Last week, the Visit Pensacola celebrated the impact of travel and tourism on our community. Majority Opinion Research President Jeff Shusterman shared insights into recent research indicating that Escambia County has increased…
UWF announces new assistant vice president for digital learning and innovation
The University of West Florida Division of Research and Strategic Innovation has announced Dr. Kelvin Bentley as assistant vice president for digital learning and innovation. “We are so pleased to welcome Dr….
The story of Sgt. William Wayne Seay
If you read only one news story this weekend, please make it this one about the heroism of Pensacola native Sgt. William Wayne Seay that was told by Major General Robert Dyess…
Project Oyster set to begin
The Bream Fishermen Association (BFA) and Pensacola Bay Oyster Company have partnered on the Project Oyster Pilot (POP) study to improve water quality throughout Pensacola and Perdido Bay. The study will examine…
Can you undo a groundbreaking
Last night, Mayor Ashton Hayward failed to get the five votes necessary to add to the council agenda his request to award a construction contract for a new Bayview Community Center and…
Mayor Hayward dodges question regarding recycling
The Pensacola News Journal tried to get Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward to say if he believes the city should have notified the public that it was taking its recyclables to the landfill….
Council should hit ‘pause’ button on Bayview Center
Everyone agrees the Bayview Community Center should be replaced. However, we at Inweekly believe that more input from the public and the Pensacola City Council is needed before the City of Pensacola…
Buchanan calls for halt on Bayview Center and Boathouse
Pensacola mayoral candidate Drew Buchanan has called for an immediate halt construction of the Bayview Park Community Center and asked for the Pensacola City Council to conduct a full review of the…
Council budget analyst questions Bayview Center spending
Butch Hansen, the budget analyst for the Pensacola City Council, yesterday sent an email to his bosses that pointed out his concerns and questions regarding the $9.6-million Bayview Community Center and Boathouse….
Poll: Less than half of city voters support expensive Bayview Center
Yesterday, Inweekly/Political Matrix surveyed 450 likely voters of the City of Pensacola and found the city is divided on whether to spend $9.6 million on the construction of the new Bayview Park…
Hayward spending 12 percent of LOST IV project allocations on Bayview Center and Boathouse
The Local Option Sales Tax – Series IV Plan covers all of the city of Pensacola’s capital projects through Dec. 31, 2029. The project allocations total $82,837,954, which means the $9.6 million…
Judge grants rehearing on Fish Hatchery lawsuit
Circuit Judge W. Joel Boles has granted Dan Lindemann and Jerry Holzworth a rehearing on their lawsuit against the City of Pensacola, its CRA and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission…
Corcoran endorses Putnam for governor
By Lloyd Dunkelberger THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — House Speaker Richard Corcoran on Wednesday dropped his potential bid for governor and endorsed Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam in the Republican primary….
Skatepark vs. Bayview Center and Boathouse
If the City of Pensacola could rein in the $9.6-million cost for the proposed Bayview Park Community Center and Boathouse and get the cost closer to the original budget of $6 million…
Should City of Pensacola give sanitation customers rebates
Since Oct. 1, 2017, the City of Pensacola’s Sanitation Services has collected its customers recycling every week and dumped the recyclables at the Perdido Landfill instead of actually recycling them, and the…
PHS student Tamin Kawakibi named U.S. Presidential Scholar
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today announced the selection of Tamim Kawakibi of Pensacola, Florida, who attends Pensacola High School in Pensacola, as a 2018 U.S. Presidential Scholar. Kawakibi is one…
Cervantes claims another life
A pedestrian was fatally hit by a car Tuesday evening near the intersection of Cervantes Street at Pickens Avenue. Pensacola Police report the man was taken to the hospital in critical condition where he…
Olson cuts a half million off Bayview Center cost, still 60 percent over budget
Yesterday, City Administrator Eric Olson sent the Pensacola City Council a new budget for the proposed Bayview Community Center that reduced the total budget from $10,145,047 to $9,585,000. Did he have the…
Pensacola gang members plead guilty to multi-state drug and money laundering conspiracy
Aaron M. Booker, 26, Joseph F. Booker Jr., 28, and Kaishawndra Lyons, 25, all of Pensacola, and Uy Nguyen, 34, of Vallejo, California, have pled guilty to charges arising from a multi-state…
Timeline for Bayview Center very different from Sanders Beach Center
Before this year, the Sanders Beach Corrine Jones Community Center was the most expensive center built in the city of Pensacola, with a price tag of $5.1 million. The timeline for design…