The next neighborhood battle for Mayor Hayward

The residents in the Bay Boulevard neighborhood are fighting to keep the city from vacating land on a bluff on Escambia Bay. The city’s planning…

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Scott vs. Hospitals renews on Thursday

A commission formed by Gov. Rick Scott to delve into health-care funding issues will meet Thursday in Miami and hear a presentation from Jackson Health…

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Florida political insiders favor Jolly and Murphy

The Tampa Bay Times polled 160 of the state’s political insiders to determine the strongest Democratic and Republican candidates for Florida’s U.S. Senate race In…

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Tweaking of Studer leases begins today

Six days after the Pensacola City Council passed a resolution for the mayor’s office to have an attorney “tweak” the Studer leases approved the CMPA…

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What is the most meaningful job?

PayScale.com, the world’s largest crowdsourced salary database, released today a study on how different kinds of employees feel about their jobs. The data is broken…

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Local memorial service for fallen in Chattanooga

Tonight, a memorial service honoring the five servicemen killed in Chattanooga event will be held tonight at 6 p.m. at the Veterans’ Memorial Park on…

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Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera on ‘Pensacola Speaks’ today

Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, will be my guest on “Pensacola Speaks” today at 5:05 p.m. Lopez-Cantera announced his campaign…

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Puppy poacher pleas

State Attorney Bill Eddins announced today that Angela Brooks entered a plea of no contest of Retail Theft (while acting in concert with others) on…

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Four finalists for Council Executive announced

A selection committee, comprised of Council President Andy Terhaar, City Administrator Eric Olson and consultant Al Coby, has narrowed down the 57 applications for council…

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Airport concessions: OHM ROI vs. Customer Service

Yesterday’s post about bottled water not being offered at the gift shops at the Pensacola International Airport caught the attention of another Inweekly reader. In…

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Audition for haunted tour guides…the tour is haunted, not the guides

The University of West Florida Historic Trust is seeking volunteer tour guides for its 25th Annual Haunted House Walking and Trolley Tours. Volunteers must be…

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Work begins on Navy Point bridge

The Florida Department of Transportation began construction activities on replacing the bridge located on County Road 292A (West Sunset Avenue) over Bayou Grande to the…

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Bridging the Gap returns

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office hosts “Bridging the Gap,” a Crime Prevention Conference July 27, 28 and 29, 2015. The three-evening conference, at the Brownsville…

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NC board approves schools after they cut ties with Newpoint

Last Friday, July 17, the North Carolina Charter Schools Advisory Board approved two new charter schools to open in 2016. The schools, Pine Springs Preparatory…

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Jolly announces for U.S. Senate

By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Joining three other Florida congressmen in seeking to move to the U.S. Senate, Pinellas County Republican David…

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Employment math: smaller work force, fewer employed, unemployment drops

On July 17, Governor Rick Scott announced that Florida’s unemployment rate fell to 5.5 percent—the lowest rate since March 2008. In June 2015, 12,200 private-sector…

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Sundown on Project Sunburst

Four years ago, Governor Rick Scott announced Project Sunburst, a website that would make his office more transparent. E-mails to and from the Governor would…

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Sunday food services at Pensacola International Airport has issues

Yesterday, I received this email from a reader about the Sunday food concessions at the Pensacola International Airport: I fly at least 25 times a…

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Baldwin on ESPN about Confederate flag

Two weeks ago, ESPN came to Pensacola to interview Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin, Jr. He was putting on a football camp at Legion…

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Podcast: Studer tired of endless meetings and delays

After the Pensacola City Council’s special meeting, Quint Studer called into “Pensacola Speaks.” He is hopeful that the leases can be finalized soon, but he…

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