16

Jul

2025

Escambia County Actively Monitoring Invest #93L

Escambia County is actively monitoring Invest #93L, which is currently moving westward across the Florida Panhandle and expected to bring significant rain to the area.

14

Jul

2025

Mott MacDonald To Prepare Concept on Casino Beach Traffic Improvement and Parking Garage Design

Escambia Commissioner Ashlee Hofberger, whose District Four includes Pensacola Beach, released the following about the contract award to advance the Pensacola Beach Traffic Congestion Management Plan. Read more for her update. 

3

Jul

2025

Turk Rides And Reports on Turtle Patrol

By Kate Turk

 

On the morning of July 1, I had the pleasure of riding along with Melanie Waite for a Turtle Patrol to check on and mark off sea turtle nests along Pensacola Beach. 

The turtle team patrols every morning, rain or shine, even amid thunderstorm and tornado warnings, from May 1 through September. 

We met at 5 a.m. at Public Works and quickly loaded into an ATV — we had to be rolling out onto the sand before first light to beat any beachgoers who might disturb tracks and nests made overnight. 

Waite, who has been patrolling Pensacola Beach since 1993, kicked the tires, flipped through a yellow notebook detailing any nest sightings since her last patrol, and loaded the back with stakes to block off nests in case we found any. 

She told me that Tuesday seemed to be the nesting day this summer, so we might be in luck! Then the ATV jarringly rumbled to life and we set off – the first and only vehicle on the beach road in the dark early morning. 

As we turned onto the sand and began our patrol, we seemed to be the only sign of life on the beach... read more for the entire story

25

Jun

2025

SRIA Board Votes To Pay For Fire Services

The Santa Rosa Island Authority will pay Escambia County for fire services on Pensacola Beach. The SRIA Board voted 4-2 at their June 23 meeting to increase lease fee collections to fund fire services. The action, which will be memorialized in an interlocal agreement between Escambia County and the SRIA, will do away with the MSBU for fire services and bind the SRIA to pay all operating costs for Pensacola Beach’s full time fire protection services.

Read more for June 23 SRIA meeting coverage. 

30

May

2025

Storm Season Begins June 1. Are you One Week Ready?

Escambia County is urging residents to remain prepared before, during and after a storm during hurricane season by stocking up on seven days' worth of supplies, otherwise known as being "One Week Ready." Hurricane season begins Saturday, June 1, and continues until Saturday, Nov 30. Lots of tips and information...click "read more." 

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