Hayward: What’s a fair share of $1.5 billion?

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward issued this viewpoint today: What’s a fair share of $1.5 billion? On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded,…

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What is Mayor Hayward’s plan for the Port of Pensacola?

When Ashton Hayward took office, the future of the Port of Pensacola was an issue. Six years later, the Port is struggling and its viability…

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Nothing illegal about immigrants

By Duwayne Escobedo Inweekly Grace Resendez McCaffery tells the group of about 70 Democratic Women’s Club of Escambia County members that no person living in…

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Pensacola City Council authorizes mayor to settle the Six-Cent Local Option Fuel (Gasoline) Tax appeal

The Pensacola City Council voted, 5-0, for the mayor to settle the dispute over the city’s allocation of the Local Option Gas Tax. No presentation…

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Greater Pensacola Chamber to advocate for Triumph projects [podcast]

Greater Pensacola Chamber Policy Chairman Justin Beck and Todd Thomson, vice president for public policy, appeared on “Pensacola Speaks” to explain why the Chamber will…

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CyberThon offers college scholarships

PENSACOLA – Local high school students pursuing advanced education in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) are now eligible for new funding in…

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IP releases preliminary findings of mill explosion investigation

The findings indicate that an explosive atmosphere was created by a combination of off-gasses normally produced in the pulping process and air introduced to maintain…

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TaxWatch reports features The Bluffs

A new report by Florida TaxWatch, the state’s independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit taxpayer research institute & government watchdog, finds that the growth of high-tech manufacturing is…

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City and County have different stories on superfund site

At Monday’s Agenda Review, City Administrator Eric Olson told the Pensacola City Council that Escambia County had requested verbally the city hand over its portion…

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Pensacola mayor wants a piece of Triumph pie

Mayor Ashton Hayward doesn’t want the Escambia Board of County Commissioners to be the sole body that decides how the county’s share of the BP…

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Imogene Theatre: The Mulligan Brothers, March 10

The Mulligan Brothers, an Americana Folk-Rock band from Mobile, Ala., is playing 7 p.m. on Friday, March 10 at the Imogene Theatre in Milton. The…

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City of Pensacola Sanitation looks to increase rates

Jerry Moore, the head of the City of Pensacola’s Sanitation Services, wants to raise sanitation rates. At Monday’s Agenda Review, Moore told the Pensacola City…

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