The Florida Department of Health reported Escambia County had nine additional death due to COVID-19, which increased the county’s death toll to 254 since March. In 2019, the five top causes of…
Category: Health
Rapid tests only for those showing symptoms
Beginning Monday, Oct. 5, Community Health Northwest Florida and Ascension Sacred Heart will offer rapid COVID-19 testing to Escambia County residents – more than month after the Escambia County Commission approved using…
COVID cases among children worse than reported
According to the latest report of accumulative COVID-19 cases from the state, Escambia County only had 23 cases among its elementary, middle and high schools–both public and private in September. The ages…
Gulf Power wants to disconnect customers
A week after the utility restored power to its 285,000 customers in Northwest Florida, Gulf Power has  joined other Florida utilities to fight a proposal before the Florida Public Service Commission that would prevent…
Does Escambia need to spend money on rapid testing?
Maybe the Escambia County Commission needs to rethink using $1.25 million of CARES Act funding for rapid testing. At his daily press conference, Â Gov. Ron DeSantis today announced Florida will be receiving…
Approved CARES Act budget
This is what the Escambia County Commission passed last night for the first two rounds of CARES Act dollars the state has sent the county: Family Assistance: $9,580,331 Small Business Assistance: $7,580,331…
Pensacola’s mask order stays in place
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola will continue to require the wearing of masks in public businesses, following the Pensacola City Council’s full-throated, 7-0 unanimous shutdown of Mayor Grover Robinson’s…
FEMA funds iffy
On Sunday, Sept. 20, President Trump signed a Major Disaster Declaration for south Alabama. The following morning, residents of the Alabama counties of Escambia, Baldwin and Mobile counties began filing for FEMA…
10 COVID deaths reported over past two days
According to the Florida Department of Health, Escambia County had only 31 new local cases on Wednesday, Sept. 23, with a positivity rate of only 2.59%. However, the county has had 10…
Trying to understand confusion re: Major Disaster Declaration
At this afternoon EOC presser, Mayor Grover Robinson explained the delay in Escambia County getting a Major Disaster Declaration signed by President Trump. The mayor said he had just gotten off the…
More Boil Water notices lifted
Effective immediately, the Precautionary Boil Water Notice-PBWN- issued by the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority on 9-21-20, as a result of Hurricane Sally for the following area has been lifted. Results of all…
Recycling suspended in county and city
ECUA’s Recycling Facility sustained approximately $800K of damage, which is substantial and will require some time for recovery. The building contractor is already on site, has completed inspections, and is ready to…
Catching up on COVID data
Since Sept. 13,  Florida  has had 22,179 new COVID-19 cases and 774 additional deaths. With testing cut back since Sept. 14, Escambia has added only 178 news cases but has had…
Kings Road Subdivision boil water notice lifted
Effective immediately, the Precautionary Boil Water Notice-PBWN- issued by the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority on 9-21-20, as a result of Hurricane Sally for the following area has been lifted. Results of all…
Boil water notice partially lifted
ECUA’s sampling team undertook an aggressive sampling effort that began on Friday afternoon in order to help us clear the system-wide Precautionary Boil Water Notice (PBWN) as quickly as possible. Our teams…
Update from ECUA
The ECUA water system is now pressurized to the point that allows us to begin our sampling protocol, with approval from our partners at FDEP. We have several sampling teams that have…
Curfew may change on Saturday
Sheriff David Morgan is requesting Escambia County change its curfew to midnight to six a.m. starting Saturday evening. ECUA has started sampling protocols and hopes to begin lifting boil water notices on…
Presser Notes: Sally & Masks
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As Sally strengthened from a Tropical Storm into a Hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico Monday, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said that the city should expect potentially record…
COVID testing sites closing for Sally
Due to Tropical Storm Sally and expected deteriorating conditions, Community Health Northwest Florida (CHNWF) made the following decisions to protect staff and patients: Jordan Street Walk-in and Pediatric Convenient Care will close…
Escambia keeps weekly positivity rate below 6%
Last week, the positivity rate for Escambia County dropped slightly from 5.65% to 5.38%. Reported deaths also decreased from 15 to 6 – the lowest weekly total in two months. …
