By Sammi Sontag On Monday morning, Governor Rick Scott held a kick-off event at the base of the old Pensacola Bay Bridge for the four-year, 3.7-mile bridge replacement project. “As you can…
Coughlin selected new assistant county administrator
Mayor Ashton Hayward will have to replace another key employee. His assistant airport director, Matthew Coughlin, has been selected to fill the vacant Escambia County Assistant County Administrator position. Coughlin’s duties will…
Second Annual Kite Film Fest
Short Films Sought The organizers of the Kite Film Fest are seeking short film submissions for their second annual festival set for Nov. 11 at Club LA in Destin. Short films of…
Scott in Pensacola today celebrate Pensacola Bay bridge construction
Gov. Rick Scott is visiting Northwest Florida today. At 8:30 a.m. in Panama City, he is expected to announce the appointment of former lawmaker Jimmy Patronis as the state’s new chief financial…
Charges against SRIA official dropped
State Attorney Bill Eddins announced this morning that the drug charges against Santa Rosa Island Authority Director of Administration Robbie Schrock have been dismissed. On April 5, Gulf Breeze police stopped a…
Studer to close on SunTrust building on Aug. 22 [podcast]
Quint Studer said Wednesday on “Pensacola Speaks” that they will close on the SunTrust building on Garden Street by August 22. We also discussed his upcoming column on how to delegate that…
City of Pensacola blames ECUA for raw sewage in Tanyard
Yesterday, ECUA executive director Steve Sorrell blamed the raw sewage flowing on DeVilliers Street one block west of Pensacola City Hall on the failure of the City of Pensacola stormwater system. Inweekly…
Emerald CoastKeeper on ‘Pensacola Speaks’ today
Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy will give an update on the latest developments in her investigation of the raw sewage that flooded the Tanyard area one block west of Pensacola City Hall. Listen…
Reds announce Blue Wahoos roster changes for second half
After an exciting first half of the 2017 season with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos capturing the South Division title, the Cincinnati Reds have announced the following roster changes for the Pensacola Blue…
ECUA confirms raw sewage caused by City of Pensacola stormwater failure
Inweekly obtained this email between ECUA board member Lois Benson and ECUA Executive Director Steve Sorrell. We had earlier reported that the human waste on Devilliers Street may have been caused by…
IRIS raises Series B funding
Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems, Inc. (IRIS), the industry leader in early detection systems for diabetic eye disease, today announced the company successfully closed a round of Series B financing. The round was…
City decision may have led to flooding Tanyard neighborhood with raw sewage
The Escambia County Utilities Authority’s Tim Haag reported that the cause of raw sewage overflowing in the Tanyard neighborhood a block west from City Hall was the result of a deluge of…
Newpoint school vendor arrested yesterday
Steven J. Kunkemoeller, one of two businessmen accused of racketeering and organized fraud at 15 charter schools throughout Florida, turned himself into authorities yesterday afternoon. Kunkemoeller, 56, of 793 Watch Point Drive…
UWF ranks in top three in Florida Board of Governors performance-based funding model
The Florida Board of Governors announced today the University of West Florida ranks in the top three top-performing public universities in the state and will secure more than $20 million in new…
SRIA to add 10 more buses for Pensacola Beach Air Show
The Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) hopes to alleviate traffic congestion for the Pensacola Beach Air Show by increasing public transportation options along the island on Friday, July 7, and Saturday, July…
Reports of human waste flowing in the Tanyard (update)
Dr. Gloria Horning, who lives one block west of Pensacola City Hall on DeVilliers Street in the Tanyard neighborhood, reported late yesterday afternoon, “I’m at the corner of DeVilliers and Zaragossa. The…
Local state parks closed for Tropical Storm Cindy
The Department of Environmental Protection’s Florida Park Service announced the closure of three state parks in Northwest Florida due to weather conditions. The following state parks are closed until further notice: Perdido…
Made in the South awards, entry deadline July 1 [podcast]
Yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks,” Garden & Gun Associate Editor Elizabeth Hutchinson discussed her magazine’s annual Made in the South awards. A celebration of Southern craftsmanship, the Made in the South Awards is…
Is the City 3-1-1 service punishing critics
Dr. Gloria Horning’s street has flooded. She lives in the 300 block of Devilliers Street, south of the Government Street Stormwater Pond, east of the former site of ECUA Sewage Treatment Plant,…
Christian school appeals football prayer ruling
By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A Tampa Christian school is continuing a legal battle about whether it should have been allowed to offer a prayer over a stadium loudspeaker…