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County Commission honors Gary Sansing

Last night, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners adopted and authorized its chairman to sign a resolution naming the Board’s Public Forum as the “Gary…

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Buzz: FDOT to install 70 lights on Cervantes by Sept.

A source in FDOT shared this morning the the agency will install 70 lights on Cervantes Street by September. State Rep. Clay Ingram confirmed that…

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Posted in Pensacola Politics

City outside legal fees top $600k for second consecutive year

The outside legal fees for the first six months of FY 2018 once again topped $600,000. They were down from the same period last year,…

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County Commission wants action on West Cervantes

On Wednesday night Commission Lumon May stood on West Cervantes and watch police and paramedics deal with a one-year-old that had been hit and killed…

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The $737K default letter

The mayor is asking the Pensacola City Council to approve the sale of the Pitts Slip Marina and a ground lease for city-owned land on…

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Andrade holds Summer Campaign Kick-Off, June 19

Alex Andrade, who is running for Florida House District 2 as a Republican, is holding a Summer Campaign Kick-Off event 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 19…

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Pensacola International Airport financials

The passenger traffic at Pensacola International Airport increased by 14.21 percent when compared to the second quarter of FY 2017. Overall Airport operating revenues exceeded…

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Hit-and-run driver kills infant and adult on Cervantes

Two more people have been killed trying to cross West Cervantes Street near M Street. The child, age 1, the mother and a friend of…

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Bayview Center contract increased two months before council vote

In January 2017, the Pensacola City Council approved a contract for $720,328 for Caldwell Associates Architects (CAA) to design a $5.5 million community center for…

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Mayor wants to settle Pitts Slip legal fees with land swap

On the council’s agenda for next week is a proposal by Mayor Ashton Hayward to settle the legal fees the city owes Seville Harbor in…

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Various Codes of ethics for the City of Pensacola

The 2010 City Charter mandated the establishment of a code of ethics. Mayor Ashton Hayward and his staff drafted a code that was approved by…

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Port of Pensacola still in dire financial position

The Port of Pensacola’s revenues dropped 17 percent during the first six months of the current fiscal, according to the unaudited quarterly financial statements that…

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