Airport Job Fair set for April 29
What: As new airlines and routes are added, and passengers return to the skies, Pensacola International Airport will host a Job Fair to fill a…
Justice reject recreational pot amendment
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at allowing people…
Mandatory area codes when dialing
Approved by the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) in November 2019, the 448/850 area code overlay is finally becoming a reality, with mandatory 10-digit dialing…
Pensacola on Dateline NBC again this Friday
Dateline NBC returns to Pensacola this Friday, 8-10 p.m, to cover the murder of Taylor Wright. On September 14, 2017, Wright’s girlfriend reported that she…
Local lawmakers’ bills dying in Senate
State Rep. Michelle Salzman texted that her Walkability bill (HB 229) – which involved school safety – has died because the Florida Senate never moved…
No Potty Talk
Pensacola Goes Quiet on Temporary Toilets Due to Lawsuit by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly City of Pensacola officials have decided to suspend any discussions regarding the…
Foo Foo grant application deadline April 30
Following the call for applicants in February, grant applications for this year’s Foo Foo Festival are now coming to a close on Friday, April 30. To…
Andrade transgender bill stalls in Senate
A proposal co-introduced by Pensacola’s State Rep. Alex Andrade that would make it more difficult for transgender female athletes to compete on girls’ and women’s…
Lawsuit wants to flush toilet plan
Lawsuit Filed to Nix Admiral Mason Toilets by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The plan to locate temporary toilets at Admiral Mason Park is turning into a…
Buzz: County may spy on employee computers
Sources have shared Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley has asked the county’s IT department to look into installing ActivTrak, a cloud-based monitoring tool that would let…
Presser Notes: Three Chiefs & the Double-edged Sword
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola has narrowed its search for a police chief down to three candidates. Let the questions about the…
Pensacola dropped from House cruise ship bill
A legislative effort to overturn a 2020 vote by Key West residents to limit cruise-ship operations continues to be narrowed to the Monroe County tourism…
Escambia lags far behind national stats for vaccinations
Over half of Americans over 18 have received at least one shot of a coronavirus vaccine, according to the latest data from the CDC. Â But…
Shrimp Basket gives away a car to recruit new hires
Shrimp Basket is offering a unique incentive to join their team—the chance to win a brand new vehicle. Current team members and those hired between…
MESS Hall: Citizen Science Initiative
The Pensacola MESS Hall is recruiting members of the general public to become citizen scientists. Armed with phones and computers, these citizen scientists will gather…
Oops!…Gilley did it again
At their Committee of the Whole on Thursday, April 15, Escambia County commissioners learned that the administration had told Pensacola Bay Center’s management company not…
Pensacola police chief finalists
The selection committee for the next Chief of Police for the Pensacola Police Department has recommended three finalists to move forward in the selection process…
The move to make county government white-only
In March 1977, a class action was filed on behalf of Escambia County’s Black voters that challenged the at-large system for electing county commissioners (McMillan…
Wind, Rain and Walkability
Public Gets a Look at Hashtag, Phase I by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Weathering the wind and rain, overlooking the chop in Pensacola Bay as it…
How does waiver impact Warrington Middle?
Escambia awaits clarification from DOE by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Last week, Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran issued an emergency order waiving accountability measures tethered to…
