Current Situation Residents who evacuated may return home. When returning, be watchful for standing water and downed power lines on the road and around your homes. Escambia County Public Works crews are…
Gulf Power working to restore power
Gulf Power†has restored power to more than 15,000 households. According it is outage map, there are 89 outages remaining in Escambia County. The majority are within the city limits.
City closes Roger Scott
The City of Pensacola Parks and Recreation Department is closing Roger Scott Tennis Center at 2 p.m. today and Osceola Golf Course is no longer accepting tee times for Saturday due to…
Monday StudioAmped performance cancelled
Due to the approaching storm and area weather alerts, WSRE’s “StudioAmped†performance by Johnny Hayes & The Loveseats, scheduled for Monday, Oct. 9, has been cancelled. The complete “StudioAmped†concert schedule is…
Latest update from Mobile Weather Service
**NOAA AND AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT FIND THAT NATE IS A LITTLE STRONGER OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO** NEW INFORMATION ————— * CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS: – None…
City of Gulf Breeze: ‘There is not an estimate time for when Bay Bridge might be closed’
Gulf Breeze Police Department has notified residents via text: “There is not an estimated time for when the Bay Bridge might be closed. It will depend on weather conditions . Please plan…
Hurricane Nate Update #5
Hurricane Nate Update #5 Current Situation Tropical Storm Nate has strengthened to a Category 1 Hurricane. Escambia is under a Hurricane Watch, Tropical Storm Warning, Flash Flood Warning and Storm Surge Warning….
Pensacola State College closes at 5 pm
Pensacola State College will close at 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7, and remain closed through Sunday, Oct. 8. All activities and classes, whether on campus or online, are canceled during this time….
Pensacola Symphony opening night cancelled
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra’s Opening Night! concert and dress rehearsal have been cancelled due to the threat of inclement weather. Originally scheduled for Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Saenger Theatre, the…
2017 JUMP event cancelled
Due to the projected impact of Tropical Storm/Hurricane Nate on our area, the National Naval Aviation Museum will be closed tomorrow, Oct. 7. Therefore, the Japan-U.S. Military Program has been cancelled.
State parks closed
The Department of Environmental Protection’s Florida Park Service announces the closure of 18 state parks in Northwest Florida due to imminent weather conditions including strong winds and rain. The following state parks were closed…
Pensacola Airport to close 8 p.m. Saturday
From the Pensacola International Airport Facebook page: Pensacola International Airport will close and cease ALL operations at 8 pm Saturday, October 7th and will remain closed throughout Sunday, October 8th due to…
Beach evacuations begin
Evacuations have been ordered for Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key and low lying coastal areas as 6 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7. Evacuations are being called in preparation for potentially dangerous storm surge, not…
Concerns over Nate leads to Santa Rosa Island Triathlon cancellation
The PNJ reports concern for the Tropical Storm Nate’s impact on Pensacola Beach has forced cancellation of the 22nd Santa Rosa Island Triathlon.
Escambia County: Tropical Storm Nate Update #3
Current Situation Escambia County is under a Hurricane Watch, which means that hurricane conditions are possible within the next 48 hours. A Storm Surge Watch is  in effect, which means there is a…
Nate may impact us as a tropical storm
NATE POISED TO SEND WIND, WAVES TO PANHANDLE By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Florida’s western Panhandle, the one area of the state spared the impact of Hurricane Irma nearly…
Rafferty wins $140M verdict
An Illinois federal jury has found that the pharmaceutical company AbbVie, Inc., must pay $140 million in punitive damages and $140,000 in compensatory damages to a former user of AndroGel, a testosterone…
What is the impact of Nate on local events
The University of West Florida has moved its football game to tonight at 6 p.m. All UWF locations will be closed Saturday, Oct. 7 at noon through Monday, Oct. 9. This includes…
County Commission seeks other proposals for field house, arena. Project cannot use monies from General Fund
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners voted 4-0, with Commissioner Lumon May absent, to solicit letters of interest from other development companies to build a field house and possibly an arena. The…
Escambia, Santa Rosa under state of emergency
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE: Twenty-nine counties along the Gulf Coast and in North Florida were put under a state of emergency Thursday, as Florida prepares…