Official: Counties get Individual Assistance

  As we reported earlier: Escambia County Receives FEMA Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance Escambia County has received a FEMA Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance….

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Breaking: FEMA individual assistance approved

Sources have texted Inweekly that White House and FEMA have approved Individual Assistance for Escambia County. We expect the county and FEMA to make the…

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Commissioners get an update on individual assistance

At today’s agenda review, Commissioner Doug Underhill asked his county administrator, “What is the public response to the fairly aggressive requests that we’ve had for…

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Buzz: FEMA bullied county staff to downplay damage

Inweekly has heard from two independent sources that when FEMA inspectors traveled with Escambia and Santa Rosa staff to assess the damage caused by Hurricane…

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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…

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County estimates over $126 million in damage

Press release: County and city officials estimate over $126 million in damage to private property (single-family homes, multi-family homes, mobile homes and businesses) located in…

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FEMA assistance coming or not

Sources have shared with Inweekly that the individual assistance program may not be activated for Escambia County because FEMA officials say the damage to our…

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Alabama residents have received $11 million from FEMA

FEMA reports Hurricane Sally survivors in Baldwin, Escambia and Mobile counties have been approved for more than $11 million in federal disaster assistance in just…

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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…

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Ferries in our future

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly While he said local officials are still awaiting word from the Florida Department of Transportation on whether the state will be…

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Buzz: Trump expected to announce Major Disaster Declaration today

Sources shared with Inweekly last night that the hold up on the Major Disaster Declaration was FEMA checking on the paperwork submitted to FEMA by…

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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…

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