Buzz: ECUA board members appearing before grand jury
Emerald Coast Utility Authority Board members have scrambled this week to get legal representative as they have been called to appear before a county grand…
City curbside recycling returns next week
The City of Pensacola has entered into an agreement with Emerald Coast Utilities Authority for recycling. After a nine-month hiatus, City Sanitation will once again…
What can we expect from Moffatt & Nichol on the port?
Moffatt & Nichol earlier this year worked on the Bucktown Harbor Vision Plan for Jefferson Parish, La. Bucktown Harbor consists of 30 acres owned by the…
Poll: Hill leads Council District 6 race
According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 216 likely voters in Pensacola City Council District 6, we found that Ann Hill leads with 12% of…
Poll: Florida House Dist 1 Democratic primary a toss up
According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 343 likely Democrat voters of Florida State House District 1, we see that a majority of voters are…
B grades come easy for school districts in Florida
The Escambia County School District received a ‘B’ grade for the FY 2017-18 school year. This is amazing considering: 1. The District only earned 54…
‘Upwords’ returns
Mayor Ashton Hayward’s digital newsletter, Upwords, has returned after a seven-month hiatus. The newsletter–which was sent weekly at first, then biweekly–had been shelved and replaced…
SunPass gets new customer service platform
The Florida Department of Transportation began converting to a new Centralized Customer Service System for SunPass customers on June 1. This conversion represents a massive…
Powell holds campaign kick-off and rally on Friday
From The Committee to Elect Lawrence S. Powell Mayor of Pensacola: The Lawrence S. Powell for Mayor Campaign it will host its Powell for Mayor…
Saturday protest against separating families
On Saturday, June 30, residents of Pensacola and Northwest Florida will gather at Pensacola City Hall, 222 W Main St. to protest the Trump administration’s…
High schools show some improvement
The high schools in Escambia County improved the points they earned this past school year. Pine Forest improved its grade from a ‘D’ to a…
Hannity campaigns for Gaetz and DeSantis here on July 2
On Monday, July 2nd, Fox News conservative commentator Sean Hannity will be holding a campaign rally with Matt Gaetz and gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis in…
Middle schools remain mediocre
Escambia County’s middle schools showed little change in their grades. Brown Barge remained an ‘A’, Ransom a ‘B’. Bellview dropped from a ‘B’ to a…
Elementary school grades troubling
Three years ago, Escambia County had 14 ‘A’ elementary (non-charter) schools. The last two years it has had only six. However, the six ‘A’s are…
Escambia School District gets B grade
Escambia County School District scored 20 points higher that it did last year and earned 54 percent of the total possible points to achieve a…
Lunsford endorses Andrade
Today, Alex Andrade, who is running to replace Frank White in Florida House District 2, announced his endorsement by Escambia County Tax Collector Scott Lunsford….
Selfies with the Blue Angels
The City of Pensacola and the Blue Angels Association is returning with the Blues in the City. The public is invited to get up close…
UWF scores in Top 3 of state universities
The Florida Board of Governors announced today the University of West Florida is among the top-performing public universities for the second consecutive year. UWF earned…
Bydlak picks up Florida Medical Association PAC endorsement
The Florida Medical Association PAC (FMA PAC), Florida’s leading advocate for electing pro-medicine candidates to office, today endorsed Republican candidate Rebekah Bydlak in House District…
Small Business Night at Blue Wahoos Stadium, July 10
The Florida SBDC at UWF and the Pensacola Blue Wahoos are teaming up again this year for Small Business Night at Blue Wahoos Stadium on…
