The findings indicate that an explosive atmosphere was created by a combination of off-gasses normally produced in the pulping process and air introduced to maintain pressure while the vessel was not in…
Chamber supports proposed panhandling ordinance
The statement was released today: The Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce exists to support the businesses, investors, and entrepreneurs who make up the backbone of our community. Protecting the ability of these…
Kick Butts Day on Saturday, March 11
Santa Rosa County’s Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT) are speaking up and taking action against the tobacco industry for the 22nd annual Kick Butts Day on March 11, 2017. This national day…
House looks to clamp down on local taxes
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A wide-ranging bill that would rein in local governments’ ability to increase taxes narrowly passed the House Ways & Means Committee on Wednesday. The…
TaxWatch reports features The Bluffs
A new report by Florida TaxWatch, the state’s independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit taxpayer research institute & government watchdog, finds that the growth of high-tech manufacturing is beneficial to Florida and that investing in…
City and County have different stories on superfund site
At Monday’s Agenda Review, City Administrator Eric Olson told the Pensacola City Council that Escambia County had requested verbally the city hand over its portion on Escambia Wood Treating Company superfund site….
Pensacola mayor wants a piece of Triumph pie
Mayor Ashton Hayward doesn’t want the Escambia Board of County Commissioners to be the sole body that decides how the county’s share of the BP oil spill settlement, also known as Triumph…
Imogene Theatre: The Mulligan Brothers, March 10
The Mulligan Brothers, an Americana Folk-Rock band from Mobile, Ala., is playing 7 p.m. on Friday, March 10 at the Imogene Theatre in Milton. The tickets are $10 and can be purchased…
Larry Butler Memorial Music Award at UWF receives $27,500
The University of West Florida recently celebrated a donation of more than $27,500 to the Department of Music in support of the Larry Butler Memorial Music Award. The funds were raised from…
More on Negron press conference
NEGRON SKEPTICAL ABOUT DEEPWATER HORIZON PROPOSALS By The News Service of Florida Senate President Joe Negron expressed concerns Tuesday about House proposals he said could attach “Washington-like” bureaucratic strings on money from…
Gulf Breeze Rotary Gumbo Cook-Off on Saturday, March 11 [podcast]
The Gulf Breeze Rotary Club holds its 12th Annual Gulf Breeze Rotary Gumbo Cook-Off on Saturday, March 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gulf Breeze Recreation Center, 800 Shoreline…
Three generations of Gaetzes do not back down
By Duwayne Escobedo Inweekly Don Gaetz said watching his son Matt confront hundreds of angry protestors against his son’s policy to eliminate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Education and…
Asphalt removal project completed at Fort Pickens
Gulf Islands National Seashore officials announce completion of the asphalt removal project, an effort that began at Fort Pickens in September 2016. Approximately 400 yards of asphalt fragments and road base material…
Giveaway: Hangout Music Fest 2017
If you’re anything like us, you’re already counting down the days until May 19—aka the first day of Hangout Fest 2017. Headliners for this year’s fest include Mumford & Sons, Twenty One…
City of Pensacola Sanitation looks to increase rates
Jerry Moore, the head of the City of Pensacola’s Sanitation Services, wants to raise sanitation rates. At Monday’s Agenda Review, Moore told the Pensacola City Council that a recent rate study recommends…
UWF Dance Marathon exceeds fundraising goals for children’s hospital
More than $43,000 was raised at the fifth annual University of West Florida Dance Marathon in support of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, a nonprofit organization that raises funds and awareness for approximately…
Florida Senate president commits to Triumph funds coming to NWFL
State Sen. Doug Broxson passed along to the Inweekly encouraging news from Senate President Joe Negron’s first press conference of the 2017 Legislative Session. Sen. Negron believes that 75-percent of the BP…
UWF, Pathways for Change provide sales training for jail inmates
After years of teaching sales skills to corporate professionals and students, University of West Florida marketing professor Dr. Bob Kimball is taking his instruction to a new audience: inmates at the Escambia…
Chamber to recommend Triumph projects
Today, the Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce announced that it will be recommending projects to be considered for funding by Triumph Gulf Coast. The Chamber will research and study potential projects and…
Gaetz Pensacola’s next mayor?
By Duwayne Escobedo A recent survey commissioned by Inweekly found Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward, a two-term incumbent, could be vulnerable in the 2018 election should he run a third time. Among likely…