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Pensacola Inweekly Rising Stars Barrie Arnold and Nick Bodkins have hit a niche in NYC. Arnold and Bodkins have three locations in the Big Apple,…

Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons posted on his agency’s Facebook page the ECSO video of deputies called to NAS Pensacola nearly two years. The post…

Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson discusses last week’s council vote on Maritime Park and the importance of ST Aerospace-UPS agreement. He plans at today’s press conference…

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 held today…

Pensacola May Soon Consider Municipal Utility By Jeremy Morrison Although the Pensacola City Council shied away from the topic this week, it looks like a…

Dr. Frank S. Gilliam, UWF professor in the Department of Biology, previews his talk with the League of Women Voters Pensacola Bay Area: “Global Warming:…

Yesterday, the Bear Family Foundation donated $4.3 million to help build the new Baptist Hospital. On 1370 WCOA, I talked about how much of the…

Daniel Gade discusses his new book, Wounding Warriors: How Bad Policy Is Making Veterans Sicker and Poorer. Mike Lowery, ATU Local 1395 president, talks about…

City Council to Consider Maritime Park Development by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As Pensacola City Council President Jared Moore said earlier this week, Thursday night’s discussion…

TDC chairman David Bear texted the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee granted an independent audit of bed tax expenditures to determine whether they conform with state…

Suskey Consulting, the firm run by lobbyist Alan Suskey, is merging with Shumaker Advisors Florida, Florida Politics reports. Former Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward was listed…

Dr. Rayme Edler has abandoned her job as medical director of the Escambia County Jail and was terminated under county employment policies, according to a…

Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May recaps yesterday’s meeting of the Escambia Children’s Trust and talks about the need to start search for new county administrator.

Why is County Clerk Pam Childers so upset about the Tourist Development Council wanting to audit of how she and the county administration spend bed…

During her birth, Sarah Wurzbach was injured. As result, she was awarded $5 million in a malpractice lawsuit. Funds were placed in an irrevocable trust….

Gene Mitchell and his fellow criminal defense attorneys have been in conversations with Escambia County over the conditions at the county jail. Last week, six…

By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly For the second year, the city of Pensacola officially observed Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The occasion was marked Monday with a display…

Florida does not plan to review the 2020 election, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday during an appearance in St. Pete Beach. “What we do in…

The Pensacola News Journal recently attacked the Levin Papantonio Rafferty law firm for representing the Escambia Board of County Commissioners in a dispute with County…

Pensacola City Council President Jared Moore recaps yesterday’s Agenda Review and touches on the MOU for Carson Lovell, Baylen Slip and the city buying the…