Posted in Escambia County Health

More local Coronavirus postponements

MercyMe Due to a recommendation from the Governor of the State of Florida to cancel gatherings larger than 1000 people, MercyMe will postpone their Pensacola…

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Posted in Escambia County Health State & National News

Coronavirus Sing-along

Dr. John Lanza, director of the Florida Department of Health in Escambia County, gave a COVID-19 update to the Escambia County Commission this morning. However,…

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Posted in Caring

IMPACT 100 to give away another million dollars

Press Release: IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a local women’s philanthropic organization, is pleased to announce its 2020 Membership Drive has successfully concluded with a…

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Coronavirus update

Overnight developments: The NBA suspended its season “until further notice” after the Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert tested positive. (ESPN) Tom Hanks wrote on Instagram that he…

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Posted in Education

Florida colleges go online to March 30

As we reported this morning: Press release: The Florida State University System has mandated all universities transition to remote instruction, effective immediately. Face-to-face instruction is currently…

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Posted in Escambia County Health

County steps up preventative efforts in county buildings

Per a request from Commissioner Lumon May, Escambia County is taking additional preventative action to ensure  community centers, libraries and other public buildings are sanitized….

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Posted in Business

Visit Pensacola hires new CEO

As we reported yesterday: Press Release: Visit Pensacola announced today that Darien Schaefer will be its next President/CEO. Schaefer and the organization reached an agreement…

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Posted in Escambia County

County dysfunction hurting the community

Since last week, I’ve focused on the poor communication from the county on the coronavirus. Other counties have been proactive, while Escambia has been barely…

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Posted in Education Health State & National News

Breaking news: UWF may switch to online classes

Inweekly contacted University of West Florida president, Dr. Martha Saunders, about whether the university had any plans to close the campus due to the potential…

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Posted in Escambia County Health State & National News

County holds closed door meeting on coronavirus

Yesterday afternoon, Escambia County Emergency Management and the Florida Department of Health in Escambia County held a joint meeting for “community partners” at the Escambia County…

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Rick Scott calls for transparency on coronavirus

The deaths of residents of Lee and Santa Rosa counties due to the coronavirus last Friday were the first two outside of the state of…

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Certifications of EMS instructors found lacking

Today, the daily newspaper reports the Florida Department of Health (DOH) has completed its investigation of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and filed on Feb. 28…

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