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Gulf Power customers could get break on bills

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Hundreds of thousands of Northwest Florida residents and businesses could get a break on their…

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COVID-19: More cases, Pensacola firefighter among them, one death in Okaloosa

From DOH: Today, as of 11 a.m., there are 5,473 total Florida cases. While Florida’s testing has increased over the past week, the percent of…

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Whisper campaign to smear hospital execs has begun

There is a whisper campaign inside the Escambia County administration to smear the heads of Baptist Health Care and Ascension Sacred Heart as the Board…

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Santa Rosa County has second COVID-19 death

  DOH reported Sunday night that the state’s total COVID-19 cases is 912, a 22.6% increase since Saturday.  Escambia County added 8 case, 29.6% jump;…

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COVID-19: Mid-morning update

From Mayor Grover Robinson: “So much for good news. I did get a text this morning saying a number of positives came in. We now…

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Maybe some good news

At 10 p.m. last night, Mayor Grover Robinson reported that Ascension Sacred Heart has received 1,015 results from the 1,996 tests that it has conducted…

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Posted in Health Pensacola

Flynn explains airport, quarantines and effectiveness of closing beaches

Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered that travelers for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut go into 14-day self-quarantine upon arrival at Florida’s airports. What…

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Less than one-percent of county tested for COVID-19

As the noon report from DOH, positive cases and deaths continue to increase. Escambia County has not reported an additional case since 7 p.m Friday,…

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Escambia cases nearly double since Wednesday

As of 7 p.m. Friday, March 27: Florida has 3,198 total positive cases. Seventeen more people have died who tested positive for COVID-19 in Broward, Dade,…

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DeSantis moves to block those escaping from La

Inweekly is working to find out more about Gov. Ron DeSantis plan to implement a road block on I-10 to stop travelers from Louisiana from…

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Buzz: Governor DeSantis discussing establishing a blockade on state line

Update: Several news outlets have confirmed this report.  PNJ reports Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson also sent a request to the governor. However, the mayor didn’t…

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Lumon May: Test Results, Re-opening Beach, Employee Safety

Commissioner Lumon May attended Mayor Grover Robinson’s press conference. Inweekly took advantage of the opportunity to ask the commissioner about communications on testing, re-opening the…

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