Race fans on the Gulf Coast, your wait is officially over. Five Flags Speedway — home of the legendary Snowball Derby — fires up its 2026 season with a massive doubleheader weekend…
Underdogs Shine as Sun Belt Tournament Takes Over Pensacola
The Sun Belt Conference Basketball Tournament at Pensacola Bay Center is delivering exactly the kind of drama fans come for — and Friday’s military appreciation day promises even more. I talked this…
Downtown Pensacola Fights Back: Wine Madness, Shop Hops, and Gift Cards During Palafox Construction
The New Palafox construction project hasn’t stopped the Downtown Improvement Board from finding creative ways to keep shoppers, diners, and wine lovers coming back to the heart of Pensacola. DIB Executive Director…
Moreno’s Library Pick Approved 4-1
Last night, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners approved, 4-1, County Administrator Wes Moreno’s selection of Christal Bell-Rivera as the county’s library services director, over the West Florida Board of Governance’s recommendation…
Federal Judge’s Son Calls Out Cronyism in County Government
Joe Vinson, husband of Bradley Vinson and son of the late Federal Judge Roger Vinson, has shared with Inweekly the statement he plans to read tonight at the Board of County Commissioners…
Hofberger Seeks to Censure Kohler
Escambia County commissioners have been told that their chair, Commissioner Ashlee Hofberger, plans to move to censure Commissioner Mike Kohler. It’s uncertain whether she will get a second or have the majority…
NAS Pensacola Adds Vetting Process for Visitors
Visiting the National Naval Aviation Museum or the Pensacola Lighthouse just got a little more involved. Naval Air Station Pensacola has implemented a new vetting requirement for all public visitors, adding a…
Sun Belt Brings Big-Time Basketball—and a Little Chaos—to Pensacola
The Sun Belt Conference Basketball Tournament rolled into Pensacola Bay Center this week, and if Day 2 was any indication, this city is ready for the national spotlight. I sat down with…
District 4 Aide Endorses Bell-Rivera for Library Post
Linda Fussel wrote Commissioner Ashlee Hofberger expressing her disappointment over Christal Bell-Rivera being recommended as the county’s next Library Services Director. Hofberger’s aide, Melanie Luna, replied, not the commissioner, giving HER endorsement…
Takeaways from Mayor’s Presser
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves held a press conference Tuesday covering the Bay Center feasibility study, restructured hurricane recovery housing funds, and a string of weekend events downtown. Bay Center Report Due…
Small Businesses Flip the Script on Fundraising with Chump Change Carnival at Odd Colony Brewing
There’s a familiar rhythm to most fundraisers in Pensacola — the chicken dinners, the silent auction paddle raises, the polished galas where the price of admission and the clusters of Instagram selfies…
Library Board Chair Fires Back at County Administrators, Urges Commissioners to Reject Bell-Rivera
After Assistant County Administrator Debbie Bowers announced that the Escambia County administration would recommend Christal Bell-Rivera as the next West Florida Public Libraries Director—overruling the Library Board of Governance’s unanimous recommendation—Board Chair…
Sun Belt Tournament Rolls Into Day 2 with Upsets, Full Houses, and Baby Crawls
The 2026 Sun Belt Basketball Championship is off to a roaring start at the Pensacola Bay Center, with Day 1 delivering tight games, surprising upsets, and an atmosphere that has fans already…
USL Mum on Pensacola Soccer Team
Late last March, the City of Pensacola and the United Soccer League entered into a 1-year exclusive negotiations deal to potentially bring professional men’s and women’s soccer teams to Pensacola. Details: That…
United Way of West Florida Now Accepting Mini Grant Applications
Local grassroots nonprofits have an opportunity to strengthen their operations thanks to United Way of West Florida’s Mini Grants program, now open for applications. What? The grants offer up to $5,000 to…
Clerk Continues to Hold Payments, Forcing Visit PNS to Borrow Money
The Escambia County Tourist Development Council received an earful at its Feb. 17 meeting about a frustrating bureaucratic problem — one that has forced Visit Pensacola to take out a line of…
Sun Belt Basketball Tournament Opens 11:30 AM
The Sun Belt Conference Men’s Basketball wrapped up its regular season with one team at 12–6 and six more at 11–7. Six. For two straight months, this league basically took turns punching…
Papantonio’s “A Death in Arcadia” Debuts Today
Papantonio’s New Thriller Hits Home — And Close to Home— Mike Papantonio has written legal thrillers ripped from the headlines before—the opioid crisis, cartel money laundering, and human trafficking. But his new…
Gaetz is Cancer-Free, Isn’t Going Anywhere
A rumor came out of Tallahassee yesterday that Sen. Don Gaetz told people at the Senate Appropriations Committee meeting that he has cancer and that he “may be done at the end…
Bye, Felicia: Kissel Won’t Get Confirmed
Update: I have added more supporting documentation – letter and email chain. I finally connected with Sen. Don Gaetz, who chairs the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee. He predicted that Senate President…