COVID-19: Overnight round-up

Beaches? The Escambia/Santa Rosa County Medical Society sent a letter to the Escambia Board of County Commissioners asking that the board keep the county beaches…

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Communication Chaos

On March 12, County Administrator Janice Gilley apologized for the lack of communication with the media about her administration’s efforts regarding the COVID-19 virus after…

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Southern GOP governors embrace stay-at-home orders

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Safe-at-Home order is a jumbled mess. It’s as if he rushed to do something and had done no planning for it. DeSantis…

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Transcript of DeSantis’ Facebook stream on Safer-at-Home order

Gov. Ron DeSantis today issued a Safer-at-Home order for the state.  He admitted that he had seen the  “sweeping” mitigation measures instituted in Miami-Dade as…

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DeSantis issues statewide Stay-at-home order (Update – 1:55 pm)

Minutes ago, Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order asking people to stay at home across the state. Under the order, which goes into effect…

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COVID-19: Noon Update

Over the past 24 hours, Florida has had 617 more cases reported, total 6955.  Escambia had 6 more, total 94;  Okaloosa 1 more, total 39;…

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White House experts: Not the time to ‘take your foot off the accelerator’

The Escambia County Commission will vote tomorrow whether to re-open the county’s public beaches. Commissioner Doug Underhill wants them open and also has advocated in…

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And Now This: Appeals court refuses to revisit felons voting decision

By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Striking another blow against Gov. Ron DeSantis, a federal appeals court has refused to reconsider…

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COVID-19: Tuesday mid-morning update

Mayor Defends Hospital Leaders At yesterday’s presser, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson addressed the smear campaign at the county to discredit local health care leaders. Inweekly:…

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DeSantis pushes ‘Safe At Home’ for the warmest part of the state, south Florida

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis is imposing a regional “safer at home” set of guidelines for Southeast Florida…

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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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