Pensacola News Journal
- 'It's cruel': UWF international students may be sent packing under feds new COVID policy
Monday - 07/13/2020 - 06:00 AMHomeland Security says international students must leave the U.S. if their courses are fully online. UWF now scrambling to keep 350 students on campus
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How will Santa Rosa County spend $32 million in CARES funding before Dec. 31?
Monday - 07/13/2020 - 07:00 AMSanta Rosa County has $32 million in CARES funding it needs to spend before Dec. 31, 2020.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Two people die in single-vehicle crash at intersection of Copter Road and Hammon Avenue
Sunday - 07/12/2020 - 10:08 AMTwo people were pronounced dead after a 2013 Chevrolet Camaro crashed into Roofer's Mart Southeast early Sunday morning and caught fire.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Escambia County records 177 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, Santa Rosa County reports 57
Saturday - 07/11/2020 - 04:56 PMEscambia County on Saturday reported an additional 177 COVID-19 cases to grow its total to 3,362, while Santa Rosa County added 57 new cases to reach a total of 1,142, according to the Florida Department of Health.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photos: UWF international students may be forced to leave U.S. due to COVID-19 guidelines
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 09:20 PMAccording to new federal COVID-19 enrollment guidelines, Zoraida Barrios Lopez and hundreds of other international students may be forced to leave the country.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Escambia County will close drop-off recycling spots Monday because of COVID-19 impacts
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 04:35 PM"With the loss of labor crews from Escambia County Corrections, the county will not have manpower to manage illegal dumping at the sites," the county said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Escambia County EMTs crack the case of missing 14-year-old runaway
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 05:10 PMTwo Escambia County EMTs responded to a person in distress call, and recognized the patient as a girl who had been reported to the ECSO as missing.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Group fundraising for monument after Gen. Daniel 'Chappie' James Jr. Bridge gets official OK
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 07:00 AM"We have an opportunity here, right here in the first settlement in America to raise a monument to man most worthy of it," Cris Dosev said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Escambia County educators supportive of school district's reopening plan
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 07:00 AMThe local PTA and teacher's union leaders say the Escambia County School District is doing its best to keep students safe this fall.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Santa Rosa zoning board denies developer's request for 590-home subdivision in East Milton
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 09:40 AMThe Santa Rosa County zoning board denied a developer's request to put a 590-home subdivision in Milton, citing concerns about putting a medium-density development in an otherwise quiet area of U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- As COVID-19 surges, Pensacola attorneys seek to hit pause on in-person proceedings
Monday - 07/13/2020 - 07:00 AMAn association of Pensacola-area defense attorneys is asking local courts to revert back to remote proceedings amid a resurgence of COVID-19 cases
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UFO's mini-golf course on Pensacola Beach is nod to Gulf Breeze history of sightings
Monday - 07/13/2020 - 07:00 AMPensacola Beach's new mini-golf course was designed to be an out-of-this-world experience as a nod to Gulf Breeze's history with a string of alleged UFO sightings.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pensacola was ready for possible attack during Mexican War | John Appleyard
Sunday - 07/12/2020 - 08:00 AMIn Pensacola, there was concern Mexican forces might respond with an invasion of the South, perhaps moving through the ports at Mobile and Pensacola.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Traffic alert: What drivers can expect in Escambia, Santa Rosa counties in the next week
Saturday - 07/11/2020 - 08:00 AMWhat drivers in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties can expect for the week ahead beginning Friday, July 10.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Escambia supplements EMS with private ambulances as a precaution as COVID-19 cases rise
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 04:00 PM"We want to lean very, very far forward, and make sure that we don't get into a situation where someone calls 911, and we're not available to respond," Public Safety Director Jason Rogers said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - COVID-19: People using mask become more widespread in public spaces
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 04:57 PMCity officials to ask county adopt mask use to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Here's how to share your thoughts on the Confederate monument with the Pensacola City Council
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 05:17 PMHere's how to comment at Tuesday's City Council meeting on the Confederate monument.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New selection panel reviewing six proposed projects under West Main Master Plan
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 07:00 AM"After almost two years working on this project, and over a decade of challenges before that, we are looking forward to the next steps in bringing this plan to life," Andrew Rothfeder said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - School board withdraws request for new school on U.S. 98, citing 'infeasible conditions'
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 09:17 AMIn a surprising move, the Santa Rosa County School Board took its conditional use zoning request off of Thursday night's zoning agenda at the last minute, citing issues the board came across concerning the property that make it a poor choice on which to build a school.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Citizens committee picks "top 10" candidates to be new Escambia superintendent
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 10:51 AMEscambia County superintendent search committee narrowed a pool of 27 applicants down to 10 frontrunners on Thursday
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- Old East Hill neighbors hope to catalog, preserve historic stamps on Pensacola sidewalks
Monday - 07/13/2020 - 07:00 AMSome of the stamps show street names that no longer exist or the concrete companies that built the sidewalks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Escambia County shatters record with 484 cases on Sunday, Santa Rosa records 189
Sunday - 07/12/2020 - 06:38 PMEscambia County shattered its previous single day COVID-19 record, recording 484 new cases on Sunday for a cumulative total of 4,146 since the pandemic began.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - PHOTOS: Old East Hill residents preserve sidewalk stampings
Sunday - 07/12/2020 - 10:14 AMResidents of old East Hill applied water base paint to sidewalk stampings. The residence are having the city preserve the stampings when the city updates the sidewalks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Naval Aviation Museum Foundation announces CEO retiring, names Kyle Cozad as next leader
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 06:22 PMLt. Gen. Duane Thiessen is retiring from the position after seven years.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Escambia and Santa Rosa counties report 205 new COVID-19 cases Friday, one death
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 12:50 PMEscambia County on Friday reported an additional 153 COVID-19 to grow its total to 3,485, while Santa Rosa County added 52 new cases to reach a total of 1,085, according to the Florida Department of Health.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pensacola City Council may call for Escambia County to adopt mask ordinance
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 04:58 PMThe Pensacola City Council may ask Escambia County to follow the city's lead to adopt an emergency mask ordinance next week.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pensacola closes community centers in response to COVID-19 case spike
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 05:16 PMOutdoor city parks remain open to the public and outdoor adventure camps will continue.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - SRIA proposes food truck pilot program for Park East and Park West on Pensacola Beach
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 07:00 AMThe pilot program at Pensacola Beach West and Park East would allow up to 10 food trucks on four weekends this fall.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Zoning Board clears way for 96 town home development at Forest Bay Estates in Gulf Breeze
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 09:12 AMThe Santa Rosa County zoning board approved a town home rezoning request from Forest Bay Estates with little fanfare on Thursday night, paving the way for the southern peninsula development to add nearly 100 town homes do its existing proposed neighborhood.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Escambia County suspends inmate road crews after inmate tested positive for COVID-19
Thursday - 07/09/2020 - 11:24 PM"The action to suspend operations of the road crews is taken to protect the inmates, the correctional officers, other county employees that supervise inmate details, as well as the citizens that are in and around some of the operations where we provide services," Rich Powell said.
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