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. The district didn’t have available the enrollment…
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 D. Saunders was awarded a contract extension…
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 enrollment in the past 15 years–3,084 students…
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 last year, the Escambia County had 39,974…
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 of unused or expired medications from the…
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 for the past seven years and held…
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 fifth member since District 3 board member…
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 to help those in need in our…
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 in Northwest Florida. Staff members of the…
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 239 N. Spring St. . We will be…
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 wrap up a lingering lawsuit from the…
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 Coral Gables Satellite Beach See the full…
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 the district. Unfortunately, the bar is set…
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 weekly press conference. But it was definitely…
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 helps Floridians with disabilities, after learning about…
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, Sept. 9. In his new role, Coughlin…
Four questions for Monday
How safe are high school football games? At Booker T. Washington High, the teachers are paid to sell tickets at the gate, while other schools have booster volunteers do it for free….
Florida Board of Accountancy announces Clay Ford Scholarship Recipients
he Florida Board of Accountancy (FBA), a professional regulation board of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), today announced the 2019 recipients of the Clay Ford Scholarship which is awarded…
M.E. nominee withdraws
State Attorney Bill Eddins announced today that Dr. Scott Luzi has withdrawn his name for consideration as Chief Medical Examiner for the First District of Florida. At this time there are no…
D5 nominees preview
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Although the deadline doesn’t fall until late Friday afternoon for nominations, the city of Pensacola has provided a preview of the list of potential appointees to Pensacola City…