Over 60 residents of the Wedgewood and Rolling Hills neighborhood came out for a town hall meeting at the Marie Young Community Center. Sitting in plastic chairs on the gym floor, they…
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Pensacola Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day Festival, May 20-21
The third annual Pensacola Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day Festival will take place Saturday and Sunday May 20-21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Plaza de Luna, located at 900 S….
Pot stores in Florida’s future
HOUSE APPROVES MEDICAL POT BILL By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The state would have more than a dozen pot operators — with unlimited retail locations — under a proposal…
Sunbelt Crushing to host Town Hall meeting
Sunbelt Crushing, LLC will hold a town hall meeting to discuss the requested renewal of the existing permit for its facility on Longleaf Drive. The meeting will be held Tuesday, May 2…
EPA to hold public meeting on American Creosote clean-up plan
On Wednesday, April 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public meeting concerning the proposed plans to clean up the American Creosote Works (ACW) Superfund Site, located in Pensacola,…
ATU Local 1395 takes vote of “no confidence” on First Transit Corporate
We received this email: Dear Honorable County Commissioners, Today, Sunday, April 23, 2017 a packed Union Hall made up of over 60 members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1395 which represents…
Bydlak 2018? 2020?
Rebekah Bydlak garnered 7.8 percent of the vote in the hotly contested August 2016 GOP primary to replace Congressman Jeff Miller. Coming in fourth in the seven-person race hasn’t driven her away…
Studers may convert SunTrust building to conference center
Nearly two years after Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward rejected the Studers’ lease agreement to build a conference center and the UWF Center for Entrepreneurship at the Community Maritime Park, the couple may…
Broxson: Triumph process like ‘Gilligan’s Island’ [podcast]
When asked for an updated on the legislation regarding the distribution of $300-million of Triumph Gulf Coast funds, State Sen. Doug Broxson said, “It feels like it’s ‘Gilligan’s Island.’ It was just…
Domestic violence leads to two more deaths
NorthEscambia.com reports the Santa Rosa County deputies were called to the home on Hazel Godwin Road south of Chumuckla Highway shortly before daybreak. Two people where pronounced deceased from gunshot wounds. The…
Two more county town halls in April
The Escambia County is hosting its ninth and tenth town hall meetings in April. District 3 Commissioner Lumon May will host a town hall meeting Tuesday, April 11 at 5:30 p.m., with…
Finalists announced for 2017 Innovation Awards
From a local aquaculturist raising oysters in floating cages to a father and daughter who have competing machine learning applications, the 12 companies selected as the Innovation Awards finalists represent the diverse…