and Nelson in agreement on Fee Simple [podcast]
Yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks,” Congressman Matt Gaetz said that he and Sen. Bill Nelson are working with the Escambia and Santa Rosa county commissioners on…
MacQueen asks ‘not be saddled with version 2.0 of the existing civic center for decades to come’
In an email sent on the eve of last Thursday’s commission meeting, hotelier Julian MacQueen reminded the Escambia Board of County Commissioners of his concerns…
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…




















