ECUA prepares to take over solid waste collection in north Santa Rosa County
North Santa Rosa County residents will need to make preparations for a change in solid waste collection services on Jan. 2, when Emerald Coast Utilities…
FSU teachers resigns over social media slurs
The Tallahassee Democrat reports that Florida State University College of Business senior lecturer Deborah O’Connor has resigned after she attacked a Facebook post using a…
Lock-n-Load Lawmakers want guns on campus
By MARGIE MENZEL THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A Florida lawmaker has filed a bill that would allow people to carry concealed weapons on the…
TPO Agenda for Wednesday
The Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) will hold a public meeting Dec. 10 at 9 a.m., in the Santa Rosa County Commission Chambers, 6495 Caroline…
Churches challenged to trim the fat
Healthy Lives of Baptist Health Care has created a Get Healthy Pensacola Church Challenge for local area churches. The church-based weight loss competition is to…
Move to Amend organizer here, Dec. 15
The Pensacola Coffee Party, Northwest Florida Move to Amend, and the League of Women Voters of the Pensacola Bay Area invite the public to Asbury…
Petition drive to remove Confederate battle flag
Jackie Olive, director/producer of the documentary “Always in Season,” is asking that people support a petition to remove the Confederate battle flag from the Pensacola…
Studers bring Business Challenge to Century
NorthEscambia.com reports that Rishy and Quint Studer will soon hold a $25,000 Business Challenge in Century, providing a winning business plan developer the cash and…
How Pensacola City Council voted on its officers
We’ve had the ballots for the Pensacola City Council’s election of president and vice president for some time, but the ATF report on the county…
Florida minimum wage to top $8, but debate continues
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Florida’s lowest-paid workers will get a raise Jan. 1, but a higher minimum wage sought by state…
Supreme Court rejects BP appeal
Reuters reports that the U.S. Supreme Court today rejected BP’s challenge to its multibillion-dollar settlement agreement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The…
Video shows dryers floating morning of explosion
Inweekly obtained the video of the laundry area which shows the dryers breaking from the wall and floating before 6 a.m. the day of the…