Mayor wants to sunset mask order

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly During his weekly press conference Monday morning, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson relayed an analogy he’d shared with The Weather Channel meteorologist…

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Alabama gets FEMA declaration, Escambia still waiting

Homeowners and renters who suffered damage from Hurricane Sally in the Alabama counties of Baldwin, Mobile, and Escambia counties. Baldwin, Mobile, and Escambia counties were…

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Price Gouging Hotline activated

In the aftermath of the destruction and flooding left by Hurricane Sally, Attorney General Ashley Moody is warning those in impacted areas to guard against…

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County hands out debris removal contracts

County Administrator Janice Gilley has hired three contractors to handle debris removal. The county has been divided into three zones: I-1o North – Roads Inc;…

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Interview: Ag Commissioner Nikki Fried

Inweekly sat down with Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried this afternoon at the Walnut Hill Community Center. She had spent her day visiting the…

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Ice coming to all distribution sites

Florida Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz announced this afternoon that all the food and water distribution sites will have ice. Today, only the Brownsville and…

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Tarps and more food/water coming

County Administrator Janice Gilley said 10,000 tarps will available tomorrow at the food/water distribution sites. The county has 264 traffic lights, and 184 are back…

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Gaetz confident Escambia, Santa Rosa will get FEMA declaration

This morning I caught up with Congressman Matt Gaetz at in neighborhood off of Bayou Chico. He said that was confident that Escambia and Santa…

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First rule of Escambia EOC don’t mention jail or nursing homes

In the movie Fight Club, Tyler Durden says,”Gentlemen, welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight…

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FEMA administrator in Pensacola today

Congressman Matt Gaetz has notified Inweekly that FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor will be in Pensacola today touring the damage from Hurricane Sally. Commissioner Lumon May…

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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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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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