Category: Pensacola
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…
City closes Roger Scott
The City of Pensacola Parks and Recreation Department is closing Roger Scott Tennis Center at 2 p.m. today and Osceola Golf Course is no longer…
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 ————— *…
City of Gulf Breeze: ‘There is not an estimate time for when Bay Bridge might be closed’
Gulf Breeze Police Department has notified residents via text: “There is not an estimated time for when the Bay Bridge might be closed. It will…
Pensacola State College closes at 5 pm
Pensacola State College will close at 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7, and remain closed through Sunday, Oct. 8. All activities and classes, whether on campus…
Pensacola Airport to close 8 p.m. Saturday
From the Pensacola International Airport Facebook page: Pensacola International Airport will close and cease ALL operations at 8 pm Saturday, October 7th and will remain…
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…
Patel ready to deliver ‘do or die’ pitch for arena and downtown development
By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY Pensacola businessman Jay Patel will pitch a plan Thursday to the Escambia County Commission to create a $65 million public-private partnership…
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…
Offshore Inland cannot make balloon payment
On Aug. 31, Crystal Yasurk, vice president of finance and administration for OffShore Inland, sent Port of Pensacola Director Amy Miller a letter notifying the…
Council reviews Triumph wish list
Note: My initial post had the meeting date as tomorrow. It’s Oct. 5 – working on our Best of the Coast issue has me off…
Less than half of Pensacola voters want $8.25M Bayview Community Center, over 80 percent want more info and input
On the eve of the final hearing for Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward’s FY 2018, City Administrator Eric Olson emailed the City Council the master plan…
UWF State of the University raises the bar
Unlike Mayor Ashton Hayward, Dr. Martha Saunders, president of the University of West Florida, isn’t afraid to address her constituents – UWF faculty, staff, students…
Government Pond near completion
The work on the Corrine Jones-Government Street stormwater pond is near completion, according to a drone video posted to the city’s Facebook page. Construction on…
Three takeaways for CivicCon morning session
Over 80 city, county, state and community leaders this morning listened to Chuck Marohn, founder and president of Strong Towns, talk about how to make…
Hawkshaw Lagoon: The forgotten national monument of Pensacola
By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY Clark Thompson remembers stopping across from the Veterans Memorial Park in downtown Pensacola to watch the Red-winged Blackbird with a distinctive…
Myers praised for Burgess Road effort
Pensacola Councilwoman Sherri Myers last week received praise from the citizens and her fellow council members for her efforts to fund sidewalk and drainage improvements…
Pensacola mayor chastises council president and public
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward isn’t happy with how the public treated City Attorney Lysia Bowling at the Sept. 19 council meeting. Â He was so upset…
Pensacola International Airport prepares for 2035
By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY The Pensacola International Airport has begun preparing for increased use projected there by 2035. Among the main projects to handle a…
Mayor Hayward: No More on Pitts Slip lawsuit
Here is the official statement from Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward regarding the decision handed down by the Florida Supreme Court that the justices would not…





















