Escambia County’s property tax revenues have risen $17.96 million over the past four years – a 20.2-percent increase. Why don’t you feel any benefit from that significant increase? You only have to…
Downtown YMCA up for AIA Florida award
The Bear Levin Studer Family YMCA is in the running for the fourth annual People’s Choice competition launched by the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Florida). Voters from…
Slow Bike Ride, July 14
Join Bike Pensacola for the most popular bike ride in town—the Slow Ride! Each month we explore the quiet, scenic streets of Pensacola’s many historic neighborhoods for a fun and leisurely ride…
Climate Change: With or Without Paris Accord – tonight
Press release: President Trump says that he is pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accord and looking to negotiate a “better deal†for our country. But even without support from…
Cyber Safety Town Hall, July 26
The Youth Ministry of Greater Little Rock Baptist Church is hosting for children and parents a “Be Social, Be Safe: A Cyber Safety & Sex Trafficking Town Hall†on Wednesday, July 26…
Escambia County Jail: Thunderdome 2017
According to numbers given to Inweekly yesterday, the Escambia County Main Jail had 1,011 prisoners on July 10 in a facility built in the mid-1980s to house only 798 inmates–127-percent of its…
Jail: Black Hole of Escambia County Budget (update)
For the past two months, Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill has decried a projected $9-million shortfall in the county’s FY 2018 budget. The problem isn’t the Century Chamber of Commerce, Gulf Coast…
Santa Rosa teachers win pay dispute
From Rhonda Chavers, president of Santa Rosa Professional Educators: On May 11, 2017 there was an impasse hearing between the Santa Rosa County School Board and Santa Rosa Professional Educators (SRPE). The…
Indivisible town hall July 12
Indivisible NWFL is organizing a healthcare town hall to educate and inform people about the Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act. There’s a lot of partisan talk about Congress’s work to repeal and…
Jumbotron coming to Garden?
Quint Studer told Inweekly that the Studer Properties plans to reveal its plans for the SunTrust building on the corner of Garden and Spring streets on July 23. “It won’t be all…
Gaetz: OLF-8 deal ‘BRAC-proofs’ NAS Whiting Field
With the military being more than half of his district’s economy, Congressman Matt Gaetz worked with the Department of Defense to shave off nearly $2 millions of the cost of the land…
Community School Program raises Weis Elementary from D to B
C.A. Weis Elementary, A Community Partnership School in Pensacola advanced from an F rating to a C rating in just one year. Studies show that school ratings can affect the community at…
Group protests fee simple transfer on Pensacola Beach
by Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY In the Escambia County Commission’s public forum on Thursday afternoon, an unnamed activist group tagged on their right arms by aqua armbands spoke out against The Escambia County…
John Morgan tests pot smoking ban
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Saying Floridians knew what they were voting on in November, Orlando trial lawyer John Morgan on Thursday followed through on threats to sue the…
Pensacola Children’s Chorus announces new team members
The Pensacola Children’s Chorus is announced two two new assistant directors to lead the singers of the Pensacola Children’s Chorus: Hanan Tarabay and Katie Powell. No stranger to Pensacola’s stages and an…
Gillum prods Scott administration on voter info
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Trying to ratchet up political pressure on Gov. Rick Scott’s administration to respond to a federal request for voter information, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew…
CFO Patronis sends out first official letter
From: CFO Jimmy Patronis Date: July 5, 2017 at 9:13:20 PM CDT Subject: CFO Jimmy Patronis: It Is An Honor To Serve Dear Fellow Floridians: My name is Jimmy Patronis and last…
Mayor Hayward to appeal Bayview Cross ruling
From the City of Pensacola: The Mayor and City of Pensacola, Florida, today will ask a federal court to protect a cross memorial that has stood in a city park for over…
Studer: keeping employees motivated [podcast]
Quint Studer discussed this week on “Pensacola Speaks” how not demotivate your high-performing employees. “It’s common for a top leader to say the employees are the most important people or that they…
Tanyard residents seek answers
By Sammi Sontag Inweekly At a Tanyard neighborhood meeting held at the Corinne Jones Resource Center Thursday evening, Pensacola City Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn listened to her constituents as they spoke about her…