Category: Business
COVID-19: Sunday update
DOH Escambia entered new 154 test results into the system, 2.6% were positive – bringing overall positive percentage down to 6%. The county only had…
COVID: Saturday Haircut Edition
Four Escambia County long-term care facilities have had deaths associated with COVID-19, according to a FDOH report released late Friday. The LTC deaths account for…
Business Updates
Reopening Florida Business Survey As business in Florida reopens, FloridaWest is working with our ESF-18 partners at The Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce and Visit…
Figuring out the new normal for hospitality and tourism
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As Florida businesses begin to reopen and reassess how best to proceed in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, members of…
Councilman ‘unloads’ on news publisher
Century council member James Smith lashed out at NorthEscambia.com publisher William Reynolds, accusing him of being “racist†and “biased†and suggesting the “lackluster†NorthEscambia.com should…
Considering Supply Chains
by Jeremy Morrison The University of West Florida Center for Supply Chain Management Excellence hosted its second in a series of discussions Wednesday focusing on…
Restaurants add outdoor seating as ED visits increase
Area restaurants have adapted to COVID-19 Phase One – adding outdoor seating and modifying dine-in table arrangements. Some are taking the guidelines, while others wait…
Baptist issues new visitation rules
VISITATION DURING COVID AT BAPTIST HEALTH CARE HOSPITALS Baptist Hospital and Gulf Breeze Hospital Only One visitor at a time will be allowed to visit…
Safe-at-home ends Monday, new rules, testing infrastructure faltering
Yesterday, Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-111 that extended Safe-at-Home – Executive Orders 20-87 and 20-91 -until 12:01 am Monday May 4. He also…
Gulf Power downtown update
Beginning on Sunday May 3, Â the Gulf Power Network upgrade project will shift to working overnight on Sunday thru Wednesday nights from 11 p.m. to…
Southern Oaks defends operations, makes no mention of deaths or testing workers
NorthEscambia.com published this morning a press release from Southern Oaks. Â FDOH released a report on Tuesday that showed the downtown nursing home had 94 COVID-19…
DeSantis, Trump discuss reopening Florida
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Appearing Tuesday with President Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office, Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Gulf Power to decrease May bill
Customers of four investor-owned electric utilities will soon see a break on their bill. Today, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) approved accelerated bill reductions…
Presser Notes: Tiptoeing into Phase One
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With an eye towards the end of this week and beginning of May, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday that the…
Who got Florida’s Bridge Loans?
State Rep. Anna Eskamani (D-Orlando) has released a list of the 1,000 small businesses in Florida that received emergency bridge loans to help them through the…
COVID-19: Business updates
The Escambia County Emergency Operations Center has established the Economic Reset Working Group to provide the business community with current and relevant information and resources…
Pensacola’s 5G infrastructure taking shape
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Telecommunication companies are currently sizing up the city of Pensacola and mapping out 5G infrastructure plans. The new infrastructure is necessary…
Gulf Power to disappear
FPL, GULF POWER PLAN MERGER By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — In a move that would create a utility with customers…
Local named to Florida Task Force Industry Working Group
Industry Working Group on Tourism, Construction, Real Estate, Recreation, Retail and Transportation Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the members of the Re-Open…
Jobless claims payments at 6 percent
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Just over 6 percent of people who have filed jobless claims since mid-March had received…
