Gunny money, Critic questions city’s buyback effort
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola spent $10,000 over the weekend purchasing firearms from citizens as part of a gun buyback event, but…
Presser Notes: Seven Straight Sunrises in the Desert
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson returned to his weekly press conferences Monday — tanned, unshaven, no socks — after a Southwest trip….
DeSantis want to help students ‘Get There Faster’
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced his Get There Faster Initiative, a $75 million dollar investment of funds from the Biden administration toward to expand access…
Community Health vax schedule
Community Health Northwest Florida will hold COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Pensacola this week at the Brownsville Community Center. Appointments are required for most clinics. Eligible persons…
Bed tax money pitched to combat flooding
RO note: This bill won’t go over well for an industry that has taken a hit due to COVID-19. ‘BED’ TAX MONEY PITCHED TO COMBAT…
More vaccination opportunities
Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart will hold clinics in Milton and Pensacola this week that will allow persons 50 and older, as well as other…
Trust appointees a victory for Commissioner May
A month after Commissioner Lumon May held up the Escambia Children’s Trust from hiring an interim director and borrowing funds, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the…
Florida tops 2 million COVID-19 cases
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A little more than a year after the novel coronavirus showed up in the state,…
FloridaWest’s Andrews achieves MEDP
Press Release: Danita Andrews, Chief Business Development Officer, FloridaWest EDA recently completed the Advanced Economic Development Leadership executive education program and was awarded the Master…
Breaking news: DeSantis to lower vax age limit to 50
Gov. Ron DeSantis today said that Florida will start offering COVID-19 vaccines to all people age 50 and older starting Monday. This week, Florida lowered…
Deal reached on COVID-19 liability protections
By Christine Sexton, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Legislative leaders announced Thursday they have an agreement on COVID-19 liability protections for businesses, nursing…
Gun Buyback event on Saturday
The City of Pensacola is holding a Gun Buyback Event on Saturday, March 20 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bill Gregory Park,…
Inweekly 3/11/21: Quarantine Confessions
Check out this week’s issue. Cover story:  Quarantine Confessions On the one-year anniversary of the COVID pandemic, we’ve opted to reflect on our time in…
Vaccines available now in Brownsville
Happening NOW until noon at Brownsville Community Center, 3200 W De Soto St, Â FDOH-Escambia is providing COVID-19 vaccines to eligible residents.Walk-ins are accepted. No appointment…
Scandal reveals new day at school district
The biggest story coming of out Pensacola this week is the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s arrest of Bellview Elementary School Assistant Principal Laura Rose…
Lawmakers move to abolish Constitution Revision Commission
With the full Senate poised to take up the issue, a plan that would abolish an influential panel that can place proposed constitutional amendments on…
Gov. DeSantis appoints new UWF trustees
Pensacola, Fla. – March 17, 2021 – Gov. Ron DeSantis recently announced the appointment of Dr. Paul Hsu and reappointment of Lewis Bear Jr. and…
DeSantis offers blueprint for stimulus spending
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis pitched plans Tuesday to use nearly half of the money coming to…
Documentary featuring Mike Papantonio on Opioid Crises debuts at SXSW 2021
The Oxy Kingpins, a new documentary focused on the opioid epidemic and the work by Mike Papantonio, the Levin Papantonio Rafferty law firm and others,…
FDLE uncovers election fraud
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has uncovered election fraud – not in the 2020 presidential election but in homecoming queen race. FDLE agents Monday…
