According to the latest FDOH report, DOH Escambia entered 113 COVID-19 test results into the Merlin system since the April 27 report.* Â Of those, 15 results were positive – 13.3%, rising the…
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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 said he will announce a plan Wednesday…
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 for customers to assist with the economic…
COVID-19 Tuesday noon report
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners voted, 5-0, this morning to re-open the public beaches 30 minutes before sunrise on Friday, May 1 — with no limitations on daylight hours (30 minutes…
Gilley talks about beaches, recovery and testing
Today, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners will meet at 10 a.m. to decide when and how the county’s beaches will reopen. Inweekly asked County Administrator Janice Gilley what can we expect…
2019 Wahoos most talented in Twins franchise history
Twins Daily ranks the 2019 Pensacola Blue Wahoos the most talented minor league team in Minnesota Twins history. All six of Twins Daily’s current top prospects in the system were on the…
New FDOH report on LTCs doesn’t match prior report
Today, FDOH introduced a new report to give greater detail on cases in long-term care facilities – here. However the totals don’t match yesterday’s report. At 10 a.m. Sunday, April 24, FDOH…
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 city will be reopened through a process…
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 pandemic.  Several local businesses are on…
Escambia has another COVID death, state tops 30K cases
Florida’s COVID-19 cases surpassed 30K and death toll is over a thousand as of 11 a.m. EDT today. Escambia County had another COVID-19 death – new total 11, and eight more hospitalizations…
Over a third of COVID cases in Escambia are LTC workers
As of 11 a.m. yesterday, long-term care facilities in Escambia had 142 individuals staff members that had tested positive for COVID-19 and have accounted for 38% of all the county’s resident cases,…
Andrade, Robinson host virtual town hall
by Jeremy Morrison State Rep. Alex Andrade and Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson conducted a joint, online town hall Wednesday evening, where the two officials spoke about issues pertaining to the COVID-19 coronavirus…
DOH Escambia, EOC to hold press briefing
The media has been invited to a virtual meeting via Microsoft Teams today at 2:30 p.m. to discuss data reporting. Dr. John Lanza, director of the Florida Department of Health in Escambia…
Pensacola considers band-aid for trees
by Jeremy Morrison The Pensacola City Council this week is considering tweaking the city’s landscape and tree protection plan section of its Land Development Code. The measure is intended as a Band-Aid…
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 to assist them in their recovery efforts….
Grab a cup of coffee, this will blow your mind (update)
County/DOH LTC Numbers On Saturday, April 18, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida of Department of Health released the list of long-term care facilities in the state – of which Escambia County…
Escambia among top five counties for nursing home cases
The Florida Department of Health reports tonight that Escambia County has 138 cases, up 36 from the 11 a.m. numbers and 68 from 6 p.m. Tuesday. The totals move the county into…
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 in order to support new 5G cellular…
Ms. Gilley, it’s time to hold a press briefing
For two decades, every time the Emergency Operations Center was activated, Escambia County held regular press briefings to explain what was happening -whether it was a hurricane, oil flood, ice storm, flood…
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 from Miami to Pensacola, Florida Power &…