Free paint

The Programs Division of the Escambia County Waste Services Department is pleased to offer free re-blended paint each Thursday at the Perdido Landfill, 8 a.m….

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2009 Rising Stars

Here are the 2009 Rising Stars: ALLAN BELL, 33 Real Estate Broker, Developer Why nominated: Allan is a hard-working real estate broker, developer and entrepreneur….

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Inaugural Rising Stars

Here is the inaugural Rising Star class from 2008.  We did smaller versions in 2006 and 2007, but we realized the highlighting of our young…

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Quality of Survey: Affordable Housing pops up as an issue

Quint Studer and the Pensacola Young Professionals released the 2021 Quality of Life Survey at the CivicCon event held on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Since 2009,…

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FDOH sets up drive-thru testing

As we reported last week on 1370 WCOA/104.9 FM: The Florida Department of Health in Escambia County has resumed drive-thru COVID-19 testing, in coordination with…

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University of West Florida student earns gold in prestigious nationwide Japanese language contest

Pensacola, Fla. – Nov. 19, 2021 – University of West Florida student Ashton Reichard, a junior international studies major, won the gold award at Japanese…

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FDOH to offer COVID vax for kids

The Florida Department of Health in Escambia County (FDOH-Escambia) is continuing to offer their COVID-19 vaccine clinic located at 1295 West Fairfield Drive in Pensacola….

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What happened at ‘Group for a Better Government’ meetings

Inweekly received today emails on the meetings of  the “roughly 20-member group” that is pushing for a county charter study – going by the name,”Group…

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Monday closures

Escambia County Offices Closed and ECAT Service Canceled Monday, Aug. 30 Escambia County offices will be closed Monday, Aug. 30 due to the remnant weather…

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Real News podcast: Tropical Storm Fred

Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore talks about the county’s preparations for Tropical Storm Fred. Currently the storm is expected to make landfall Monday…

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Gillette named SCI president

Press Release: Rachael Gillette, former Chief Leadership Development Officer at Studer Community Institute (SCI) and 2021 Pinnacle Award winner, has been promoted to SCI’s first…

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County also brings back COVID dashboard

Escambia County has relaunched the COVID-19 dashboard at myescambia.com/covid19dashboard displaying the local hospitalizations data. The dashboard will be updated during the week by local area hospitals. The…

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