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School District drops closed session of Joint Military Council

Inweekly won a small victory for open meetings. The Escambia County School District has opened the first hour of its ECSD-NAS Pensacola Joint Military Council…

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Posted in Escambia County

Escambia County Commission modifies CARES Act, will start sending out checks

The Escambia County Board of Commissioners last night officially approved its Committee of the Whole decisions to increase the award amount from $2,000 to $3,000…

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School district won’t give exemption for closed meeting

On Monday, Oct. 12, the Escambia County School District announced the district and Naval Air Station Pensacola would hold a meeting of the ECSD and…

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Buzz: Westside faces transportation vs. lives decision

The talk yesterday was the TPO is considering moving over the next two decades $6 million from mass transit to fund long-awaited improvements to West…

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Posted in Business Caring

Brand on Us 2020

idgroup, a Pensacola-based brand transformation firm, calls for area nonprofits in the Art, Culture and Recreation category to submit entries for its ninth annual Brand…

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Karen Pence to watch Blue Angels, visit with military spouses

On Wednesday, Oct. 14, Second Lady Karen Pence will travel to Pensacola to meet with military leadership regarding mental health and military spouse programs, talk…

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Posted in Caring

IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area announces 2020 grant recipients

Pensacola – IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a women’s philanthropic organization, is pleased to announce the eleven grant recipients selected at this year’s Annual Meeting…

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Considering an Indigenous perspective for Plaza Ferdinand

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The bust of Andrew Jackson in Plaza Ferdinand may be getting some company, but it remains unclear if that addition will…

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Posted in Pensacola Recovery

Officials search for ‘solutions’ for Bay Bridge dilemma

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Local and regional elected officials met Wednesday with representatives from the Florida Department of Transportation in an effort to determine how…

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Posted in Hurricane

Gilley tells Innerarity and Forest Creek to pray

The topic of evacuations came up at this morning’s EOC presser, Emergency Manager Eric Gilmore said, “We draw a time decision around the area, based…

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Hurricane Delta prep begins – has county learned anything?

At the press conference on Friday, Oct. 3, the media asked Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley what she would correct for future disasters. She got…

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Posted in Hurricane Recovery

Official: Counties get Individual Assistance

  As we reported earlier: Escambia County Receives FEMA Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance Escambia County has received a FEMA Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance….

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