City Hall changes job description of Pensacola Fire Chief before investigation completed
Inweekly has discovered the job description for the Pensacola Fire Chief was changed on March 14, six weeks before Beggs & Lane attorney Russell Van…
Podcast: Robinson on ‘Leave No Trace Behind’
Commissioner Grover Robinson says the “Leave Trace Behind†ordinance that the Escambia Board of County Commissioners passed last year was created as a turtle protection…
Pensacola Speaks: David Jolly, Steve Specht
My first guest will be Congressman David Jolly, who will discuss how the VA has wrongly declared over 4,200 veterans dead since 2012. In the…
Pensacola Little Theatre announces 2016-2017 season
Pensacola Little Theatre has announced its 80th season and will feature 11 performances that cover a range of stories, from cult classics and Broadway blockbusters,…
NFL players to play Gulf Coast Celebrity Classic and raise awareness and funds for ALS, May 28
The first annual Gulf Coast Celebrity Golf Classic, hosted by Gulf Coast Aerospace Partners, will be held on Saturday, May 28 with a shotgun start…
VA has wrongly declared more than 4,200 veterans dead between 2011-15
The Department of Veterans Affairs has acknowledged to U.S. Rep. David Jolly (FL-13) that it wrongly declared more than 4,200 people dead between 2011 and…
ECAT offers free Beach Trolley for the Summer
Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) representatives announced the system’s Beach Trolley service will launch on Friday, May 27. Beach trolley service is free and runs…
Bare says May 26 Special Meeting is still on
Pensacola City Council President Charles Bare says the May 26 Special Council Meeting will take place as planned, despite pressure from Mayor Ashton Hayward and…
Fans pick logo for Bubba Watson’s candy store
After a three-week voting period, the logo for Bubba’s Sweet Spot has been picked by the Pensacola community. The community was able to cast votes…
UWF student body president elected chair of the Florida Student Association
The Florida Student Association, a board made up of the 12 Student Body Presidents from Florida’s state universities, met on Saturday, May 21, 2016 to…
Podcast: Hiring Our Heroes job expo set for Thursday, May 26
I interviewed yesterday Jack Norton with the U.S. Chamber Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes, which is hosting a job fair on Thursday, May 26 at Pensacola…
Pensacola sailor to be inducted into Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s In Memory Program
More than 300 Vietnam veterans, including Robert John Castor of Pensacola, will be inducted into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s (VVMF) In Memory Program in 2016. The…
City of Pensacola CFO warns Council about special meeting on fire chiefs
Dick Barker, Chief Financial Officer for the City of Pensacola, yesterday sent a memo to City Administrator Eric Olson warning that any public discussion of…
UWF physics students honored
The University of West Florida Department of Physics celebrated two major accomplishments at the end of the 2015-16 academic year. Seven UWF students traveled to…
City of Pensacola drops ball on job evaluations
The city of Pensacola has not done a written job performance evaluation of its administrative staff in four years, according to records obtained by Inweekly….
Pensacola Speaks: Criminal Justice Reform, Hiring Our Heroes
On News Talk 1370 WCOA, first guest today will be Joe Follick, Director of Communications and External Relations for Florida TaxWatch. We will discuss his…
ARB tabled 72 items from 2012 through 2015
A review of the minutes of the City of Pensacola’s Architectural Review Board revealed the board tabled 72 agenda items from January 2012 through December…
Pensacola Civic Band offers free Memorial Day concert
The Pensacola Civic Band presents a free Memorial Day Concert at 5 p.m. Monday, May 30, at the Hunter Amphitheater at the Vince J. Whibbs…
‘Leave No Trace Behind’ Special Event Permit issued for Memorial Day Weekend
According to an Escambia County press release sent on Saturday, the Santa Rosa Island Authority will issue a special event permit to Johnny Chisholm for…
Candidates qualify for Escambia County races by petitions
Escambia Supervisor of Elections David Stafford posted on Friday the list of candidates that have qualified for their respective races by meeting the petition requirements:…
