There will be no garbage pick up today and ECAT will not run its bus routes. From ECAT: ECAT BUS SERVICE IS CANCELLED DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS Late Tuesday night, Escambia…
Local governments and schools are closed
Escambia County and city of Pensacola offices are closed today. Schools in Santa Rosa and Escambia counties are also closed. I made it downtown, but Garden Street is bad. Stalled cars line…
State Emergency Response Center activates to Level 2
The State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee activated to Level Two in response to the severe weather and flooding in the Florida Panhandle. The State Emergency Response Team will continue to monitor…
Senate passes ‘Charlotte’s Web’ bill
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida As an 11-year-old Panhandle girl who helped change the minds of leery lawmakers looked on, the Senate overwhelmingly approved a proposal Monday legalizing a…
University of West Florida host Presidential Town Hall
WHAT: UWF President Judy Bense will host a Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, April 30 to discuss the outcomes of the Florida Legislative session. WHEN: Wednesday, April 30 TIME: 10 a.m. WHERE:…
Crist strategist: ignore the polls
Six months ago, Republican strategists working for Gov. Rick Scott told supporters to ignore the polls that gave newly-minted Democrat Charlie Crist a double-digit lead over the governor. Now it is the…
The Arc Gateway Kicks Off 60th Anniversary with Open House and Tours, April 29
The Arc Gateway is celebrating 60 years of serving children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the greater Pensacola area. The non-profit agency will kick off anniversary festivities on Tuesday,…
UWF to host opening ceremony of Confucius Institute
This Friday, the University of West Florida is hosting a Chinese delegation in celebration of the opening of the UWF Confucius Institute. The guests include representatives from the Chinese Consulate General in…
Guillory puts out his platform for County Commission District 2 race
Ray Guillory, Democratic candidate for Escambia County Commissioner Dist. 2, has posted his platform: We have to rebuild our blighted residential neighborhoods, and invest in restoring and building infrastructure. Create a County…
Crist and Scott in Dead Heat
By Dara Kam and Brandon Larrabee, The News Service of Florida A new poll finds Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic challenger Charlie Crist in a dead heat and, with more than 10…
Florida College System’s State Softball Championship returns May 2-4
The Pensacola Sports Association (PSA) in coordination with the City of Pensacola Department of Neighborhood Services, and Pensacola State College, is pleased to announce that the three entities will be hosting the…
Mouse crossings cause problems for ECUA
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designed four mouse crossings on Perdido Key. There aren’t any safe ones for humans, but beach mouses will have their own. In a letter to…