Friday a.m. briefing

CDC No Longer Worried About COVID on Surfaces Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its “How COVID-19 Spreads” section on its website to say…

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Backroom briefing: Test Question

By Ana Ceballos and Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis has pushed to expand testing of Floridians to see…

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Thursday a.m briefing

More Testing Sites FDOH-Escambia announced a new drive-thru testing site at Pensacola State College Warrington Campus, 5555 Highway 98 West. It is free to all…

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What’s happened while you’ve been working

Escambia County only added four more COVID-19 cases today. However, Santa Rosa had 11 more cases — the most in a single day since April…

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Wednesday morning briefing

According to a new study, Escambia County is lucky to have so many COVID-19 testing sites because 54% of counties nationwide don’t. Castlight, a health…

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ECUA appeal fails miserably

Update: ECUA did not file the appeal. It was filed by attorney Bradley Odom, who no longer is the attorney for the utility. The 1st…

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State eyes plans for reopening university campuses

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — State university system Chancellor Marshall Criser next week will present guidelines for reopening university campuses…

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Barr, FBI complain about Apple; Barr says Obama, Biden not targets of Russia probe

As I reported earlier, Attorney General Bob Barr announced the FBI had unlocked the cellphones of Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, the Saudi airman who killed three…

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NAS gunman’s phone links him to al Qaeda

U.S. Attorney General Bob Barr is expected this morning to report the gunman in last year’s deadly shooting at NAS Pensacola had been in communication…

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Escambia County send vacation rental plan to Tallahassee

Escambia County submitted a short-term vacation rental plan last night to the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation for review, response and approval. In…

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Saturday morning briefing

FDOH finally released the Friday, May 15 statistic. Escambia County had 11 new positive COVID-19 case and another death – which brought the death count…

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Governor asks counties for their vacation rental safety plans

Last week, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners passed resolution asking Governor DeSantis is to allow vacation rentals. Today, DeSantis said he’s ready to will…

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