Another historic structure demolished

Whitfield Memorial Baptist Church was founded in 1905 at 1605 West Jackson Street. Hurricane Ivan tore a gapping hole in the roof and damaged much…

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‘Eye the Sky’ may patrol city streets soon

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and IHMC today announced a partnership between IHMC and the Pensacola Police Department to develop a police drone program to help…

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Pensacola Discovery Days Celebration starts tomorrow

To celebrate America’s first settlement, Visit Pensacola is hosting the inaugural Pensacola Discovery Days Celebration. Taking place at the Pensacola Visitors Information Center, August 14-15,…

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HR found ‘toxic environment’ in mayor’s office

Among the public records received by Inweekly on Friday afternoon was the report of Human Resource manager Tracy Walsh’s investigation into Constituent Service Administrator Latasha…

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Former city administrator submitted resignation on July 23

According to public records received by Inweekly, former City Administrator Eric Olson submitted his resignation to Mayor Ashton Hayward on Monday, July 23. Read Resignation…

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Former city administrator left mayor’s office in disarray

Public records show that former City Administrator Eric Olson left the mayor’s office “fraught with stress, suspicion, and major polarization.” Olson had two allegations of hostile…

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‘Tentative’ union agreements appear to be a bunch of scribbled notes

In June, Mayor Hayward announced he had reached a tentative agreements with the bargaining units of FOP (Here). On July 26, he announced he had…

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Town Hall: ‘Let’s talk about homelessness’

From Ann Hill Campaign: Ann Hill, candidate for Pensacola City Council District 6, will host a free community Town Hall: “Let’s talk about homelessness.” Panelists…

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Mayoral campaign reports

Grover Robinson edged Brian Spencer in raising funds during the week of July 21-27 ($9000-$8000), but Spencer has begun to spend his campaign war chest,…

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Carpenter’s Creek Town Hall, Aug. 20

Councilwoman Sherri Myers will host a town hall 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20 at Asbury Place behind Cokesbury United Methodist Church, 5725 N. 9th Ave….

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Upward Intuition founder Jon Shell sets the record straight on skate park support

From Brian Spencer Campaign: City Councilman Brian Spencer, a vocal supporter of a proposed skate park at the Hollice T. Williams Park since 2015, was…

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Nearly 1,900 ballots mailed in by city voters

  As of today, 1,883 mail-in ballots from city voters have been received by the Supervisor of Elections.  Countywide, 7,124 ballots have been mailed in….

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Robinson: City ‘asleep at the wheel’ on sign ordinance (Updated)

City residents have complained about the proliferation of political signs in the city’s right of ways. The city last week told Inweekly that a candidate…

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Council D6 race a toss up

According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 158 likely voters in Pensacola City Council District 6, Wilhelm Butch Hansen has a slight lead over Ann…

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Moore leads Council D4 race, but runoff likely

According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 142 likely voters in Pensacola City Council District 4, Jared Moore still holds the lead with 27.5 percent….

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Olson gets $83K severance

According to his employment agreement, former City Administrator Eric Olson is entitled to 20 weeks of pay plus 500 hours PTO payout, about $83,115. It…

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Poll: Robinson and Spencer headed to runoff for mayor

County Commissioner Grover Robinson still leads in the race to be Pensacola’s next mayor, but Councilman Brian Spencer has cut into his margin, according to…

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Official statement

Eric Olson steps down as City Administrator Mayor Hayward announced today that Eric Olson has relinquished his role as City Administrator now that the fiscal…

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Buzz: Olson out as administrator

City of Pensacola department heads have been notified Eric Olson is no longer city administrator.

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Rental Housing Initiative Meeting on Aug. 16

City Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn will host a rental housing initiative meeting 5:30 p.m. Thursday Aug. 16, in the Vince Whibbs Conference room located on the…

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