Fact Check: County administration wrote pandemic plan in January

At a recent virtual “State of the County” interview for the Pensacola Chamber, County Administrator Janice Gilley talked about how she and her emergency manager…

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Dream Defenders weigh in on police advisory

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola’s Citizen Police Advisory Committee meets for the second time Tuesday. Following the group’s initial meeting in July, Inweekly spoke with…

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Pensacola: A natural pick for U.S. Space Command

“Pensacola is natural for the Space Industry,” FloridaWest CEO Scott Luth told Inweekly after this weekend’s SpaceX splashdown in the waters off Pensacola Beach. “Actually,…

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Presser Notes: Street Murals and Space Dreams

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Following a weekend shooting incident in Pensacola that claimed the life of a 7-year-old girl, Mayor Grover Robinson opened his Monday…

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Poll: Enforcement not a deal breaker on mask mandate

In a recent poll of 823 Escambia voters, Inweekly found that two-thirds wear a face mask always. Another 16.2% wear one most of the time….

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Escambia still has no CARES Act budget

Escambia County has $14.32 million of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)) Act funds and still the administration hasn’t presented a plan to the…

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Escambia County Jail only tests 13 prisoners in past seven days

The Escambia County has clamped down on testing prisoners for COVID-19 at its county jail. From July 1-27, the county tested 197 inmates – around…

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Slow day for COVID

  The impact of Hurricane Isaias on testing and the Florida Department of Health showed up in today’s report with Florida only reporting 4,752 new…

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Escambia voters believe in face masks and want them in county buildings

According to the latest Inweekly/Political Matrix, nearly 80% of Escambia voters believe face masks help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus and want them…

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Rally 2020 tonight

WSRE’s “RALLY 2020” Candidate Forum begins with select primary races in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties, airing at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, July…

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Escambia County open for everything but union negotiations

Escambia County administration has continued to hold meetings with developers and contractors on their development plans since March. The fact that county operations have continued during…

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Forever lost opportunity

Downtown Pensacola could have had a downtown campus for the University of West Florida, a convention center and a sports hall of fame, but the…

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Antibody testing slowed last week

For week ending July 23, Escambia had only 121 people  test for antibodies to determine if they have had COVID-19 – down from 157 that…

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COVID positivity up for children last week

While the overall positivity rate for Escambia County went down slightly last week – from 12.54%  to 11.91%, the rate for Escambia County children was…

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Breaking news: Tymar Crawford settlement announced

Press Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. (July 29, 2020) — The Zarzaur Law firm is pleased to announce that the City of Pensacola and the family of…

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Florida sets another daily death record, Escambia & Santa Rosa total 359 news cases

Florida’s COVID-19 cases have topped 450K – 451,442, and with 216 new deaths, blasting past yesterday’s daily record of 186. State positivity rate is 12.26%…

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White House: Escambia still in ‘Red Zone’

The Pensacola Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) – which includes Escambia and Santa Rosa counties – still is in the Red Zone according to the latest…

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‘Stay Clean’ added to ‘Mask Up’ campaign

“Unfortunately, it sounds like COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon we are urging the public to continue to focus on staying clean to stay…

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Escambia lags behind other Florida counties in CARES Act planning

Eight Florida counties with less than 500,000 population have received a first installment of more than $14 million from the CARES Act. Two have not…

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Presser Notes: CARE$, Climate Change and … Masks

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson opened his weekly press conference Monday by thanking city residents for observing the municipality’s mask mandate —…

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