Presser Notes: When’s It Safe to Take Off the Masks?
Plus: Affordable Housing, Re-openings and Restrooms (Both Pricey and Cheap) by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly On the other side of the Labor Day holiday, decisions will…
Escambia: Bottom drops out of COVID testing
According to the Florida Department of Health, Escambia only has 23 new local cases of COVID-19 based on 223 test results entered in the system…
More on COVID testing in the jail
In July, Inweekly received a letter signed by 53 female inmates in Escambia County’s work release building pleading to be tested. Last week, the inmates…
Commissioners frustrated with lack of COVID testing at jail
On Thursday, Aug. 27, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners learned only six inmates at the Escambia County Jail had been tested for COVID-19 a…
Second COVID case shuts down Corrections road crews again
At 7:37 p.m. Sunday, Escambia County notified the media that Escambia County Corrections received a positive COVID-19 test result at its road camp. “As a…
Escambia: COVID testing continues to drop
FDOH reported 67 new COVID cases and one additional death for Escambia County. Â For Thursday, Aug. 27, the agency reported a positivity rate of…
Pensacola Affordable Housing Task Force wraps up work
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola lacks adequate affordable housing, but it may soon have a plan for how best to address the…
Escambia: COVID cases and testing down, deaths up
FDOH reports Escambia County has 55 new cases  – most of which are local residents and few in nursing homes and Century prison.  The county…
How did county government become so callous?
Last week, the Escambia County Commission approved $1.25 million of CARES Act be spent on rapid testing and that County Administrator Janice Gilley initiative a…
Superintendent Finalists’ Interview Schedule
The Escambia County School Board has announced the schedule for the Superintendent Selection Finalist’ interviews and virtual Meet and Greetinterviews for this Thursday, August 27,…
Escambia: COVID data optimistic
While Escambia County continues to move toward 11,000 total COVID cases – 10K local residents, the positivity rate is staying in single digits. Â A backlog…
Females inmates continue to speak out
As a form of punishment, they are refusing to test us. Today I received another letter from female inmates in the Escambia County Corrections system,…
Escambia CARES Act posted, sort of
Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley has finally posted her CARES Act plan on the county website–actually its PowerPoint presentation with several blanks and few specifics,…
Escambia County reports seven more COVID deaths – Updated
The Florida Department of Health has been slow to release the county daily reports. Looking at the FDOH dashboard, Escambia County now has 178 COVID…
Rally for Childhood Cancer Researc
Across the world, September is recognized as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Rally Pensacola—an extension of Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research—is partnering with presenting sponsor,…
Escambia County Jail: ‘COVID-Land’
Inweekly interviewed Jessica Gomez, who was released from the county jail recently. She said that conditions in the main jail were unsafe and “unable to…
Supreme Court offers temporary fix for Florida Bar exam
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The state Supreme Court on Monday released a supervised-practice program for law school graduates who…
Presser Notes: Two Storms and COVID make three
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday he’d been keeping an eye on the storms in the gulf — tropical storms Marco…
Escambia lags behind other Florida counties in CARES Act grants
Twelve counties with less than 500,000 residents received over $10 million in the first installment of the CARES Act, including Escambia County, $14.32 million. On…
