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…
Category: Escambia County
EOC activated
Escambia County has activated the Emergency Operations Center at a Level 2, or partial activation, due to the severe weather threat in the area. In a partial activation, only specific emergency support…
Need proof that we have a domestic violence problem?
Last week, I reported that Escambia County leads the state in its per capita rate of domestic violence crimes and near the top for forcible sex crimes (rape). Over the weekend, an…
Escambia County leads state in domestic violence rate, third in forcible sex crime rate
According to Florida Department of Health, Escambia County leads the state of Florida when it comes to domestic violence. The rate for domestic violence per 100,000 for the three-year period 2013-15 Â is…
House passes Triumph bills
From The News Service of Florida Northwest Florida counties moved closer Thursday to getting money the state received last year from the multibillion-dollar BP settlement tied to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil…
Escambia County population growth lags behind surrounding counties
Since 2010, the population growth rate of Escambia County, 5.7%, has lagged behind the growth of its neighboring counties–Okaloosa 11.3%, Santa Rosa 11.5%, and Baldwin Co., Ala. 13.8%. Â The rate slowed in…
Ingram gets funding for Bluffs and airport through his committee [podcast]
Escambia County and the City of Pensacola got good news yesterday. Rep. Clay Ingram reported on “Pensacola Speaks” that infrastructure funding for FloridaWest’s Bluffs project and VT-MAE at the Pensacola International Airport…
Bay Bridge Update:Traffic Flow a Priority Across Bay [see phases]
By Duwayne Escobedo Inweekly Susan Woolf is already in the process of moving from Gulf Breeze to Pensacola to avoid future traffic snarls during the construction of the new six-lane Pensacola Bay…
Englewood Neighborhood Cleanup collects 58 tons of debris
Escambia County collected and disposed of more than 58 tons (116,580 pounds) of debris during the March 15 Englewood Neighborhood Cleanup, as part of the county’s ongoing effort to help keep local…
Pensacola Beach toll reduced
At the Thursday, March 16 commission meeting, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners approved a reduction in the Pensacola Beach General Public Annual Pass, reducing the annual fee from $50 to $20….
Triumph spending proposal advances
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Efforts by Panhandle lawmakers to steer BP settlement money toward counties most impacted by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill aren’t out of the…
Next Regional Roundup set for April 1 at Bailey Middle School
The Escambia County Waste Services Department will host the next Regional Roundup on Saturday, April 1 from 8 a.m. until noon at Bailey Middle School, located at 4110 Bauer Road. Regional Roundup…