Hill stripped of committee post
The News Service of Florida reports Florida House Speaker Jose Oliva has removed Rep. Mike Hill, R-Pensacola, from the House Public Integrity & Ethics Committee….
Global has lost 32 percent of its students since 2014
Global Learning Academy down 249 students since the fall of 2014–31.9%. The school was built to hold over 800 students. Year Students 2014 781 2015…
City fights for tree ordinance
Press release from the City of Pensacola: City Tree Case May Help Set Precedent for New State Statute A heritage live oak tree the City…
Silver Airways suspends ops for hurricane
Silver Airways will not be operating Monday, Sept. 2 or Tuesday, Sept. 3 due to Hurricane Dorian, which will impact travelers flying Silver Airways at…
Enrollment conundrum solved, still not good
Thanks to public records supplied by the Escambia County School District, Inweekly has found that district’s enrollment is down 977 students in its traditional schools….
Saunders’ contract extended
After guiding the University of West Florida to three years of unprecedented success in the Florida Board of Governors performance-based funding model, UWF President Martha…
Enrollment drop largest in recent memory
If the enrollment number that Superintendent Malcolm Thomas gave the News Journal are accurate, the Escambia County School District has experienced the largest drop in…
Escambia school enrollment down
According to the Florida Department of Education, school enrollment is down 3,084 students for Escambia County, contrary to today’s News Journal article. At this time…
Crush the Crisis
On Saturday, September 7, West Florida Hospital will host “Crush the Crisis,†an opioid take back event with the goal of collecting and properly disposing…
School foundation gets new leader
The Escambia County Public Schools Foundation to announced the selection of Kristie Kelley as its new executive director. Kelley served on the ECPS Foundation Board…
ECUA board wants District 3 seat filled
The board of the Emerald Coast Utility Authority only has four members. The policy-making body of the area’s largest water utility has been missing its…
Feeding People Thru Music
This Labor Day weekend, Widespread Panic will be partnering with Feeding the Gulf Coast at the Pensacola Bay Center to collect food and fund donations…
Panhandle to get new area code
Amid concerns that the 850 area code will “exhaust†in 2022, state regulators are considering a proposal that could lead to an additional area code…
Save Our Beach meeting
Press release: The organizers of “Save Pensacola Beach†are hosting a town hall meeting, 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31 at the main public library located at…
Pitt Slip deal coming soon?
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola may be preparing to finalize a longterm lease for its Pitt Slip property, and in doing so…
Pensacola fails to make Safe City list
BackgroundChecks.org has published its annual report on the safest cities in each U.S. state for 2019. Florida’s top five safest cities are: Sweetwater Naples Key Biscayne…
Viewpoint: Teachers need more support
By Kimberly Sullivan The Escambia County School District recently congratulated itself for the slight increase in the number of A, B and C schools within…
Presser Notes: District 5, Police Relations and a Baby Osprey
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly PENSACOLA CITY HALL: The baby osprey story wasn’t the most important thing Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson talked about Monday during his…
Corcoran shakes up disabilities organization
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran has threatened a criminal investigation into a state organization that…
Coughlin rehired at airport
As predicted: The City of Pensacola has selected Matt Coughlin as the Deputy Airport Director for Pensacola International Airport, with a start date of Monday,…
