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Inweekly had reporter Jeremy Morrison cover the city’s visioning workshop last week. By most accounts, it was like trying to manage a box of kittens,…

Escambia Public Safety Suffers from Leadership, Communication Issues BY Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly After digging into Escambia County’s Public Safety Department, ombudsman Janice Kilgore found an…

Former Milton Mayor and executive director of United Way of Santa Rosa County Guy Thompson pleaded guilty today to 20 counts of wire fraud and…

At today’s Committee of the Whole, Assistant County Administrator Matt Coughlin announced that would serve as interim county administrator to July, when Janice Gilley will…

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed Tyndall Air Force Base will be rebuilt after sustaining…

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As Escambia County awaits the conclusion of a Florida Department of Health investigation regarding its Emergency Medical Services, some residents are…

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Most people are aware that there’s a considerable military presence and corresponding veteran population in Northwest Florida, but now that population’s…

In a InWeekly/Political Matrix poll of 538 likely voters in the city of Pensacola, we found that 40.1 percent supported closing the bottle clubs in…

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Maybe next year. When lawmakers hit the road Saturday after ending the 2019 legislative session,…

By Jeremy Morrison Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson traversed a number of items Monday during his weekly press conference. In addition to filling the media in…

Peter Schorsch has named the Winners and Losers of the 2019 Legislative Session. There’s one loser he overlooked–State Rep. Mike Hill. The District 1 Florida…

The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 139 met yesterday and overwhelmingly approved the labor agreement with Escambia County Area Transit. The union also expressed its displeasure…

The latest Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 538 likely voters in the city of Pensacola found that 73 percent of those polled were satisfied with the…

By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Friday afternoon, in downtown Pensacola’s Plaza Ferdinand, local youth will gather to raise awareness about the issue of climate change. The…

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has appointed three new advisors to NOAA’s Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee, bringing the group’s membership to the full complement of…

The Escambia Professional Firefighters union sent this letter last night: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 Administrator Lavoy, We, the Escambia County Professional Firefighters, are disappointed to…

Escambia County Fire Chief Rusty Nail was hired in May 2018. Over the past month, he has resigned, attempted to rescind his resignation and seen…

From: “Amy L. Lovoy” <allovoy@myescambia.com>Date: May 1, 2019 at 10:41:56 AM CDTTo: “chiefrustynail@gmail.com” <chiefrustynail@gmail.com>Cc: Matthew Coughlin <MCOUGHLIN@myescambia.com>, “Alison A. Rogers” <aarogers@co.escambia.fl.us>, John Dosh <JSDOSH@co.escambia.fl.us>, “Addison R. Lavaway” <ARLAVAWAY@myescambia.com>, District1…

Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has delayed the start of a training program that would prepare students in IT, Cybersecurity, Advanced Manufacturing, and Aviation/Aerospace…

Escambia County Fire Chief Rusty Nail sent this following letter rescinding his resignation: TO: Amy Lovoy, Interim County Administrator VIA: Matt Coughlin, Interim Public Safety…