Armed with an $80 million budget -a $30 million jump over the current budget, Visit Florida staff members have crafted a tourism-marketing plan intended to combat increased competition from states that in…
Daily Outtakes: For the sake of the children
Assistant Superintendent Keith Leonard will serve as interim superintendent for Escambia County Public Schools through June 30, 2024. The board unanimously voted to put him in the interim role after a significant…
Last Word: Scott Remington
Scott Remington Partner at Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry, Bond & Stackhouse Inweekly, 3/19/2008 What is your greatest fear? Public Restrooms What is the trait you most deplore? I hate rude behavior in…
Real News: CoC and Miraflores
City Councilwoman Allison Patton has been one of the point people for the city’s efforts to deal with homelessness. Inweekly asked her what did you learn from Dr. Joe Savage’s visit to…
Take Stock hands out $287K, laptops
Take Stock in Children and the Escambia County Public Schools Foundation awarded $287,000 in scholarships to 21 graduating seniors who also received a laptop computer. The 2023 Take Stock in Children graduates…
Healthcare for those struggling
The Federal Reserve recently released its Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2022, which found that slightly more than one out of four Americans went without some kind of medical care because…
Who wins Ron vs. Don
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been in the presidential race for a week. How has his “Make America Florida” message doing against former President Donald Trump’s MAGA army? Far from being an…
Elcano returns to Pensacola for Fiesta
The Spanish Navy training tall ship, Juan Sebastian de Elcano, will be docked at the Port of Pensacola’s Commendencia Street Slip through Saturday, June 3. This visit – the ship’s ninth to…
Daily Outtakes: Banned Books Giveaway
Push Back Open Books & Prison Book Project and Inweekly have launched a Banned Books Giveaway that will hand out at this year’s PensaPride festival books removed or restricted by the Escambia…
Last Word: Quint Studer
In July 2005, we started “The Last Word,” a column in which locals answer questions about themselves. It was patterned after Vanity Fair’s The Proust Questionnaire – which had its origins in…
Are the consequences unintended or intended
Outtakes (May 25, 2025) The laws passed by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis have consequences. Are they unintended or intended? The words in the bills are one…
City pools open Saturday
The City of Pensacola’s Cecil T. Hunter and Roger Scott pools will be open to the public starting Saturday, May 27 and will remain open through Labor Day. Cecil T. Hunter and…
The Friday Show
Find out what movies and shows to watch, events to attend, and the news behind the headlines, on Don Tristan de Luna’s favorite radio station, WCOA, with Walker Wilson, Sena Maddison, Rick…
More $$$ for broadband
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced $60 million in awards through the Broadband Opportunity Program to expand broadband Internet access in Florida’s unserved communities. These awards will support 22 projects in 19 Florida…
City receives funds for Miraflores Burial Ground Study
The City of Pensacola has been selected to receive a $22,160 grant from the National Park Service to fund a ground penetrating radar survey at Miraflores Park as part of the Miraflores…
Sales tax holiday for hurricane prep starts tomorrow
Escambia County is encouraging residents to participate in Florida’s 14-day Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday, May 27 through June 9. On Thursday, May 26, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law HB 7063,…
Daily Outtakes: DeSantis Tapes
In 2015, a little-known congressman from the Jacksonville area, Ron DeSantis, was running for U.S. Senate. The field was crowded – Rep. David Jolly, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, Todd Wilcox and DeSantis….
Beach Trolley Returns
The Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) will launch its free, open-air trolley service along Pensacola Beach this Memorial Day weekend, beginning Friday, May 26. The 2023 Pensacola Beach Island Trolley, operated by…
Eggfest team brings home BBQ trophy
The Pensacola EggFest squad teamed up with Team Moe Cason and brought home 3rd place for Pork Shoulder in the World Barbecue Cooking Contest in Memphis. “Finishing 3rd and taking home a…
GOP Exec Committee to storm School Board meeting
The Escambia County Republican Party leaders want “a large Republican presence to show the school board that we expect that the next Superintendent will be someone who will uphold our conservative values and…
