Mosquito Spraying Tonight West Of Highway 29 From Muscogee Road To Highway 97
September 9, 2013
The Escambia County Mosquito Control Division intends to proceed with a “fogging mission” today in an area west of Highway 29 from Muscogee Road north to Crabtree Church Road, plus a small area bounded by Crabtree Church Road, Highway 97 and Sunshine Hill Road.
Mission hours vary but typically occur in the early evening hours from 6 to 10 p.m. For more information, call (850) 937-2188.
Spray areas are depicted on the maps below in green; click to enlarge.
Sunny And Hot Today
September 8, 2013
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 94. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the morning.
- Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 68. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Monday: Sunny, with a high near 94. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the morning.
- Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
- Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. South wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight.
- Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 91.
- Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69.
- Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91.
- Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 68.
- Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.
Sun For Sunday
September 7, 2013
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 93. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
- Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 93. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the morning.
- Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Light east wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
- Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91.
- Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 68.
- Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92.
- Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70.
- Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89.
Splash Party Today To Benefit Molino Park Elementary School
September 7, 2013
A “Splash Party” today at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Molino will benefit students at Molino Park Elementary School.
The event will be held from 3 until 6 p.m. Saturday at the church on Highway 29, just south of Highway 97. There will be water slides, water balloon games, fun on a new playground and a cookout. Everyone is invited to the free event, but attendees are invited to make a monetary donation for technology replacement at Molino Park Elementary School.
Today: Cantonment Cowboys Open At Home, NWE Eagles Hit The Road
September 7, 2013
The Cantonment Cowboys will have the home season opener today, while the Northwest Escambia Eagles will be on the road in Monroe County, AL.
Cantonment Cowboys
The Cantonment Cowboys will play their home season opener today against East Pensacola, with the schedule as follows:
10 a.m. — Mighty Mites
11:30 a.m. — Mini Mites
1:00 p.m. — Mites
2:30 p.m. — Midgets
4:00 p.m. — Juniors
Everyone is invited to come out and support their Cantonment Cowboys.
Northwest Escambia
Northwest Escambia’s Eagles will be on the road against Uriah, AL, as follows:
2:00 p.m. — Freshmen
3:30 p.m. — Sophomores
5:00 p.m. — Juniors
7:00 p.m. — Seniors
Pensacola Meeting: FWC Considers License Requirement For Hunting Public Lands
September 6, 2013
Update:
Hunters may be required to have licenses when tracking any game on public lands in Florida.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is considering a proposal to go before state lawmakers next year that would require hunters to have licenses for each species of wildlife they intend to pursue on public lands.
Fish and Wildlife Executive Director Nick Wiley said Thursday during a meeting in Pensacola that the proposal was initially considered for hunting hogs, the second most hunted species in Florida after white-tail deer, but expanded in part for general safety concerns of people using public lands.
Currently, a license is not required to hunt hogs and most wildlife on public lands.
A question remains how the proposal will be accepted politically, which is why Wiley said the details “still need to be fleshed out.”
“It doesn’t seem like you’d have a problem if it was tied to safety,” said Commissioner Ronald Bergeron. “People can be on public land hunting without a safety course, whether for hogs or pythons.”
Lane Stephens, executive director of the Allied Sportsmen’s Associations of Florida, said the proposal may be more acceptable for lawmakers and hunters than an effort a year ago when the discussion was to change the designation of hogs, which could have made it more difficult to hunt hogs.
“My organization, I think, we would fully support (the current proposal), you should have a hunting license if you’re out with the public,” Stephens said.
The Fish and Wildlife proposal would require the hunting licenses to be acquired on a species-by-species basis.
The fiscal impact is anticipated to be small. Fish and Wildlife officials believe most people who hunt now on public lands already have licenses to hunt other game or believe that licenses are already required.
Looking ahead to the 2014 legislative session, the commission may also ask lawmakers to allow those who violate certain boating laws — including boating under the influence, leaving the scene of an accident and reckless boating — to take the mandatory safety course online.
Another proposal from the commission would allow counties to use their portions of vessel registration fees for the removal of debris that inhibits navigation and for the construction of boat piers, docks and mooring buoys. Currently, the money is limited to the removal of derelict vessels and to provide uniform waterway markers, public boat ramps, and other public launching facilities.
On Thursday, the commission approved a new recreational hunting and fishing license exemption for active and disabled veterans and their immediate family members. \
Ernest Ward Phones Out, Other Systems Damaged After Lightning Storm
September 5, 2013
Ernest Ward Middle School’s phone system is still down today, following a lightning storm Tuesday afternoon that left damage in a portion of the Walnut Hill campus.
In addition to the phone system problems, the lightning storm left the administration building without air conditioning, new roof leaks and damage to several computer systems. Principal Nancy Perry said a couple of trees on the campus were also splintered during the electrical storm.
Mosquito Spraying Tonight East Of Hwy 29 From Quintette To Century
September 4, 2013
The Escambia County Mosquito Control Division intends to proceed with a “fogging mission” today in an area bounded by Highway 29 to the west, the Escambia River to the east, the Alabama state line to the north and Quintette Road to the south (essentially east of Highway 29 from Quintette Road to Century).
Mission hours vary but typically occur in the early evening hours from 6 to 10 p.m. For more information, call (850) 937-2188.
Spray areas are depicted on the maps below in green; click to enlarge.
Ernest Ward, Northview Buses Delayed; EWMS Loses Phone Service
September 3, 2013
Due to severe weather, afternoon buses from Ernest Ward Middle and Northview High School were a little late this afternoon. The buses pulled away from Ernest Ward about 4:15 p.m.
Additionally, officials at Ernest Ward Middle School said the school has lost all telephone service due to lightning. They are unable to make or receive phone calls.
Labor Day Showers
September 2, 2013
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the morning.
- Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
- Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Calm wind.
- Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91.
- Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69.
- Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91.
- Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69.
- Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.