Escambia and Pensacola rank high in per capita COVID-19 cases; County Commission among least proactive in Florida

DOH reports that,  as of 6 p.m. March 31, there are 6,741 total Florida cases. While Florida’s testing has increased over the past week, the…

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DeSantis pushes ‘Safe At Home’ for the warmest part of the state, south Florida

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis is imposing a regional “safer at home” set of guidelines for Southeast Florida…

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Mythbuster: Our climate does not make Escambia less conducive to COVID-19

Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill sent out a mass email to county voters from his voteunderhill@gmail.com account that states: “Our environment is not as conducive to…

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DeSantis moves to block those escaping from La

Inweekly is working to find out more about Gov. Ron DeSantis plan to implement a road block on I-10 to stop travelers from Louisiana from…

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COVID-19: Mid-afternoon report

As of 11 a.m., DOH reported five more people have died who tested positive for COVID-19 in Clay, Hillsborough and Orange counties. Last night,  Pinellas…

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Escambia County Government: Safest or Most Dangerous Place to Work

Late yesterday afternoon, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan shared with Inweekly that he has a total of 38 Escambia County Sheriff’s Office personnel under 14-day…

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EMS personnel arrested for falsification of training records

State Attorney Bill Eddins has announced the arrest of James Bonoyer, Katherine Kenney, Lawrence Salter Jr., and Stephen White. These arrests are the result of…

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COVID-19: Florida picks up another 265 cases,

As 11 a.m. EDT, Florida has 1,412 positive cases, up 265 from last night.  Escambia County has an additional case, total 10.  Santa Rosa is…

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Escambia County places restrictions on media

Last Wednesday at Commissioner Lumon May’s presser at the Brownsville Community Center, County Communications Director Laura Coale, who likes to act as the emcee for…

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Escambia now has four COVID-19 cases

DOH reports Escambia County has three more positive COVID-19 cases as the results from last Monday’s tests come back. The total number of Florida cases…

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COVID-19: Overnight updates

BY THE NUMBERS: CORONAVIRUS — THURSDAY EVENING EDITION March 19, 2020 By NSF Staff TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health released updated numbers Thursday…

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Perdido Key, Pensacola Beach open; Orange Beach, Gulf Shores closed

Yesterday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey issued a health order Thursday that closed all beaches and put limitations restaurants, hospital visitors and day cares. She ordered…

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COVID-19: Thursday noon update

BY THE NUMBERS: CORONAVIRUS — THURSDAY LUNCH EDITION BY NSF Staff TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health late Thursday morning released updated numbers about…

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Presser notes: Officials Field COVID-19 Questions

‘Begin To Transition To Where We Go’ by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Local community officials gathered Wednesday to field questions pertaining to the COVID-19 coronavirus and…

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More COVID-19 cancellations, changes

Update 9:39 a.m. Wednesday, March 18 From City of Pensacola: The How to do Business with Local Government Workshop originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 25 has…

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COVID-19: test results, masks, ventilators and more

Tuesday morning Escambia County officials met with hospital executives and other medical professionals as part of the activation of the Emergency Operations Center. The meeting…

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Escambia activates EOC tomorrow

Press Release: Escambia County Activates Emergency Operations Center at a Level 2 Escambia County will activate its Emergency Operations Center at a level 2 on March…

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Ascension Sacred Heart drive-thru handles 61 people on first day

Ascension Sacred Heart shared with Inweekly the questions used to screen patients for the drive-through Coronavirus testing. The COVID-19 testing site did nasal swabs on…

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Trump recommends to avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people

At his Monday afternoon press conference, President Donald Trump announced new recommendations that people should avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people, avoid…

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Poll: Escambia residents feel safe from COVID-19

In an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 625 likely Escambia County voters, we found 75% feel safe from the novel Coronavirus, COVID-19; just over 65% think…

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