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Chipley, Fla. – The Pensacola Bay Bridge will be reduced to one lane in each direction from the bridge approach in Gulf Breeze extending for…

Escambia County’s Sheriff Office added 19 employees since 2014. We don’t know in what department or if they are deputies on patrol.  The cost to…

Best of Coast doesn’t have multiple rounds that require to you advertise to stay in contention. This is purely a readers’ choice award, and all…

The City of Pensacola has launched an interactive online Resiliency Story Map and sea level rise vulnerability assessment, which will help the city collect data to identify and…

  The Escambia County Sheriff’s budget has increased $26.6 million this past decade – 57.6%.  The budget is about $3 million  shy of what was…

At his weekly presser, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said the percentage COVID-positive cases is up as are hospitalizations. “We’ve not been tracking hospitalizations, but I…

Escambia County’s proposed  budget for 2021-22 is now online.  The total combined budget is $568,262,165, down $19.7 million from the current year budget of $587,933,284….

Scoop There It Is Celebrating National Ice Cream Day Around Town (and in your freezer) Sunday, July 18 —The Official Scoop— Just in case you’re…

Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging 16 individuals with violent crimes in aid of racketeering. According to…

John and Jerre Peacock recently made a $25,000 donation to Gulf Coast Kid’s House to further their mission of ending child abuse and healing families…

Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David Stafford told the Board of County Commissioners that his office has yet to receive the 2020 census data. At…

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