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The continuing back-and-forth between the Pensacola City Council and Mayor Ashton Hayward has found its newest venue: the audit selection committee. “I almost wish I…

Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee will meet this Thursday at Pensacola City Hall. The group—formed to offer recommendations to the mayor in regards…

Tonight’s public meeting concerning the opening of Government Street has been cancelled. City officials are apparently still studying the issue. Travis Peterson, spokesman for Pensacola…

Once it had become apparent that the Pen Air deal was hitting a true snag, Mayor Ashton Hayward made his way into the meeting room….

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward’s newly seated Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee is asking another question. It’s the group’s third ‘Question of the Week.’ Urban Redevelopment Advisory…

Empty seats at yesterday’s Pensacola City Council Committee of the Whole meeting were few and far between. Most of them were filled with someone there…

In an effort to create a more walkable downtown, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward is looking to reconnect Government Street to Ninth Avenue near Bayfront Parkway….

During last week’s Pensacola City Council meeting, City Administrator Bill Reynolds solicited public involvement regarding “a situation where the Mayor needs your help.” Apparently, Mayor…

Pensacola’s mayor has assembled an Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee in an effort to focus of the development of the city’s downtown. Beginning this month, the…

Escambia County officials have no interest in seeing a recycling center on a collection of remediated Superfund sites. They also don’t want to see any…

The Global 1200 is the latest gargantuan fixture up at Pensacola’s port. It’s a whopper of a vessel, with steel braids of cranes and infrastructure…

Although the Pensacola City Council approved the borrowing of $5 million for improvements and purchases for its natural gas infrastructure, it was not without some…

It turns out that adopting a new city charter isn’t as easy as a vote. The logistics take some time to figure out. Pensacola City…

Occupy Pensacola’s sit-down with city officials was a breezy affair. A chilly exchange lasting but a few moments. “What just happened here?” said Nicholas Alford,…

As cities across the country crack down on the Occupy Wall Street movement, local officials will meet today with Occupiers encamped on the lawn at…

Who knows what’s going to happen with the tents at City Hall? But it’s making for interesting city council meetings. “First of all, what happens…

The Occupy in Pensacola is going a bit smoother than its sister-campout in Mobile. While about 20 protesters were arrested overnight in Mobile, local leaders…