Gulf Power downtown update
Beginning on Sunday May 3, Â the Gulf Power Network upgrade project will shift to working overnight on Sunday thru Wednesday nights from 11 p.m. to…
Florida Department of Health hasn’t updated nursing home data in two days
In its 1:27 pm update, the Florida Department of Health released a list of long-term care facilities in Florida associated with COVID-19 cases with active…
While you were at lunch…
From the 11:30 a.m. update from Escambia EOC: Ascension Sacred Heart Testing Site Information Due to inclement weather, all Ascension Sacred Heart COVID-19 drive-through testing…
COVID-19: Wednesday noon report
Florida topped 33K COVID-19 cases and the death toll is over 1,200. Â Escambia County had 11 new cases, approaching 500. According to the FDOH dashboard,…
What Dr. Lanza told the BCC
Dr. John Lanza addressed the Escambia Board of County Commissioners at its special meeting on reopening the beaches. He said the percentage of positive cases…
Southern Oaks defends operations, makes no mention of deaths or testing workers
NorthEscambia.com published this morning a press release from Southern Oaks. Â FDOH released a report on Tuesday that showed the downtown nursing home had 94 COVID-19…
What is in the beach reopen order
Inweekly asked County Attorney Alison Rogers for the final draft to the Board of County Commissioners executive order to reopen our public beaches. The order…
COVID-19: Wednesday a.m.
Time is Right Sheriff David Morgan addressed the county commissioner yesterday while the board was debating when and how to reopen the beaches. He said…
#GivingTuesdayNow – First City Art Center
The First City Art Center will be holding a #GivingTuesdayNow fundraiser to help support the 501(c)(3) non-profit while they are unable to offer classes or host…
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…
