Category: Politics
BCC eyes eight administrator candidates
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Escambia County commissioners will be selecting the next county administrator from a pool of eight candidates. Commissioners finalized the candidate list…
Lovoy resigns, may take job with City
Interim Escambia County Administrator Amy Lovoy turned in her resignation late Monday afternoon. Her tenure has been tumultuous, with three department heads resigning over the…
Breaking news: Lagarde named city PIO
Inweekly Rising Star–and Senior Community and Media Relations Specialist for Escambia County–will be Mayor Grover Robinson’s public information officer. She starts work May 20.
UWF Center for Cybersecurity grand opening
The University of West Florida will celebrate an increased presence in downtown Pensacola with a new home for the Center for Cybersecurity in the Studer…
IMPACT 100 Workshop registration deadline Apr. 12
On Oct. 13, IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area will award a total of $1,166,000 in project grants of $106,000 each to 11 nonprofit organizations serving…
Getting ‘Creative’ with Healthcare Funding
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola is preparing to try something that both Mayor Grover Robinson and City Attorney Susan Woolf described as…
Presser notes: City repaving sucked up drainage funds
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Some of Pensacola’s recent road resurfacing may have created more severe drainage issues in certain areas. Additionally, Mayor Grover Robinson said…
Homeless Summit defines focus
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The conversation is just getting started, but Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson struck an optimistic tone as the city and Escambia County…
Pensacola makes championship round -Strongest Town 2019
 Pensacola, FL and Portsmouth, N From the Strong Towns team: It’s finally here: the grand championship round of the #StrongestTown2019 contest. Pensacola, FL and Portsmouth,…
Breaking news: Fire Union no-confidence vote
The Escambia County Professional Firefighters have notified the Escambia County Commissioners that the union had vote of no confidence in Public Safety Director Mike Weaver….
Earthquakes raise questions
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly What caused the series of earthquakes along the Alabama-Florida border last month? Researchers with the United States Geological Survey aren’t sure,…
Last morning to vote
Pensacola made it to the Semifinals in the Strongest Town competition, held by StrongTowns.org. For the third round of voting, Pensacola is competing against Guthrie,…
Tougher Texting bill advances
A proposal that would make it easier for police to cite motorists they see texting while driving is ready to be heard by the full…
Rally on the Runway tonight
PGA Golfer Joe Durant and professional football players Domenik Hixon, Fred Robbins, and Josh Sitton will walk the runway arm-in-arm with local children fighting cancer…
You can buy the PSC mascot head
Garth’s Auction is handling a surplus property auction for Pensacola State College on Saturday, April 6 at 2202 Douglas Ave. The preview is at 8…
NorthEscambia.com reveals mystery travelers to Century
NorthEscambia.com this morning revealed the identities of the people for whom Century Mayor Henry Hawkins paid to travel from the West Coast to his community….
Grill on the Hill, April 6
Episcopal Day School invites the public to enjoy all you can eat BBQ at their 9th annual Grill on the Hill “Peace, Love, and Pork”…
County HR director resigns
Escambia County Director of Human Resources Eric Kleinert submitted his resignation this morning. In his letter, which is posted on NorthEscambia.com, Kleinart waived his 90-day…
Two to four major hurricanes predicted
AccuWeather forecasters are predicting 2019 will a near- to slightly above-normal hurricane season with 12 to 14 storms. Of those storms, five to seven are…
Chief Nail’s resignation email
Escambia County Fire Rescue & Emergency Medical Services personnel, Greetings. Recently I had to make a difficult, but necessary, personal decision. I regrettably announce that…
