After an expected 6-3 vote on the first ordinance, everyone knew how the rest of the evening would go. The Pensacola City Council would hold steady on the first reading of a…
ECAT launches student wheels pass,
Press Release: Students can ride for $25 from Memorial Day till Labor Day. Representatives from Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) are proud to announce the launch of the Student Summer Wheels pass….
Zac Brown has his own Landshark can
Landshark Lager is giving fans of Zac Brown Band a unique, all-access pass to the band this summer. The Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band will be featured on special, limited-edition 16 oz….
At-Large and Homeless
The Pensacola City Council will consider this evening whether to put the dropping of its two at-large seats before voters and continue discussing a trio of proposed ordinances that prohibit activities such…
$hovel Ready
The Escambia County RESTORE Act Advisory Committee heard from the Greater Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce this week and got a feel for the organization’s preferences for spending Clean Water Act fines…
Transition audit blasts Magaha
After she was sworn in as Escambia County Clerk of Court, Pam Childers engaged Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC to perform an independent evaluation of compensation practices and other internal control matters…
The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Announces New Leadership
Press Release: The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of Lieutenant General Duane D. Thiessen, USMC (Ret) as the new President and CEO of the Foundation beginning June…
Hertz to relocate to Lee County
Press Release: Yesterday, the Hertz Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark P. Frissora, Governor Rick Scott and Secretary of Commerce Gray Swoope were joined by a host of community leaders to…
Beck’s CMP Negotiation Tomorrow
Parcel one will be on the table tomorrow morning during a Community Maritime Park Associates negotiation meeting. The meeting will consist of representatives from the city and the CMPA sitting down with…
Sexual assaults in military are up, alarmingly
A survey released by the Pentagon yesterday estimates that sexual assaults in the military have increased over 36 percent since 2010–jumping from 19,000 people in the armed forces assaulted in 2010 to…
Backing Out of Backing In
The Downtown Improvement Board decided this morning to back out of downtown’s back-in parking space system. “It was pretty much the result of a fairly broad-based community discussion,” explained Ron Butlin, the…
Hayward announces he is running for a second term
Mayor Ashton Hayward used his press conference on Southwest Airlines to announce that he is running for a second term. According to the daily, Hayward said deals like Southwest adding Houston and…
Viewpoint: More Practical Approach to Medicaid
By Grover Robinson, Escambia Co. Commissioner Another Florida Legislative Session has just ended and for 19-million Floridians there are a host of new issues and opportunities that have been created. For local…
Council’s CMPA Divide
By Jeremy Morrison… Pensacola City Attorney Jim Messer seemed unclear on exactly what City Councilman Brian Spencer was wanting of him during last night’s Committee of the Whole meeting. “They’re are certain…
Catholic Crusaders baseball playoff game broadcast today
The Catholic Crusaders baseball playoff game Tuesday evening will be broadcast on the Catholic Crusaders Sports Network. The Regional Semifinal at Madison County High School is a 6pm game Pensacola time, and…
Ordinances Finding a Home
As the Pensacola City Council considered blessing a collection of ordinances that are “not directed toward any particular group,†a young woman relayed to them her experience years ago of being homeless….
New study says minor league stadiums have positive impact on local economies
Don’t tell C.C. Elebash, but there is new evidence that baseball stadiums help local economies. In the June 2013 issue of the Journal of Sports Economics, Nola Agha, Assistant Professor of the…
Another sexual assault by Air Force officer
Stars and Stripes reports that the chief of the Air Force’s sexual assault prevention and response branch–Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski– was arrested by Arlington, Va. police this weekend and charged with sexual…
1600 votes cast already in Escambia County for House District 2
Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David Stafford has told the IN that 1,600 votes have been cast the GOP primary for House District 2 in Escambia County as 3 p.m. Only 271…
Pensacola Airport to gain Nashville route
The Tennessean, Nashville’s daily newspaper, has announced that Nashville International Airport will begin offering in November two daily nonstop Southwest flights to Pensacola. Read more.