COVID-19: Tuesday afternoon report
According to the latest FDOH report, DOH Escambia entered 113 COVID-19 test results into the Merlin system since the April 27 report.* Â Of those, 15…
DeSantis, Trump discuss reopening Florida
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Appearing Tuesday with President Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office, Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Gulf Power to decrease May bill
Customers of four investor-owned electric utilities will soon see a break on their bill. Today, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) approved accelerated bill reductions…
COVID-19 Tuesday noon report
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners voted, 5-0, this morning to re-open the public beaches 30 minutes before sunrise on Friday, May 1 — with…
DeSantis says he will ‘go slow’ on reopening
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday that reopening the state after coronavirus-caused shutdowns will be “very…
Gilley talks about beaches, recovery and testing
Today, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners will meet at 10 a.m. to decide when and how the county’s beaches will reopen. Inweekly asked County…
2019 Wahoos most talented in Twins franchise history
Twins Daily ranks the 2019 Pensacola Blue Wahoos the most talented minor league team in Minnesota Twins history. All six of Twins Daily’s current top…
New FDOH report on LTCs doesn’t match prior report
Today, FDOH introduced a new report to give greater detail on cases in long-term care facilities – here. However the totals don’t match yesterday’s report….
Presser Notes: Tiptoeing into Phase One
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With an eye towards the end of this week and beginning of May, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday that the…
FDOH: Southern Oaks has the most infected nursing home residents in Florida
The Florida Department of Health issued a report of the COVID-19 cases in long-term care facilities as of Sunday, April 26. Southern Oaks, by far,…
Who got Florida’s Bridge Loans?
State Rep. Anna Eskamani (D-Orlando) has released a list of the 1,000 small businesses in Florida that received emergency bridge loans to help them through the…
Blue Angels perform ‘America Strong’ flyovers
In a show of national solidarity, the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, and the Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, will conduct…
Grover to unveil Recover Pensacola plan
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson will unveil his Recover Pensacola plan at his press conference today. He told Inweekly that the plan follows President Donald Trump’s…
Sunday COVID report
Florida COVID-19 cases topped 31K. The new county report by DOH shows Escambia County had 624 tests entered in the system on Saturday, April 25…
COVID-19: Saturday afternoon report – update
Update 6 p.m.: Â The new county analysis has been added. Today, the Florida Department of Health announced that the Department will now release this report…
Saturday morning COVID statistics and thoughts
The Community Health mobile unit tested 177 people yesterday at Morris Court – with no pre-screening required. Â Since Tuesday, the mobile unit collected nearly 600…
The Weekly Checkup: Nursing homes cautious about state reopening
By Christine Sexton, The News Service of Florida Long-term care providers confronted by a sizable number of deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic are more…
New Escambia County death tied to LTC
FDOH reports that , as of 10 a.m. EDT today, the state had 95 more COVID-19 cases and 10 more deaths among residents and staff…
Escambia has another COVID death, state tops 30K cases
Florida’s COVID-19 cases surpassed 30K and death toll is over a thousand as of 11 a.m. EDT today. Escambia County had another COVID-19 death –…
Over a third of COVID cases in Escambia are LTC workers
As of 11 a.m. yesterday, long-term care facilities in Escambia had 142 individuals staff members that had tested positive for COVID-19 and have accounted for…
