Presser Notes: CARE$, Climate Change and … Masks
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson opened his weekly press conference Monday by thanking city residents for observing the municipality’s mask mandate —…
Escambia commissioners given three face mask options
By request, Escambia County Attorney Alison Rogers has drafted three options for the Board of County Commissioners to consider regarding face covering. Through a public…
Breaking news: 2020 Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival cancelled
COVID-19 Forces Cancellation of 2020 Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival  PENSACOLA, FLA. – July 28, 2020 – It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts…
Escambia three more COVID deaths while new cases slow down
The city of Pensacola’s face mask order and the closing of bars may be having a positive impact on the spread of the COVID virus….
Tuesday COVID news
The Manatee County Commission voted to make face masks mandatory yesterday. The county confirmed is 11th in the state for highest number of COVID-19 cases…
Escambia voters want CARES funds spent in food help and testing
According to the most recent Inweekly/Political Matrix, Escambia County voters would like the CARES Act funding to help with food assistance for those hurt economically…
How many COVID cases in your zip code
The five districts with the most COVID-19 case year-to-date are: 32514 (UWF/Ferry Pass) with 1,119; 32526 (Beulah/Nature Trail) with 747; 32505 (Brownsville) 678; 32503 (Bayou…
Milton coach dies as COVID cases surge in Santa Rosa
The PNJ reports Milton High School track and field coach Joe Austin passed away on Sunday night after an extended battle with coronavirus. Austin was…
Myers: ‘Commissioner Bender, I will not be ignored”
After reading District 4 Commissioner Robert Bender’s comments in an interview with Inweekly reporter Jeremy Morrison, Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers called to say she…
gBETA Pensacola hires director
gBETA Pensacola has hired Jonathan Kretz as its program director and is now accepting applications for local startups to participate in the inaugural gBETA Pensacola,…
Bender shrugs off city mask resolution
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Escambia County Commission Vice Chairman Robert Bender isn’t itching to institute a mask mandate. “I would say the county supports wearing…
Santa Rosa County sets daily COVID record – 282 new cases. 33.4% positive
Santa Rosa County has twice the number of new COVID-19 cases as Escambia County, according to the latest report by the Florida Department of Health…
Fending off offshore drilling in Florida
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Florida recently got a couple of steps closer to protecting its shores from the potential environmental and economic risks of offshore…
Nursing homes crisis worsens
As we reported last week, the long-term care facilities have become hot spots for COVID-19. According to the latest AHCA reports, the county’s nursing homes…
COVID Monday Discussion
Escambia sends COVID-infected prisoner to Kentucky; July is deadliest month for the virus in the county; hospital staff shortages may be next crisis; Â Commissioner Doug…
Saturday COVID update
Florida now as 414,511 COVID cases and 5,777 deaths. Escambia has 170 new cases, bringing its total to 6,854. Â Of the new cases, 21 are…
White House eyes nursing home visits
The Trump administration has announced plans to require certain nursing homes to test staff “and visitors†for COVID-19 once a week and opened the door…
Face mask update – 7/24/20
A Quinnipiac University poll published yesterday found 79% of registered Florida voters believe people in the state should be required to wear face masks in…
Escambia 223 new cases, three more deaths
Escambia County has 223 more COVID-19 deaths – the third 200+ day this week – and three more deaths – bringing death toll to 76….
150 nursing home staff positive for COVID
Inweekly has watched the number of COVID cases assisted with long-term care facilities steadily rise in Escambia since June 30 – 161 new cases according…
