Posted in Health

Contact info to schedule vaccination at Olive Baptist and Milton Community Center

In Escambia County, the first series of clinics in January will take place in the gym of Olive Baptist Church at 1836 East Olive Road…

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Ascension Sacred Heart responds to Gov. DeSantis

Ascension Sacred Heart plans to open two community clinics on Wednesday in Escambia County and Santa Rosa County that will provide COVID-19 vaccinations to local…

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DeSantis wants to ramp up vaccinations

The Sun Sentinel reports that Gov. Ron DeSantis announced this morning the state will convert selected COVID test sites to vaccination sites, use houses of…

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Vaccinations in Brownsville

On Sunday, Jan. 3, the Florida Division of Emergency Management ran a pilot vaccination program for 500 senior citizens, ages 65 and over, at the…

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COVID update: 18 more hospitalizations

Escambia County reports that COVID-related hospitalizations yesterday increased from 172 to 190.  The lowest number of test results for the month of December were reported…

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Posted in Politics

Williamson gets key chairmanship

Florida Speaker of the House Chris Sprowls has appointed Rep. Jayer Williamson (District 3) as chairman of the Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee to help…

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Pensacola eviction makes national news. Thank Judge Kinsey

The CDC issued a federal eviction moratorium in late September. Thanks to Judge Pat Kinsey, the moratorium has become meaningless in Pensacola. The CARES Act…

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Posted in Education

Remote students encouraged to return to campus

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Thousands of Escambia County students and their families have a decision to make as the academic semester wraps up this week:…

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Lyter leaving to be ECSO chief deputy

Press release: Pensacola Police Chief Tommi Lyter has announced his retirement from the Pensacola Police Department after 30 years of dedicated service to the community….

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Posted in Business

EBI Management makes Fla Companies to Watch list

Press Release: CO:LAB Pensacola is pleased to announce that EBI Management Group, a recent graduate, has been included in the top 50 second-stage companies in…

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Posted in Recovery

CARES checks finally in the mail

Escambia County sent out announcement that 5,500 households will receive CARES Act checks by Dec. 30. Hooray! Unfortunately, many of those families needed the dollars…

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Posted in State & National News

Biden wins third recount of Ga vote

“We have now counted legally cast ballots, three times, and the results remain unchanged,” Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said at a news conference…

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