By the numbers: Top 10 specialty plates

More than 1.68 million specialty license plates were on Florida roads in 2020. Here are the top 10 specialty plates last year by sales: —…

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Something sounds off – but explainable

In the weeks after the December 6, 2019, shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola that killed three U.S. sailors and severely wounded eight other Americans,…

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Inhumane treatment of sick, older employees inside county HR

No life appears to be more disposable to the county’s HR than an older Black woman who worked 25 years for the transit system, been…

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Nightly lane closure begin tonight on Pensacola Bay Bridge

Drivers will encounter nighttime lane restrictions on the Pensacola Bay Bridge Thursday evening, June 10 through Friday morning, June 18 from 8 p.m. to 5…

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Dismal picture painted of ECAT work conditions

ATU Local 1395 president Mike Lowery painted a dismal picture of the work conditions inside Escambia County’s transit system and blamed the county administrator and…

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County loses arbitration in Union prez suspension

In February 2020, Escambia County gave bus driver Michael Lowery, president of Amalgamated Transit Union 1395, a one-day suspension for alleged insubordination when he took a…

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As reported earlier…

News is often about who has the best sources. Once again, this little newspaper scooped the largest newspaper chain in the country. UWF names new…

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Call for the best Southern-made products

The official call for entries for Garden & Gun’s twelfth annual Made in the South Awards is open through July 1. The magazine is seeking…

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Buzz: Woolf jumping to UWF

Sources at Pensacola City Hall have shared that City Attorney Susan Woolf is resigning her post to become general counsel at the University of West…

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Remember Live Work Learn Play?

Five years ago this week, Richard Martz of the Montreal-based Live Work Learn Play revealed the concepts on how Baptist hospital would redevelop the 25…

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ECUA also handles retirement plans better than county HR

The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority also handles how employees learn about retirement options better than the Escambia County Human Resources Department. A spokesperson for the…

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HR Nightmare

Bus Driver Gets COVID, Fired and Fights to Win Back Job by Jeremy Morrison A An Escambia County Area Transit driver who contracted COVID last…

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