Presser Notes: Benches, Poll Volunteers and the Golden Spike by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pointing to downward trending stats on the coronavirus front, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday that things are heading…
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Presser Notes: City Hall and Church
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Although Escambia County officials have declined to mandate the wearing of masks in public spaces — as the Pensacola City Council requested last month — Mayor Grover Robinson…
Countdown for the Count
2020 Census Wrapping Up by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Every ten years, the United States government takes an official count of the country’s population. Currently, census workers are trying to wrap up the…
Escambia’s pregnant inmates face increased COVID risks
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The prospects of COVID can be frightening. All the more so if you’re pregnant. And perhaps even more so if you’re pregnant and in jail, where a basic…
Local healthcare leaders discuss ‘marathon’ COVID fight
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As the coronavirus season has stretched on and the pandemic has only intensified in states such as Florida, local health care facilities find themselves needing to rise to…
Bender shrugs off city mask resolution
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Escambia County Commission Vice Chairman Robert Bender isn’t itching to institute a mask mandate. “I would say the county supports wearing masks in public when you can,†Bender…
Fending off offshore drilling in Florida
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Florida recently got a couple of steps closer to protecting its shores from the potential environmental and economic risks of offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico….
Board approves opening delay, mask rules
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The Escambia County School District is delaying the start of school for two weeks due to the coronavirus, with the semester now beginning August 24. In addition to…
Escambia School District leans into masks
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly While it doesn’t look to be instituting a hard mandate regarding the use of face masks, the Escambia County School District may be heading towards a sort of…
Presser notes: Monuments and masks
By Jeremy Morrison Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson now finds himself needing to caveat a recent decision by the Pensacola City Council to remove a Confederate monument from downtown. “There’s still a lot…
Dr. Lanza on schools re-opening
“I decided, let me just ask my 9-year-old granddaughter what she prefers…She said she would much rather be at school with teachers and friends.†by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Eyeing an August return…
School board wades into reopening schools
“You’re kind of flying by the seat of you pants.†by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With the start of the school year just weeks away, local education officials are keeping an eye on…