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FloridaWest Launches CyberCoast “Remote from Here” Campaign New website at the heart of efforts to attract and retain talented remote cybersecurity workers Pensacola, FL –…

CITY OF GULF BREEZE COVID-19 PHASE III UPDATE The City has been operating under Phase III of its Phased Re-Opening Plan since September 30, 2020….

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With cases of COVID increasing in the local region, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson is hoping that the city’s recently deployed state…

Panhandle residents who have uninsured losses resulting from Hurricane Sally have until Dec. 1, 2020 to register with FEMA for assistance. Survivors in Bay, Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa…

University of West Florida President Dr. Martha Saunders told Inweekly that university’s instruction will go “straight online after Thanksgiving.”  Those students who can’t go home…

Escambia County (FL) Schools to Continue COVID Restrictions Restrictions Will Be Revisited in January During the November 12, 2020 School Board of Escambia County’s Special…

For my podcast “And the Murders Began,” I interviewed Jim Nesbitt, the author of crime thrillers that feature battered but relentless Dallas PI Ed Earl…

As of Wednesday, Oct. 11, Escambia County has had 414 new COVID-19 cases, five  deaths, and 26 hospitalizations. for the week. Last for the period…

The suspension of the Garcon Point Bridge ends tonight. As of 8 p.m., Gov. Ron DeSantis has not extended it. State Rep. Alex Andrade told…

Sources have shared that Pensacola Catholic will teach virtually for two more weeks. Principal Sister Kierstan has tested positive, according to our source.

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With the 2020 election cycle in the rearview, local environmental advocates conducted a climate roundtable online Nov. 9. The forum served…

By Jim Saunders TALLAHASSEE — First there was Michael. Then came Sally. And that means hundreds of thousands of Northwest Florida residents will continue in…