By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis lifted state COVID-19 business restrictions Friday, including limits on the numbers of people who can dine in restaurants, while…
Category: Business
Breaking: DeSantis lifts all restaurant restrictions
Gov. Ron DeSantis is moving Florida into Phase 3 of his reopening plan. It’s not sure how far the restrictions will be lifted. He talked mostly about restaurants. This is what Phase…
More Allegiant routes
Allegiant has announced that, due to customer demand, it will extend seasonal routes in Spring, 2021. The routes, which are currently on sale, will be extended from February through April 2021. Included…
Luxury apartments coming to Beulah
Al.com reports Birmingham, Ala. builder Daniel Corp. has begun construction on a $60-million luxury apartment development in a the Beulah area. The project, located directly across from the Navy Federal Credit Union complex on…
Few details on Escambia County CARES portal
For months, Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley and her team have worked on how to set up CARES Act assistance grants for families and small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Â The…
Santa Rosa County starts CARES Act for small businesses
While Escambia County is set to release its CARES Act family assistance grants on Friday, Santa Rosa will be accepting applications for its small business grants. Escambia County businesses will have to…
Price Gouging Hotline activated
In the aftermath of the destruction and flooding left by Hurricane Sally, Attorney General Ashley Moody is warning those in impacted areas to guard against price gouging, contracting scams and fraud. Attorney…
90K Gulf Power customers without power, down from 120K yesterday
Gulf Power has restoration estimates now available on its outage map and are updated hourly. As of 5 a.m. Saturday, Escambia has 74,670 customers without power; Santa Rosa 15,530 – for total…
HBA warns about unlicensed contractors
At yesterday’s presser, I asked Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis about the differences between Hurricane Sally and Hurricane Michael. He used his answer to talk about the dangers of unlicensed contractors. The Home…
Waterfront Rescue Mission closes temporarily
Waterfront Rescue Mission’s main building on Herman Street in Pensacola took on significant water (again) during Hurricane Sally, and Waterfront must suspend operations temporarily for safety and health reasons. Current guests were…
What’s open
Check these websites to find out what’s open today: Store openings/closings Publix:           https://ww4.publix.com/pages/publix-storm-basics/publix-store-status Winn-Dixie:    https://www.winndixie.com/weather-update Home Depot:    https://corporate.homedepot.com/hurricane-sally-store-status Lowes:            https://corporate.lowes.com/newsroom/stories/hurricane-sally-store-hours-closings All Targets are open until 7 PM and…
Small businesses need to complete damage assessment survey
Florida SBDC Network Headquarters (Pensacola, Fla.) – The Florida SBDC Network, the state’s principal provider of business assistance, strongly encourages small businesses in the Florida Panhandle impacted by Hurricane Sally to complete the…