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City Installs New Incentivized E-Scooter Parking Corrals The City of Pensacola has installed 15 new e-scooter parking corrals in various locations downtown to encourage the public to park courteously when using shared…

By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Marion Hammer, a fierce gun-rights advocate whose career spanned almost half a century, is retiring from her post as the Florida lobbyist…

Adrian Stills has been selected as the City of Pensacola’s Parks and Recreation Director, responsible for overseeing the city’s 94 parks, community resource centers, athletic facilities and numerous community activities facilitated by…

To:      Pensacola City Council From:  2022 Charter Review Commission Date: June 15, 2022 Re:      Charter Review Commission Recommendations Madam President and Members of City Council On September 9, 2021, City Council and…

QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AS OF JUNE 16, 2022 Friday, June 17 at 12pm CDT is the last day to qualify for the 2022 Primary and General Elections. Additionally, there is new qualifying information…

The ECUA Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) is closed following the failure of an essential piece of equipment yesterday. This equipment, the second of two aging conveyor belts, was slated for replacement in…

The city’s Roger Scott Pool opened on Tuesday, June 7, and family memberships have been sold for the daily open sessions—$125 for city residents, $185 for those outside the city. But there’s…

The headline reads “Florida’s 66 county clerks back Pam Childers in Escambia County retirement plan lawsuit.” Gosh, all the county clerks believe Childers was right to declare the 401(a) retirement plan for…

Everyone loves a top ten list, especially if it includes a great summer reading list. The Amazon Books editors Lindsay Powers and her colleagues have compiled the Best Books of the Year…

In an effort to gain a better understanding of local multi-modal traffic, the City of Pensacola is participating in the Florida Department of Transportation Non-Motorized Traffic Monitoring Program. Through this program, FDOT loans…

Escambia County Commissioner (Partisan) District 2 Kevin Brown – REP Mike Kohler – REP District 4 Robert Bender – REP Myra J. Van Hoose – DEM Emerald Coast Utility Authority (Partisan) District…

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — An appeals court Wednesday rejected attempts to block the release of information in a final report by a statewide grand jury formed…

With Sena Maddison still looking for her phone charger in the south of France, Jeff Deweese filled in as my co-host. Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore discusses how the media…

Pensacola City Councilman Jared Moore announces he will seek a second term. He also discusses the proposed increase in sanitation rates.

Businessman and combat veteran Mark Lombardo has committed to spending up to $1 million to defeat Congressman Matt Gaetz in the GOP primary. According to his press release, Lombardo flew CH-46 helicopters…

Early this morning, I wrote about the Pensacola Catholic robotics team, Crubotics, will face winners from around the world in an underwater robotics international competition in Long Beach, Calif. You can help…

Next week, 14 students and two teachers from Pensacola Catholic High School will travel to Long Beach, California, to match their remotely operated vehicle (ROV) – designed to probe the ocean below…

QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AS OF JUNE 14, 2022 The following local candidates qualified as of June 14, 2022: Escambia County Commissioner (Partisan District 2 Kevin Brown – REP Mike Kohler – REP District…

Community Health CEO Chandra Smiley shares what her agency is doing this summer and how parents can get the necessary health check-ups for their kids before school starts. In the largest real-world…

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola began its experiment with electric scooters almost a year ago, and it’s been a bit of a bumpy road. “I’ll be the first one to say we’ve…