Nursing homes, hospitals and physicians seek legal immunity
By Christine Sexton, News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — As Gov. Ron DeSantis looks to open the state back up, he is being pushed by…
Andrade, Robinson host virtual town hall
by Jeremy Morrison State Rep. Alex Andrade and Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson conducted a joint, online town hall Wednesday evening, where the two officials spoke…
DOH Escambia, EOC to hold press briefing
The media has been invited to a virtual meeting via Microsoft Teams today at 2:30 p.m. to discuss data reporting. Dr. John Lanza, director of…
LTCs, Lanza and Local Spike
Escambia County’s positive COVID-19 cases in long-term care facilities increased by 40 in past 24 hours, four since 6 p.m. Wednesday. Statewide, Florida had 53…
Pensacola considers band-aid for trees
by Jeremy Morrison The Pensacola City Council this week is considering tweaking the city’s landscape and tree protection plan section of its Land Development Code….
COVID-19: Mid-morning update
The FDOH dashboard has Escambia County picking up only four new cases since late Wednesday. Santa Rosa has three fewer cases. I wish we could…
COVID-19: Business updates
The Escambia County Emergency Operations Center has established the Economic Reset Working Group to provide the business community with current and relevant information and resources…
Grab a cup of coffee, this will blow your mind (update)
County/DOH LTC Numbers On Saturday, April 18, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida of Department of Health released the list of long-term care facilities in…
Escambia among top five counties for nursing home cases
The Florida Department of Health reports tonight that Escambia County has 138 cases, up 36 from the 11 a.m. numbers and 68 from 6 p.m….
Pensacola’s 5G infrastructure taking shape
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Telecommunication companies are currently sizing up the city of Pensacola and mapping out 5G infrastructure plans. The new infrastructure is necessary…
Ms. Gilley, it’s time to hold a press briefing
For two decades, every time the Emergency Operations Center was activated, Escambia County held regular press briefings to explain what was happening -whether it was…
COVID-19 cases in local nursing homes top 100
FDOH shows the county has 102 cases among residents and staff at local long-term care facilities. The increase of 32 cases since 6 Â p.m. Tuesday…
Hospitals okay limited opening of beaches
Hospitals Support Opening Beaches Baptist Health Care CEO Mark Faulkner told Inweekly this morning that area hospitals will be sending an email to the Santa…
Gulf Power to disappear
FPL, GULF POWER PLAN MERGER By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — In a move that would create a utility with customers…
Escambia County’s pandemic hot spots exposed
Lives Lost The News Service of Florida reports Florida National Guard-led teams have conducted more than 3,700 tests in 21 nursing homes as part of…
Darn it, Doug. Please stop sending emails
Escambia County has another COVID-19 death — the second reported today, which brings the total to 10. Â The total positives increased by 25 in the…
Daily test results approach state positive percentage
I have admitted that I’m a numbers nerd. Â Commissioner Doug Underhill’s mass email berating himself (after all, he is the government), media and medical professional…
Mobile testing at Rosewood while LTC cases continue to rise
Sources have spotted Ascension Sacred Heart’s mobile testing unit at Rosewood Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3107 North  H Street. The Florida Department of Health reports…
Testing in public housing begins Wednesday, no pre-screening
Community Health Northwest Florida In the interest of increasing access to testing, we are taking our COVID-19 testing services on the road. Week of April…
Psst, Commissioner, we had another COVID-19 death
Since last night, Escambia County had another COVID-19 death –bringing the total to 9– and 22 new cases — the biggest increase since April 7….
