Category: Politics
Hurricane Nate Update #5
Hurricane Nate Update #5 Current Situation Tropical Storm Nate has strengthened to a Category 1 Hurricane. Escambia is under a Hurricane Watch, Tropical Storm Warning,…
Pensacola State College closes at 5 pm
Pensacola State College will close at 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7, and remain closed through Sunday, Oct. 8. All activities and classes, whether on campus…
Pensacola Airport to close 8 p.m. Saturday
From the Pensacola International Airport Facebook page: Pensacola International Airport will close and cease ALL operations at 8 pm Saturday, October 7th and will remain…
Concerns over Nate leads to Santa Rosa Island Triathlon cancellation
The PNJ reports concern for the Tropical Storm Nate’s impact on Pensacola Beach has forced cancellation of the 22nd Santa Rosa Island Triathlon.
Escambia County: Tropical Storm Nate Update #3
Current Situation Escambia County is under a Hurricane Watch, which means that hurricane conditions are possible within the next 48 hours. A Storm Surge Watch is…
Nate may impact us as a tropical storm
NATE POISED TO SEND WIND, WAVES TO PANHANDLE By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Florida’s western Panhandle, the one area of the state…
County Commission seeks other proposals for field house, arena. Project cannot use monies from General Fund
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners voted 4-0, with Commissioner Lumon May absent, to solicit letters of interest from other development companies to build a…
Escambia, Santa Rosa under state of emergency
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE: Twenty-nine counties along the Gulf Coast and in North Florida were put under a…
Beach town hall draws a crowd
By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY About a dozen local citizens greeted Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson IV at his town hall meeting at the Santa Rosa…
Studer has buyer for ECUA land
Yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks,” Quint Studer said that Studer Properties has an offer on the former ECUA Main Street Sewage Plant site. “We’ve got a…
Patel ready to deliver ‘do or die’ pitch for arena and downtown development
By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY Pensacola businessman Jay Patel will pitch a plan Thursday to the Escambia County Commission to create a $65 million public-private partnership…
Hurricane Nate? Is Jim Cantore enroute?
Both Escambia County and City of Pensacola have issued warnings for the public to keep an eye on what could become Tropical Storm Nate by…
Robertson files ethics complaint against Underhill
Note: We’ve been notified that the complainant is not prohibited from disclosing the complaint so we reposted the earlier post. Former Escambia County Commissioner Wilson…
Offshore Inland cannot make balloon payment
On Aug. 31, Crystal Yasurk, vice president of finance and administration for OffShore Inland, sent Port of Pensacola Director Amy Miller a letter notifying the…
Why use developer for arena and field house? Does Escambia County need both?
After months of anticipation, Jay Patel unveiled his plan for a $100-million project that includes a 100,000 square-foot field house for basketball, volleyball and indoor…
Council reviews Triumph wish list
Note: My initial post had the meeting date as tomorrow. It’s Oct. 5 – working on our Best of the Coast issue has me off…
Less than half of Pensacola voters want $8.25M Bayview Community Center, over 80 percent want more info and input
On the eve of the final hearing for Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward’s FY 2018, City Administrator Eric Olson emailed the City Council the master plan…
Air Force: opposes reopening Navarre Pass; Nelson wants more restrictions in Fee Simple bill
The U.S. Air Forces has notified U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) in writing that it has a big problem with any reopening of the Navarre…
Victory for Sean’s Outpost
Circuit Judge Tom Dannheisser dealt another blow to Escambia County in its long-running effort to close Sean’s Outpost, a homeless shelter on about nine acres…
UWF State of the University raises the bar
Unlike Mayor Ashton Hayward, Dr. Martha Saunders, president of the University of West Florida, isn’t afraid to address her constituents – UWF faculty, staff, students…
