State parks closed

The Department of Environmental Protection’s Florida Park Service announces the closure of 18 state parks in Northwest Florida due to imminent weather conditions including strong…

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Pensacola Airport to close 8 p.m. Saturday

From the Pensacola International Airport Facebook page: Pensacola International Airport will close and cease ALL operations at 8 pm Saturday, October 7th and will remain…

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Escambia County: Tropical Storm Nate Update #3

Current Situation Escambia County is under a Hurricane Watch, which means that hurricane conditions are possible within the next 48 hours. A Storm Surge Watch is…

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Rafferty wins $140M verdict

An Illinois federal jury has found that the pharmaceutical company AbbVie, Inc., must pay $140 million in punitive damages and $140,000 in compensatory damages to…

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Escambia, Santa Rosa under state of emergency

By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE: Twenty-nine counties along the Gulf Coast and in North Florida were put under a…

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Beach town hall draws a crowd

By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY About a dozen local citizens greeted Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson IV at his town hall meeting at the Santa Rosa…

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Patel ready to deliver ‘do or die’ pitch for arena and downtown development

By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY Pensacola businessman Jay Patel plans to pitch a plan Thursday to the Escambia County Commission to create a public-private partnership for…

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Offshore Inland cannot make balloon payment

On Aug. 31, Crystal Yasurk, vice president of finance and administration for OffShore Inland, sent Port of Pensacola Director Amy Miller a letter notifying the…

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Why use developer for arena and field house? Does Escambia County need both?

After months of anticipation, Jay Patel unveiled his plan for a $100-million project that includes a 100,000 square-foot field house for basketball, volleyball and indoor…

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Council reviews Triumph wish list

Note: My initial post had the meeting date as tomorrow. It’s Oct. 5 – working on our Best of the Coast issue has me off…

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Air Force: opposes reopening Navarre Pass; Nelson wants more restrictions in Fee Simple bill

The U.S. Air Forces has notified U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) in writing that it has a big problem with any reopening of the Navarre…

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Victory for Sean’s Outpost

Circuit Judge Tom Dannheisser dealt another blow to Escambia County in its long-running effort to close Sean’s Outpost, a homeless shelter on about nine acres…

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