ECUA set to begin Brownsville Sewer Expansion Project, Phase 1

ECUA is preparing to initiate Phase 1 of the Brownsville Sewer Expansion Project to provide sewer service to the East Brownsville area – see Brownsville…

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Secrecy surrounds IP explosion and future of Cantonment plant

In its official press release, International Paper said Monday that its Cantonment mill experienced significant structural damage to the largest pulp digester as well as…

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Chamber wants you to weigh on joint county-city meeting

The Greater Pensacola Chamber has an online questionnaire on the upcoming City Council/County Commission Joint Meeting. The Pensacola City Council and Escambia County Commission have…

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Criminal Justice Reform: Inmates find a pathway to turn around lives

By Duwayne Escobedo: Phillip Carrier became the newest former inmate to successfully complete the Pathways for Change court-ordered addiction treatment program.’ During the rigorous, 18-month…

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League of Women Voters discuss Pipeline to Prison

Pipeline to Prison: “Resilience: the Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope” Who : League of Women Voters of the Pensacola Bay Area, ACLU,…

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Pensacola Bay ferry service delayed a year

Last week, Gulf Islands National Seashore, City of Pensacola, and Escambia County officials announced the delay of the Pensacola Bay ferry service which had been…

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CIE rebrands as Co:Lab

By Duwayne Escobedo FloridaWest revealed a new name and new branding Wednesday for its Gulf Coast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship or CIE for short….

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Committee of the Whole agenda, Jan. 12

The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners will hold a Committee of the Whole meeting Thursday, Jan. 12 beginning at 9 a.m. The meeting will…

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First phase of Olive Road work to finish in February 2018

By Duwayne Escobedo Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson remembers seeing students trudging through the ditches along Olive Road to get to Ferry Pass Middle School….

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Criminal justice reform on BCC agenda

Yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks,” Commissioner Grover Robinson said he asked that criminal justice reform be placed on the agenda for this week’s Committee of Whole….

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Escambia County to hold three town halls in January

Ferry Pass, Jan. 10 District 4 Commissioner Grover Robinson will host a Ferry Pass town hall meeting today from 6-8 p.m. at the Ferry Pass…

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Escambia County explains Mosquito Control cleanup

Escambia County Update on Former Mosquito Control Site As the city of Pensacola continues its efforts to construct the stormwater project at Corinne Jones Park,…

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Bold ‘Outtakes’ idea gaining momentum

In the Jan. 5 issue, I suggested that the Escambia Board of County Commissioners work with Florida TaxWatch and the Florida Legislature to create a…

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Escambia County and the Pensacola Government Street Stormwater Project

Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown sat down with Inweekly to explain the county’s role with the Government Street Stormwater Project. “The County’s role was very…

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City of Pensacola Gas tax appeal in limbo

The City of Pensacola’s appeal of the local option gas tax allocation has stalled. According to County Attorney Alison Rogers, the appeal is in the…

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League of Women Voters to hear results of area election survey

Area Election Survey Results.. Who:League of Women Voters of the Pensacola Bay Area What: Area Election Survey Results When: Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 Coffee 10:15…

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Mayor proposes selling Blount School property and other land in west Pensacola

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has placed on the council agenda for next week a request that the City Council declare as surplus the property located…

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ECUA Downtown Water System Maintenance Project starts Jan. 4

This past summer, ECUA began a maintenance project of the water system in the core of downtown Pensacola. The purpose of this project is to…

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Buzz:Comissioner May has equipment removed from Tanyards

The filtration equipment has finally been removed from Tanyards. Commissioner Lumon May said as soon as he heard it was tied to a county contract…

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Pensacola Speaks: 2017 Pelican Drop [podcast]

Buck Mitchell of Seville Quarter outlines the schedule of events for the 2017 Pelican Drop.

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