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Inweekly sat down with Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried this afternoon at the Walnut Hill Community Center. She had spent her day visiting the…

The City of Pensacola, in coordination with the Escambia County Emergency Operations Center and the Salvation Army, will be distributing 500 free to-go meals Sunday,…

Today, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried will hold a media availability at the Walnut Hill Community Center, where she will meet with local farmers to discuss…

As promised, Gulf Power released its restoration timetable for Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. The map provided is rather board,  dividing Escambia County into just…

Florida Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz announced this afternoon that all the food and water distribution sites will have ice. Today, only the Brownsville and…

County Administrator Janice Gilley said 10,000 tarps will available tomorrow at the food/water distribution sites. The county has 264 traffic lights, and 184 are back…

This morning I caught up with Congressman Matt Gaetz at in neighborhood off of Bayou Chico. He said that was confident that Escambia and Santa…

Sen. Marco Rubio will be here today. Florida Power & Light CEO is also expected Also Garcon Point Bridge is down to one lane as…

In the movie Fight Club, Tyler Durden says,”Gentlemen, welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight…

Congressman Matt Gaetz has notified Inweekly that FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor will be in Pensacola today touring the damage from Hurricane Sally. Commissioner Lumon May…

In the wake of the devastation Hurricane Sally left on much of the region, United Way of West Florida (UWWF) is announcing a number of…

The ECUA water system is now pressurized to the point that allows us to begin our sampling protocol, with approval from our partners at FDEP….

Gulf Power has restoration estimates now available on its outage map and are updated hourly. As of 5 a.m. Saturday, Escambia has 74,670 customers without…

Escambia County has released addresses of seven food and water distribution sites that will be open 8 am to 5 pm Saturday, Sept. 19 thru…

Sheriff David Morgan is requesting Escambia County change its curfew to midnight to six a.m. starting Saturday evening. ECUA has started sampling protocols and hopes…

The issue is being delivered today and is online at inweekly.net.

County Administrator Janice Gilley told the media this morning that the county is waiting for the federal government to declare Escambia County a major disaster…

At yesterday’s presser, I asked Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis about the differences between Hurricane Sally and Hurricane Michael. He used his answer to talk about…

Waterfront Rescue Mission’s main building on Herman Street in Pensacola took on significant water (again) during Hurricane Sally, and Waterfront must suspend operations temporarily for…

Check these websites to find out what’s open today:   Store openings/closings Publix:            https://ww4.publix.com/pages/publix-storm-basics/publix-store-status Winn-Dixie:     https://www.winndixie.com/weather-update Home Depot:     https://corporate.homedepot.com/hurricane-sally-store-status Lowes:             https://corporate.lowes.com/newsroom/stories/hurricane-sally-store-hours-closings All…