Ferry service a huge accomplishment for Superintendent Dan Brown
Yesterday, Gulf Islands National Seashore, city of Pensacola and Escambia County hosted joint press conference officially launching Pensacola Bay Cruises. The ferry service has been…
Deadline to qualify for local races is noon Friday
The deadline for qualifying for office is noon tomorrow. A handful of candidates who have pre-filed have yet to submit their petitions or a check…
Dump the Pump Day tomorrow
Escambia County Area Transit will join with other public transportation systems nationwide to participate in the 13th annual National Dump the Pump Day on Thursday,…
Escambia County GOP Party hosts County Commission Dist. 2 debate on July 9
The July meeting of the Escambia County Republican Party will take place 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 9 at the downtown West Florida Public Library, 239…
Bright idea: Locally-focused outdoor mural
Veronique Zayas (owner – HatchMark Studio) and Somi Choi (lead designer – idgroup) are looking for a business/building owner who can (legally and within code)…
George Stone renamed
During its June meeting, Escambia County School Board approved changing the name to the George Stone Area Vocational–Technical Center to George Stone Technical College. According to a…
County Commission District 2 race is tight
Challenger Alan McMillan has a slight lead over incumbent Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill in the GOP primary for District 2, but the lead is…
Studers donate downtown parcel for youth sports facility
Quint and Rishy Studer announced this morning that they are donating a parcel on the west side of the former ECUA treatment plant site on…
Fant drops out of AG race, White could benefit
By Jim Saunders The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — In the first major development of qualifying week, state Rep. Jay Fant, R-Jacksonville, announced Tuesday…
Barker may have unintentionally explained budget overruns
When City of Pensacola CFO Dick Barker last week defended why the city didn’t amend Caldwell Associates Architects contract for the proposed Bayview Community Center,…
PHS freshman wins national academic honor
Max Mateer of Pensacola, Florida won first place in the Senior Individual Performance category at the national finals for the National History Day® Contest. Mateer,…
Williamson picks up opponent, see who else has qualified
From The News Service of Florida: It appears Rep. Jayer Williamson, R-Pace, won’t receive a free pass back to the Florida House. Bobbi Sue Osborne,…
Hill has slight lead in House District 1 race
Former State Rep. Mike Hill has a slight lead over Rebekah Bydlak in the race to replace State Rep, Clay Ingram: 27.0%-22.4%. Inweekly/Political Matrix poll…
Escambia County still mediocre school system
Last week, Florida Department of Education release the Florida Standard Assessment scores for each school district. Several districts, including Santa Rosa County, sent out press…
Barker lost the council when he stretched ‘facts’
Last week, the City of Pensacola’s chief financial officer, Dick Barker, tried to use his 38 years of experience in the city’s finance department and…
Florida holds nearly half of migrant kids in Homestead prison-like facility
According to news reports, 2,000 migrant children have been separated from their parents and are being held in detention in Homestead, Fla U.S. Rep. Debbie…
Local Wendy’s restaurants sold to Memphis firm
Carlisle, the tenth largest Wendy’s franchise organization, announced the acquisition of an additional 46 restaurants in Alabama and Florida from the Wendco Group, a Wendy’s…
Florida Chamber endorses Bydlak for Florida House District 1
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (June 18, 2018)—The Florida Chamber of Commerce today announced its endorsement of Rebekah Bydlak for Florida House District 1. “Rebekah Bydlak is a…
Moore leads City District 4 race, 57.5 percent doesn’t know candidates
According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 226 likely Pensacola District 4 voters, Jared Moore holds a lead with 18.6 percent of the vote followed…
Four locals named among 100 most influential people in Florida politics
Our area had four people named to the Influence Magazine’s “Influence 100” list–Lewis Bear, Jr., Stan Connally, Andy Marlette and Collier Merrill. Florida CFO Jimmy…
