Posted in Health Hurricane

Update from ECUA

The ECUA water system is now pressurized to the point that allows us to begin our sampling protocol, with approval from our partners at FDEP….

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Posted in Business Hurricane News

90K Gulf Power customers without power, down from 120K yesterday

Gulf Power has restoration estimates now available on its outage map and are updated hourly. As of 5 a.m. Saturday, Escambia has 74,670 customers without…

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Posted in Politics

County waiting on disaster declaration from White House

County Administrator Janice Gilley told the media this morning that the county is waiting for the federal government to declare Escambia County a major disaster…

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Posted in Business Hurricane Recovery

HBA warns about unlicensed contractors

At yesterday’s presser, I asked Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis about the differences between Hurricane Sally and Hurricane Michael. He used his answer to talk about…

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Posted in Recovery

Gulf Power says power will be restored by Tuesday

Gulf Power sent out this press release late last night: Gulf Power restores more than 40% of customers impacted within the first day of Hurricane…

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Posted in Escambia County Recovery

Buzz: Pensacola Bay Bridge worse than reported

Several sources have shared the damage to the Pensacola Bay Bridge is much worse than reported and will take much longer than 60-90 days we’ve…

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Posted in Escambia County

10 am NOAA advisory

BULLETIN Hurricane Sally Advisory Number 17 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL192020 1000 AM CDT Tue Sep 15 2020 …SALLY CRAWLING NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE…

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Posted in Escambia County

Construction barge strikes Pensacola Bay Bridge

At the county’s Tuesday morning press conference, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan confirmed rumors that a construction barge has struck the Pensacola Bay Bridge. However,…

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Posted in Politics

Liberty Church purchases former Chamber offices

Press release: Liberty Church has announced the purchase of the former Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce building, located at 117 W. Garden Street, in the…

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Posted in Business Escambia County

ECUA Grand Jury Report: Utility bullied landowners, cost ratepayers millions and board ‘grossly negligent’

Late Friday afternoon, State Attorney Bill Eddins released, pursuant to Order of the Circuit Court, the Grand Jury Report regarding Escambia County Utilities Authority, which…

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Posted in Pensacola

Wu trails in Council D1 race

  According to the latest Inweekly/Political Matrix study, challenger Jennifer Brahier (46.4%) has a slight lead versus longtime incumbent P.C. Wu (42.1%) for the Pensacola…

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Posted in Crime News

Spice boys get 20 years

The former owner of Psychedelic Shack, Charles Burton Ritchie, and Pensacola filmmaker and former Pensacola Chamber board member Ben Galecki were sentenced Wednesday to 20…

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