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FEMA Sends Florida $94 Million for Hurricane Repairs and Storm Hardening as Panhandle Awaits Isaias Decision
National News

FEMA Approves Individual Assistance for Eight Panhandle Counties Hit by Hurricane Isaias, Adding to Public Aid for 15

5 min
Appeals Court Rules Escambia School Board Members Can Be Deposed Over Library Book Removals
EducationPanhandle

Appeals Court Rules Escambia School Board Members Can Be Deposed Over Library Book Removals

6 min
Part-Time Pensacola Police Officer Arrested in Uniform After Alleged Hydrocodone Buy
Crime & CourtsPanhandle

Part-Time Pensacola Police Officer Arrested in Uniform After Alleged Hydrocodone Buy

5 min73
Panhandle Schools Ordered to Reopen Wednesday After Isaias as UWF Stays Closed and Postpones Diaz Inauguration
EducationPanhandle

Santa Rosa Board Keeps Schools Closed Until Oct. 19, Reversing Isaias Reopening Order as Escambia, Okaloosa and UWF Set Returns

7 min
FPL Stages 12,000 Workers as Isaias Threatens Long Power Outages in the Panhandle
Hurricane & WeatherPanhandle

Isaias Death Toll Rises to Six as Florida Hits 95% Power Restored and Escambia Tallies $64 Million in Public Costs

6 min74
Okaloosa Orders Zones A and B Out as Panhandle Counties, Schools Shut Down for Hurricane Isaias
Hurricane & WeatherPanhandle

Panhandle Evacuations Widen From Perdido Key to St. George Island as Major Hurricane Isaias Nears

8 min
Hurricane Isaias Scrambles Florida Sports: FSU Cancels Pensacola Games, FAMU Moves to Friday
SportsPanhandle

Hurricane Isaias Scrambles Florida Sports: FSU Cancels Pensacola Games, FAMU Moves to Friday

6 min
Hurricane Hunters from Lakeland and Keesler fly Isaias as Coast Guard and park service brace the Panhandle
National NewsPanhandle

Panhandle bases fly out F-35s, AC-130s and test jets as Isaias nears; Navy, Coast Guard set final storm conditions

7 min
DeSantis Declares State of Emergency for 25 North Florida Counties as Isaias Takes Aim at the Gulf Coast
Hurricane & WeatherPanhandle

Florida Activates 5,000 Guard Troops, Stages Supplies in Tallahassee and Santa Rosa as Hurricane Isaias Nears

7 min
Hurricane Center Gives Southwestern Gulf a 30% Chance of Development as Florida Watches Next Week
Hurricane & Weather

Day Three After Isaias: Escambia and Santa Rosa Still Waiting on Power as FPL Pushes Final Restorations to Tuesday

5 min

More Escambia County news

  1. Escambia Deputies Say Discarded Camera Undercut a Self-Defense Account

  2. Escambia County Deputies Charge Pensacola Man in Fatal Shooting of His Roommate

  3. Florida Awards $9 Million to Pensacola for Navy Shipbuilding Expansion

  4. FDLE Charges Pensacola Sex Offender With 20 Felonies in Snapchat Case

  5. FDLE Charges Pensacola Man in Child Exploitation Case Tied to Sex Offender Registry

  6. FDLE Reports String of July Arrests in Child Exploitation and Fraud Cases

  7. FDLE Cybercrime Agents Make Arrests in Pensacola and Mount Dora Cases

  8. FDLE Arrests Pensacola Felon on Child Exploitation and Drug Charges After Months-Long Probe

  9. Escambia County Sheriff Arrests Ke'Shawn Warren in Deadly Pensacola Hotel Del Sol Shooting

  10. FDLE Arrests Pensacola Felon on Child Sexual Abuse Material and Drug Charges

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