As a part of National Travel & Tourism Week, Visit Pensacola is partnering with the America’s First Settlement Trail Foundation to host the inaugural A1S Urban Adventure on Saturday, May 13. Facilitated…
Category: Politics
County has new speaker sign-up form
An online sign-up form for individuals who wish to speak during the Gary Sansing Public Forums and Escambia County Board of County Commissioners meetings is now available. The form is available via…
Summit Blvd Feasibility Study set for May 16
The City of Pensacola is hosting a public workshop on Tuesday, May 16 to gather input from the community about the Summit Boulevard Lane Repurposing Feasibility Study, as the city begins to…
Real News: Thursday, April 28, 2023
Claire Stewart shares how UWF shattered its goals for its Annual Day of Giving – raising $218,999.33 and connecting to more than 1,380 donors from around the world in just 24 hours….
Missing Children’s Memorial site still neglected
From Clark Thompson: In 1997 a group of volunteers from Pensacola’s Clean Community Commission, aka Clean & Green, selected a section of Bayfront Parkway known as Hawkshaw Lagoon which lies immediately south…
Bear: School Board needs to sign WMS charter agreement
David Bear is tired of the Escambia County School Board’s delays in signing an agreement for Charter Schools USA to take over Warrington Middle School. He and ret. Capt. Tim Kinsella, former…
Inweekly April 27 issue on the stands
A&E Happenings 4/27/23 —Nonprofits & Fundraisers— Blues Night for Gulf Coast Kid’s House Join Odd Colony, 260 N. Palafox, from 6-9 p.m., Thursday, April 27, for a night supporting Gulf Coast Kid’s…
Breaking: Skanska funds coming to our area
I spoke with State Rep. Alex Andrade last yesterday afternoon. He has put into the budget a stipulation that the Florida Department of Transportation will take $6 million out of the remaining…
Homework: Ed Earl Burch
Author Jim Nesbitt keeps the hard-boiled detective novel alive with his Ed Earl Burch series. Ed Earl is a former vice and homicide detective who deals with advancing age, bad choices and…
Homeless count increases 62 percent
At its General Coalition meeting yesterday, Opening Doors released the Point-in-Time Count for 2023 – 1,180, up 62% from last year. Opening Doors has been tracking homelessness since 2007, and the previous…
Sheriff: Operation Brownsville a pilot program
Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons hopes to duplicate Operation Brownsville in other neighborhoods in the county. Over the next 60 days, his agency will work with the Pensacola Police Department, the county,…
Rules of Brian Doyle Skatepark
With the Blake Doyle Community Skatepark set to open to the public on May 2, the City of Pensacola encourages skatepark users to review the park rules before enjoying this exciting new…