Posted in Business

Re-employ Escarosa

Press release: In an effort to connect citizens of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties with employment opportunities and assist in the recovery of area businesses,…

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Posted in Pensacola

Three-mile bridge walkway to open

Presser Notes: Benches, Poll Volunteers and the Golden Spike by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pointing to downward trending stats on the coronavirus front, Pensacola Mayor Grover…

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Posted in Escambia County Pensacola

City and County graded

The Florida House rolled out a new website that grades and lets people compare cities and counties based on spending, crime and education. House Speaker…

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Posted in Politics

Good and bad COVID news

The good news for the week ended Aug. 15 is Escambia County had three consecutive days with its positivity rate below 9%, which brought its…

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Posted in Escambia County Florida State & National News

Five local races where tomorrow’s votes may make a difference

According to the Supervisor of Elections office, 34,271 people have voted in the Aug. 18 primary – 23,109 by mail, 11,158 early voting and 4…

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COVID Small Business Impact Survey launched

Florida SBDC Network Headquarters (Pensacola, Fla.) – The Florida SBDC Network, Florida Chamber Foundation, and the University of West Florida Haas Center have joined forces…

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New start-up program in Belmont DeVilliers neighborhood

Press release: Startups on the Blocks, a new entrepreneurial program that supports founders of color, kicks off today in the Historic Belmont DeVilliers neighborhood. The…

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Posted in Health

FDOH daily reports lag days, weeks behind actual deaths

A reader analyzed the COVID-19 deaths using the state’s case line report and found that the Florida Department of Health’s daily reports for county lags…

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It could be worse…we could be Marion County

Yesterday Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods prohibited his deputies from wearing masks at work and also banned visitors to his offices to wear them. According…

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COVID stats difficult to analyze

The COVID cases in the Century prison are making it difficult to understand the daily numbers for Sunday, Aug. 9. It would be nice if…

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Posted in Escambia County State & National News

Countdown for the Count

2020 Census Wrapping Up by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Every ten years, the United States government takes an official count of the country’s population. Currently, census…

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Commissioner May issues a statement on passing of Pastor Johnson

“I would like to express my heartfelt condolences about the passing of Reverend Dr. Michael J. Johnson, pastor of the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church since…

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