Category: Escambia County

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

Escambia County, in coordination with Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT), has launched a major update to the County’s 10-year Transit Development Plan (TDP), which is…

Commissioner Grover Robinson says the “Leave Trace Behind” ordinance that the Escambia Board of County Commissioners passed last year was created as a turtle protection…

Escambia Supervisor of Elections David Stafford posted on Friday the list of candidates that have qualified for their respective races by meeting the petition requirements:…

Last night, the Sarasota City Commission voted to help fund a pilot program, Comprehensive Treatment Court, that aims to divert low-level, non-violent offenders with mental…

Robert Turbin, Escambia County Marine Resources Division Manager , discusses this weekend’s Second Annual Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day Festival on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s…

The First District Court of Appeals released a ruling Wednesday rejecting an attempt by the Escambia County Property Appraiser Chris Jones and Tax Collector Janet…

The City of Pensacola’s run of bad timing continued last week. In the same week the community celebrated Earth Day, city officials revealed that the…

Escambia County will host a public kick-off meeting for the Escambia Beltway Alternative Corridor Evaluation Study Tuesday, April 19 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at…

LWV Pensacola Bay Area, ACLU, Coffee Party, Escambia Youth Justice Coalition, and Escambia County School District invite the community to the fourth public forum on…

Escambia County and the Florida Department of Transportation are hosting a workshop for small and disadvantaged business enterprises on Friday, April 15 from 8:30 a.m….

About 17,000 Escambia County residents who receive food stamps now face a work requirement that went into effect Jan. 1 — and the possibility of…

For nearly two decades, Escambia County and Perdido Key residents have argued over a master plan for development on the barrier island. Some issues still…

Escambia County issued this announcement to the release: At a hearing today, the Escambia County Special Magistrate granted a continuance of the meeting until June…

The PNJ wrote about the collaborative effort to get one of the poorest areas in the community designated a HUD Promise Zone. Since then, I…

The First District Court of Appeals (1st DCA) today reversed Escambia County Property Appraiser Chris Jones’ imposition of ad valorem taxes to leasehold land at…