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…

Continue Reading

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…

Continue Reading

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.  He was so upset…

Continue Reading

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…

Continue Reading

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…

Continue Reading

Don Gaetz suggests Community Code of Ethics

Former Florida Senate President Don Gaetz discussed ethics in government with community leaders today during an Advocacy Lunch & Learn sponsored by the Studer Community…

Continue Reading

Burgess Road sidewalks survive second public hearing and final budget vote

Last night, the Pensacola City Council unanimously approved a $226.6-million budget for FY 2018. The budget included $1.6 million for sidewalks and street drainage on…

Continue Reading

Pensacola mayor runs out of options on Pitts Slip lawsuit

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward lost again on the Pitts Slip lawsuit. The Florida Supreme Court refused to entertain his motion for the court to hear…

Continue Reading

The battle over Burgress Road heats up

On “Pensacola Speaks,” Councilwoman Sherri Myers gave more background on last week’s council budget amendment that would allocate $1.6 million for sidewalks and drainage on…

Continue Reading

Next up: ECUA emergency storage tank in North Hill area

Last Thursday, the Pensacola City Council voted to hold a special meeting regarding the Emerald Coast Utility Authority’s proposed storage tanks on North Palafox Street….

Continue Reading

Civic Conversation begins Set. 26

The Studer Community Institute launches its latest initiative, CivicCon, on Sept. 26. “We asked Christian Wagley to go out and find the top eight or…

Continue Reading

The Pensacola Confederate monument two-step

The Pensacola City Council did not vote to schedule a special meeting on the possible relocation of the Confederate memorial that is on city property….

Continue Reading