Gilley talks about beaches, recovery and testing

Today, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners will meet at 10 a.m. to decide when and how the county’s beaches will reopen. Inweekly asked County…

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Who got Florida’s Bridge Loans?

State Rep. Anna Eskamani (D-Orlando) has released a list of the 1,000 small businesses in Florida that received emergency bridge loans to help them through the…

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Grover to unveil Recover Pensacola plan

Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson will unveil his Recover Pensacola plan at his press conference today. He told Inweekly that the plan follows President Donald Trump’s…

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Saturday morning COVID statistics and thoughts

The Community Health mobile unit tested 177 people yesterday at Morris Court – with no pre-screening required.  Since Tuesday, the mobile unit collected nearly 600…

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The Weekly Checkup: Nursing homes cautious about state reopening

By Christine Sexton, The News Service of Florida Long-term care providers confronted by a sizable number of deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic are more…

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Over a third of COVID cases in Escambia are LTC workers

As of 11 a.m. yesterday, long-term care facilities in Escambia had 142 individuals staff members that had tested positive for COVID-19 and have accounted for…

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Nursing homes, hospitals and physicians seek legal immunity

By Christine Sexton, News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — As Gov. Ron DeSantis looks to open the state back up, he is being pushed by…

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Andrade, Robinson host virtual town hall

by Jeremy Morrison State Rep. Alex Andrade and Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson conducted a joint, online town hall Wednesday evening, where the two officials spoke…

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LTCs, Lanza and Local Spike

Escambia County’s positive COVID-19 cases in long-term care facilities increased by 40 in past 24 hours, four since 6 p.m. Wednesday. Statewide, Florida had 53…

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COVID-19: Mid-morning update

The FDOH dashboard has Escambia County picking up only four new cases since late Wednesday. Santa Rosa has three fewer cases. I wish we could…

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COVID-19: Business updates

The Escambia County Emergency Operations Center has established the Economic Reset Working Group to provide the business community with current and relevant information and resources…

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Grab a cup of coffee, this will blow your mind (update)

County/DOH LTC Numbers On Saturday, April 18, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida of Department of Health released the list of long-term care facilities in…

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