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The New Orleans City Council is considering a recommendation to rename 37 streets, parks and public spaces honoring white supremacists after its Street Renaming Commission…

gBETA Pensacola  is currently recruiting entrepreneurs statewide for its Spring 2021 cohort. gBETA Pensacola is a seven-week accelerator for early-stage companies with Pensacola roots who are…

The memorial monument, pier and park grounds at Plaza de Luna, 900 S. Palafox, are open for the public after temporarily closing due to damages sustained from…

The Pensacola City Council will vote on Thursday to allocate up to $200,000 to hire a consultant to analyze the impact of urban revitalization in…

By Jeremy Morrison Raising concerns about finances, the potential for gentrification and “opportunity hoarding,” the Pensacola City Council cast a collective sideways glance at the…

For the past few years, several locals have argued that economic development shouldn’t need incentives –  no property tax abatements (also known as edates) or…

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With COVID’s wrath subsiding into spring, the city of Pensacola is looking to ease into reopening, Mayor Grover Robinson said during…

With only 2 days until opening night of our mainstage production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore, Pensacola Opera is extending a special offer beginning…

Community Health Northwest Florida is holding a walk-invaccination clinic on Monday, March 8th from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Brownsville Community Center, 3200 W….

The chair of the House Administration Committee, U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) on Friday released the social media posts of her Republican colleagues that she…

Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of WEAR-TV, has laid about a dozen employees last week from its Pensacola station, including April Baker, Steve Nissim and Kathryn…

Pensacola, Fla. – March 4, 2021 – The University of West Florida earned the 2020 Tree Campus Higher Education recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation….

From FDOT: As Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) contractors were conducting repairs to the Pensacola Bay Bridge, it was determined that additional repair work was…

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly This time last year, Ken Canty was still on the job, handling demolition work on the old Pensacola Bay bridge. Things…

SCALED-BACK BILL TARGETS PORT REGULATIONS By Jim Turner, The News Service of Service TALLAHASSEE — Most seaports in the state were removed Wednesday from legislation…

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As the Pensacola Citizen Police Advisory Committee approaches the deadline to submit its report, members pondered the committee’s future and reflected…

To open the 2021 Legislative Session, Gov. Ron DeSantis gave the traditional State of the State that touted his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic and…

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has hired Marlene Santos as Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer effective March 15. For the past two…

The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) today approved two Gulf Power Company (Gulf) petitions relating to impacts from Hurricane Sally. The PSC approved a reduction…

The Florida Legislature opened its 2021 session today. House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, gave a four-minute speech in which he said that much of…