Yesterday, at Governor DeSantis’ direction, Florida Division of Emergency Management Director and State Coordinating Officer Jared Moskowitz issued an Emergency Order that lifts restrictions for visitation to nursing homes, assisted living facilities…
Superintendent Selection Shake-up
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The Escambia County School District has selected a new superintendent. School board members voted Tuesday night to bring Dr. Timothy A. Smith to town to act as the…
County clarifies eligibility requirements of housing grants, adds more locations
The emphasis comes from the county about CARES Act assistance for homeowners and renters: Please provide the public the eligibility requirements as required by the State of Florida: A.1. Is your combined…
Partial data from FDOH on COVID
The Florida Department of Health still hasn’t released its county reports, but we pulled these stats off the DOH Dashboard. Escambia County had 73 new cases and two new deaths. Santa Rosa…
DeSantis to allow nursing home visitations
At his daily press conference, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that he will allow visits to nursing homes under certain conditions. Facilities must be virus free for 14 days before allowing visitors. According…
State slow to release COVID numbers, fires lab
The state is running a hour late in posting the COVID-19 numbers for Monday, Aug. 31. The media has received notification that the state is “severing all ties with Quest Diagnostics after…
More CARES help for families coming in mid-September
Families and small businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic will have to wait until Sept. 15 before they can apply for additional Escambia County’s CARES Act grants. The county commissioners approved the…
Escambia: The race to help homeowners, renters
“There’s a pandemic. We were going to be required to do more, and staff’s going to be required to do more as well as citizens.†-Commissioner Lumon May It took month for…
Road Camp scare does not lead to more testing
Inweekly reported this morning that Escambia County Corrections suspended its inmate road crews after an inmate tested positive for COVID-19. Apparently the new case didn’t lead to more prisoners being tested at…
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 be made regarding the city of Pensacola’s…
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 for Sunday, Aug. 30. The 23 positives…
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 of Work Release Building Dorm Three wrote…
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 week after the board approved $1.25 million…
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 precaution, Escambia County will suspend road crew…
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 8.81% on 647 test results. Â A low…
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 issue. The city’s Affordable Housing Task Force…
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 had four more deaths reported – 86…
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 rapid testing program for prisoners and staff…
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, 2020. Both sessions will be available for…
Preview of Aug. 27 issue
It goes live at noon.