More than a year ago, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves announced his team had started exploring options to reimagine South Palafox Street. Florida Power & Light had completed its work on the city’s…
Top Reads: June 2025
Readers were enraged by Commissioner Ashlee Hofberger’s attempt to push through an expensive decorative arch at the entrance of Pensacola Beach without any public input. Four of the top 10 posts dealt…
Mayor Reeves tells NY Times what’s it like running Pensacola
What’s It Like to Run a U.S. City Now? The New York Times asked 16 mayors, including Pensacola’s D.C. Reeves about President Trump, immigration and their lives outside City Hall. He told…
Perdido area gets new restaurant w/familiar owners
Pensacola’s dining scene is about to get a major boost with the upcoming opening of Bushwacker’s Landing, a brand-new seaside attraction near the Theo Baars Bridge on the mainland side. Located at…
David Bear named to IHMC Board
David Bear has joined the Board of Directors of the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, adding to his impressive business and civic resume. “David has a wealth of experience in…
Estuary Program Opens $250,000 Grant Opportunity
The Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program (PPBEP) announced today the launch of its 2025-2026 Community Grant Program, offering $250,000 in funding for environmental restoration and education projects across Northwest Florida. The…
Daily Outtakes: 10 New Florida Laws
By Jim Turner and Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida With Gov. Ron DeSantis signing a state budget and a flurry of other bills, the dust has settled on the 2025…
Congratulations to new Bullock Associates CEO
Leslie Perino has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of EW Bullock Associates, officially succeeding Ellis Bullock III, who founded the agency in 1982 and has served as its leader for…
Escambia Public Schools Show Academic Gains
Escambia County School District is celebrating significant academic improvements while rolling out ambitious new programs for the upcoming school year. In a recent interview, Superintendent Keith Leonard shared exciting updates about student…
Returning Aviation Officer Candidate School to NAS Pensacola
The U.S. Naval Institute is amplifying a compelling argument from Ensign Davis J. Threlkeld to reestablish Aviation Officer Candidate School (AOCS) at Naval Air Station Pensacola, marking a potential return to the…
Inweekly celebrates 26 years of stubborn independence
Today marks our newspaper’s 26th anniversary—a milestone I wasn’t sure we’d ever reach. From Delusional Dream to Community Voice When Collier Merrill, Ray Russenberger, Chuck Emiling and I launched what was then…
Daily Outtakes: Food As Medicine Expands
What started as a small experiment with 10 food boxes in Pensacola has evolved into a nationally recognized Food as Medicine program, illustrating how grassroots initiatives can drive systemic healthcare change. Attorney…
UWF students partner with Navy on RoboBoat
University of West Florida students are making waves in marine robotics education. Four electrical and computer engineering students recently partnered with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division to develop an…
National Drug Task Force Nabs Four Pensacolians
Pensacola drug dealers moving vast amounts of illegal drugs have made the news again. Federal authorities have charged four Pensacola residents in connection with an alleged prescription drug diversion scheme that illegally…
2025 Symphony Sparks & Stars
When attorney Peter Mougey signed a $100,000 contract nine years ago to bring the Pensacola Symphony back to town for the 4th of July, he didn’t know how he would raise the…
Stroberger Must Explain Perdido Switch
Escambia County’s two new commissioners have an affinity for operating outside the sunshine. District 4 Commissioner Ashlee Hofberger ordered county staff to drop a new changing room building on Pensacola Beach that…
DeSantis Vetoes Four Bills
On Friday, June 27, Gov. Ron DeSantis exercised his executive authority by vetoing four bills that had previously passed through the Florida Legislature. His reasons for the vetoes were concerns about government…
Daily Outtakes: Inside Dozier Boys Settlement
After decades of silence and suffering, 926 survivors of Florida’s notorious reform schools are finally receiving acknowledgment and compensation from the state. Last week, men who endured horrific abuse as children at…
Pensacola history: The Fight for Recycling
In July, the City of Pensacola will restart its curbside recycling under a new fee structure, which offers a discount to those who don’t recycle. Seventeen years ago, Pensacola and Escambia County…
Top Reads: Week ended June 28. 2025
This week of June is usually slow; few big stories happened from last June until after the Pensacola Beach Blue Angels Show. The Escambia County Commission and Pensacola City Council take a…