Press Release:When the Gulf Coast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship first opened its doors to startup businesses in 2008, the Quality of Life Survey funded by Quint and Rishy Studer revealed that…
Desantis rolls out $96.6 billion budget plan
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday proposed a record $96.6 billion state budget for the upcoming fiscal year, offering a more upbeat picture…
Developer offers $16M to implement Village or Market plans for OLF-8
Hemmer Consulting LLC and 68 Ventures LLC made an offer to buy 400 acres of OLF-8 for $16 million, leaving only 80 acres for commerce park and 50 for public use. The…
DPZ Codesign updates ‘facts”
Yesterday, the planning firm hired by the Escambia County Commission to develop a master plan for 540 acres off the Interstate 10 and next to Navy Federal updated its “OLF Myths vs….
Oops, one more Triumph fact overlooked by DPZ Codesign
The firm hired by the county commission to develop a master plan for OLF-8 has tried to downplay the importance of Triumph funds to its work – saying it has nothing to…
Presser Notes: ‘Comrade Grover’ talks pylons & public engagement
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Before digging into questions from the press Monday, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson shared an old photo he ran across while cleaning out a family member’s house recently. The…
Busting DPZ Codesign myths
Yesterday, DPZ Codesign published its set of “facts” about its work for the Escambia County Commission on a master plan for OLF-8, a 500+ acre site next to Navy Federal Credit Union’s…
Is Gilley a ‘professional confidential informant’? UPDATE
FDLE spokesperson Gretl Plessinger  answered the question : ‘“Professional Confidential Informant’ is not a formal term. The informant was Keith Morris, the Escambia County Compliance and Ethics Officer. He is a professional…
Vaccines cut again for Escambia
FDOH-Escambia received an allocation of 2,500 doses of the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine for this week – down for 2800 last week. In partnership with Ascension Sacred Heart, Baptist Health Care, Community Health…
Missing DPZ Codesign facts
DPZ Codesign, the firm hired by the Escambia Board of County Commissioners, has published its facts about the OLF-8 site for which is designing a master plan. The firm’s spokesman has posted…
County contractor lobbies for its proposed plan
In an unusual move, the master planning firm hired by the Escambia Board of County Commissioners has begun to lobby residents for its plans for OLF-8, a 500+ acre site off of…
Escambia’s racial gap in vaccinations
According to the latest report from the Florida Department of Health, Escambia County has 22,326 Florida residents – 20,687 first doses, 1,639 completed the series by getting both required doses. Unfortunately, only…
NYT Covid Case Tracker: Escambia cases ‘extremely high’
NYT: “Cases are extremely high and have stayed about the same over the past two weeks. The numbers of hospitalized Covid patients and deaths in the Escambia County area have risen. The…
FDLE releases report on eavesdropping of county offices
Inweekly received the investigative report on the  bugging of a conference room adjacent to Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley’s office in the Ernie Lee Magaha Building – seven weeks after we broke…
Pensacola MSA: Where COVID-19 growing fastest in Florida
The website 247wallst.com has named Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent the city were the COVID-19 virus is growing the fastest in Florida. “In the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metropolitan area, there were an average of 90.1 daily…
Vaccination by the numbers
As of Wednesday, Jan. 20, 18,859 residents of Escambia County had been vaccinated, per the county’s dashboard. State researchers estimate the county’s population is 323,714 – with 21.6% (69,922) under the age of…
Escambia County Public Schools Foundation offers virtual family workshops
The Escambia County Public Schools Foundation has partnered with the University of West Florida to offer six workshops to help parents support their student and their student’s teachers. “We are excited to…
Gaetz in or out of Congress
In his weekly Backroom Briefing, News Service of Florida reporter Jim Turner mentions how Congressman Matt Gaetz (Trumpican, Fort Walton Beach) might run for a statewide post. Locally, power brokers have whispered…
City may buy back guns
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The City of Pensacola may be taking a direct approach to getting guns off the street: buying the weapons, no questions asked. Mayor Grover Robinson addressed the issue…