Networks of Florida, a regionally recognized Information Technology and Cybersecurity Managed Services Provider (MSP), recently announced its complete rebranding to NOF Technologies. The rebrand includes a new name, logo, and website to…
Breaking News: State commission approves name change for Wentworth museum
Florida Historical Commission approved changing the name of the T.T. Wentworth Museum to the Pensacola Museum of History at the University of West Florida.  The change comes after records were uncovered that revealed…
CPAC’s Lonely Night Out
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly CPAC went to the people. But the people did not show up. In its first of a pair of public town halls, Pensacola’s Citizen Police Advisory Committee held…
SR BCC cancels hearing on borrow pits
Santa Rosa County Commission has canceled its Feb. 25 adoption hearing to expand borrow pits and resource extraction in the vulnerable Wellfield Protection Area serving 86,000 south Santa Rosa County residents.  A…
Police advisory town hall tonight
The Citizens Police Advisory Committee is seeking community input on various topics involving relationships between the community and the Pensacola Police Department. The CPAC members will host two town hall meetings to provide an…
My interview with Hal Holbrook
Actor Hal Holbrook died last month. He was probably most famous for his one-man stage show he developed, “Mark Twain Tonight!,” for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in…
The Great OLF-8 Debate
The future of Escambia County’s hottest property will be decided this year. The 500-plus acres will either be the site of high-paying jobs for the next 20 years or where developers will…
How many citizens know about DPZ Codesign master plans
On its Myths vs. Facts page, DPZ Codesign gives the impression that more than 600 citizens want its three mixed-use plans – 82% for Outlying Landing Field 8 (OLF-8). Here’s the DPZ…
DPZ Codesign two-step on economic impact
On its Myths vs Facts page, under “Vision for OLF-8,” DPZ Codesign states, “The scope of work negotiated by the County Commission requires the master planners to take into account many factors,…
PSC Job Fair this Saturday
More than 20 Northwest Florida employers are looking to hire at the 27th Multicultural Job Fair set for 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Feb. 6. Hosted by Pensacola State College, the event will…
Florida Cabinet buys land in Santa Rosa
From The News Service of Florida, Gov.Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet today approved proposals to spend about $5.3 million to conserve more than 2,500 acres of land in Santa Rosa and…
Presser Notes: Bayview, 17th & the Mystery Youth Council
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Again assuring that we are approaching the “light at the end of the tunnel,†Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson continued this week to urge people to practice safety measures…
No surprise: Gaetz aide cheered Capitol rioters
The website Gizmodo reported how Congressman Matt Gaetz’s aide, Joel Valdez, cheered the rioters as he watches them storm the U.S. Capitol from the rooftop of his boss’s office building. Valdez even…
Escambia sets COVID case and death records in Jan.
The final COVID report for January in Escambia County has been released by the Florida Department of Health. The county ended the month with total 31,029 cases, of which 27,798 were Floridians….
Hemmer pushed town concept on OLF-8 three years ago
Last week, Hemmer Consulting LLC and 68 Ventures LLC offered to buy 400 acres of OLF-8 for $16 million, leaving only 80 acres for commerce park and 50 for public use. The…
One point about PNJ 1/31 editorial
Yesterday, the daily newspaper’s editorial board went after four Escambia County commissioners–Jeff Bergosh, Lumon May, Robert Bender and Steven Barry–for not agreeing to pay Commissioner Doug Underhill’s legal fees regarding a case…
Poll: Voters want jobs at OLF-8
Escambia votes overwhelmingly want  high-paying jobs at Outlying Landing Filed (OLF-8), the 500-plus acre site next to Navy Federal’s campus in Beulah, according to recent poll conducted by the Listener Group for…
Andrade, Moore address bridge ‘rumors’
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Bathing in light of the first full moon of the year ‘ a Wolf Moon – Pensacola’s Bayview Community Center experienced a soft opening of sorts Thursday night…
Job creation dollars available
The University of West Florida is accepting applications for the Industry Resilience and Diversification Fund, a regional economic development program with the goal to distribute $10 million in funding to businesses seeking…
Statewide Preregistration System for COVID-19 vaccine appointments launched
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, the state announced the launch of a statewide preregistration system to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments for individuals 65 and older and frontline health care workers. Individuals can pre-register…