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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Posted in Escambia County

Escambia enact fire ban order

The Escambia County Fire Rescue Fire Chief ordered a burn, effective 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2. for Escambia County until further notice. He believes the…

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Posted in Baseball Escambia County

Blue Wahoos win two awards

Minor League Baseball announced at Wednesday’s Innovator Summit that the Pensacola Blue Wahoos have been selected as the Golden Bobblehead Award winner for both the…

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Posted in Escambia County Recovery

BCC to discuss CARES today…again without documentation provided to the public

Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley will discuss the “Escambia CARES Act Plan update” with the Board of County Commissioners. The following topics will be include….

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Posted in Escambia County Hurricane Recovery

Buzz: FEMA bullied county staff to downplay damage

Inweekly has heard from two independent sources that when FEMA inspectors traveled with Escambia and Santa Rosa staff to assess the damage caused by Hurricane…

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Posted in Politics

A Conversation with Sean Linezo

by Jeremy Morrison Over the next few months, Pensacola artist Sean Linezo has a number of projects planned that explore Native American history and culture,…

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Posted in Escambia County Pensacola Protests State & National News

Local organizers discuss state legislative proposals

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly In this week’s print issue of Inweekly, two local organizers discussed efforts being made in the region to empower Black voters….

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Posted in Business Health Hurricane Politics Recovery

Gulf Power wants to disconnect customers

A week after the utility restored power to its 285,000 customers in Northwest Florida, Gulf Power has  joined other Florida utilities to fight a proposal before…

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Posted in Escambia County Health

Does Escambia need to spend money on rapid testing?

Maybe the Escambia County Commission needs to rethink using $1.25 million of CARES Act funding for rapid testing. At his daily press conference,  Gov. Ron…

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Posted in Escambia County Hurricane Recovery

County estimates over $126 million in damage

Press release: County and city officials estimate over $126 million in damage to private property (single-family homes, multi-family homes, mobile homes and businesses) located in…

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Posted in Business

Coffee Cup celebrates 75 years

By Jeremy Morrison You know the Coffee Cup restaurant has been around a while due to the sign on its chimney heralding the fact it…

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Posted in Escambia County Hurricane Recovery

FEMA assistance coming or not

Sources have shared with Inweekly that the individual assistance program may not be activated for Escambia County because FEMA officials say the damage to our…

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