Category: Escambia County
FDEP and NOAA to hold meeting on $11M Pensacola Bay Living Shoreline Project
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will hold a community meeting on the Pensacola…
Escambia County launches new website
Escambia County today announced the launch of a newly-designed website. The revamped site was created to provide a user-friendly experience that makes it easier than…
Grover lays out his concerns about delaying bridge
Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson shared with Inweekly this editorial that sent the PNJ yesterday. He plans to attend tonight’s Gulf Breeze City Council meeting….
Escambia County posts proposed budget for FY 2017
The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners’ proposed budget for fiscal year 2016-2017 is now available online on the myescambia.com Budget Information and Related Documents…
Viewpoint: Just build the bridge
Since we moved to Gulf Breeze in 1981, our family has driven the Pensacola Bay Bridge at least four to six times a day. We’ve…
Century and Milton receive DEO planning grants
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) recently awarded Community Planning Technical Assistance grants to 43 local governments and regional planning councils, benefiting 92 communities…
Who is Brian Frazier [podcast]
Brian Frazier announced his plans to run for Congress over a year ago. He was ready to take on Jeff Miller. Now he faces seven…
Underhill has questions re: Bay Bridge
Commissioner Doug Underhill has also been trying get answers from the Florida Department of Transportation regarding the plans for the new Pensacola Bay Bridge. In…
Democratic Candidate and Campaign Training, July 9
All Democrats are invited to participate in a training session sponsored by the Escambia County Democratic Executive Committee. The day-long workshop is an introduction to…
Escambia County proposed FY 2017 to be released next week
Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown told Inweekly that his proposed FY 2017 budget will be posted on the county’s website early next week. “We are…
Timeline shows Hayward administration created stormwater pond crisis
Yesterday afternoon, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward didn’t get the $316,600 that he requested from the Escambia Board of County Commissioners for the clean up of…
BCC meeting on mosquito control facility tomorrow
Escambia County has published its agenda for tomorrow’s special Board of County Commissioners meeting that will be held at 4 p.m. in commission chambers –…
FEMA awards $6.5 Million in Hazard Mitigation Funding to Escambia County
Escambia County has been awarded two FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program projects, or HMGP, to reduce the loss of life and property due to natural…
Commissioner still looks for answers on mosquito facility remediation
In preparation for tomorrow’s Escambia County Commission meeting, PNJ reporter Will Isern presented the City of Pensacola’s case for the county to pay for the…
Pensacola Beach Renourishment Project to begin mid-June
Following project delays over the winter months of 2015-2016, the Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) is set to begin work soon to restore and renourish…
HOME program coming to area
The HOME program is coming to Escambia County. The five-year loan program is run by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The…
Jail demolition delayed
The demolition of the Escambia County Central Booking and Detention Facility has been delayed pending litigation and a potential settlement related to the April 30,…
Commission looks for plan before approving clean up of Mosquito Control facility plume
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners voted 5-0 to table a supplemental budget amendment for $316,646 to clean up a contaminated groundwater plume that has…
Cost to remediate old Escambia Mosquito Control Facility tops $300K
At the May Pensacola City Council meeting, City Administrator Eric Olson said the city would ask the Board of County Commissioners to clean a plume…
No Escambia or Santa Rosa municipality makes list of 50 safest Florida cities
Background checks.org ranked the 50 safest cities in Florida based on FBI violent crime stats and proprietary BackgroundChecks.org research data. Rates are normalized per 100,000…
