We reported yesterday that the overall graduation rate for Escambia County has improved from the 2009-10 school year to 2013-14 school year. However, further analysis shows that the improvement was uneven and…
County 2015 Review: Stormwater repairs
When Inweekly sat down with Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown in December 2014, he discussed the challenges of making stormwater repairs and improvements after April 2014 floods. The county’s approach was different…
Escambia graduation rates lag, especially for black students
The Escambia County graduation rates have improved but still lag behind national, state and peer counties. Year    National  State 2009-10  78      69 2010-11  …
County 2015 Review: Correcting Corrections and the Deficit of Trust
Inweekly sat down with County Administrator Jack Brown last December to discuss his work plan for 2015 High on his list was corrections. The Board of County Commissioners took control of the…
UWF hosts 18th annual symposium for U.S. and Japan social welfare and caregiving
Press release: The University of West Florida recently hosted the 18th annual U.S.–Japan Social Welfare and Caregiving Symposium, where UWF faculty, staff, students and members of the general public gathered to hear…
BDI engineer appointed to State Emergency Response Commission
Governor Rick Scott announced yesterday that he has appointed Richard Delp of Gulf Breeze to the State Emergency Response Commission. Delp is an environmental engineer and project manager with Baskerville Donovan Inc….
Bondi punts on EDATES and Enterprise zones
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has decided to not issue an opinion on Florida’s Enterprise Zones and EDATES. Instead, she has recommended that Escambia County and the City of Pensacola seek a…
Stafford endorses military voting initiatives
Supervisor of Elections David H. Stafford, Vice Chairman of the Council on State Governments’ Overseas Voting Initiative (CSG OVI) Policy Working Group, participated last week in the official release of their policy…
State Capital Buzz
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Much of state government might be done for the year, but the judiciary spent the week still getting through the last bits of its…
Fourth Annual Fill the PSC Ambulance nets 4,000 lbs. of food for Manna
Pensacola State College’s fourth annual Fill the Ambulance food drive sponsored by EMT and paramedic students netted more than 4,000 pounds of donations for Manna Food Pantries recently. This was the largest…
Weekly political notes from The News Service of Florida
BACKROOM BRIEFING: SOLAR FIGHT FLARES OVER INSTITUTE REPORT By JIM TURNER AND BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A conservative free-market think tank contends one of two proposed solar-energy ballot initiatives…
Pensacola Big Game Fishing Club contributes to Capstone
On Thursday, several board members of the Pensacola Big Game Fishing Club presented a check in the amount of $4,300 to Capstone Adaptive Learning & Therapy Centers, Inc. of Pensacola to support…
Nodine in trouble again
Former Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine was arrested last week for probation violations. He is on probation after being sentenced on charges of perjury and harassment. His probation officer reported to law…
McMahon & Hadder moving to One Palafox Place
Press release: A well-known, independent insurance company will soon be moving to the Moulton Building at One Palafox Place, located at 3 W. Garden St. in historic downtown Pensacola. McMahon & Hadder…
Local uncovered Luna artifacts that led to major discovery
Pensacola native Tom Garner, who had attended UWF and studied with archaeology, has found artifacts that are from the Spanish settlement led by explorer Tristán de Luna y Arellano from 1559 to…
House of Cards Season 4: Frank is only getting started
This ran during the Tuesday night GOP debate:
Nice note from Gulf Coast Diplomacy Council
Last month, a delegation from Croatia visited Pensacola to discuss combating corruption and conflict of interest. The group consisted of attorneys prosecuting corruption in their country. One of their current cases involved a…
Food trucks to park at Pensacola City Hall
Mayor Ashton Hayward announced today on Facebook that food trucks will be allowed at City Hall every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, beginning Jan. 7, 2016. The Facebook page instructs food truck owners…
Lean In Pensacola networking event Jan. 26
Upon the release of Sheryl Sandberg’s popular and at times, controversial book, Lean In – Women, Work and the Will to Lead, a grass roots network of small support circles of women…
Sansing Foundation presents $14K donation to CHSF
Children’s Home Society of Florida received a $14,400 donation on behalf of the Sansing Foundation. Funds will benefit the organization’s Transitional Living Program, an initiative helping young adults who’ve become homeless, are…