Yesterday, Halsey Beshears, secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, was in Pensacola to meet privately with bar owners. We’ve been told he went over guidelines for bars when…
Local healthcare leaders discuss ‘marathon’ COVID fight
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As the coronavirus season has stretched on and the pandemic has only intensified in states such as Florida, local health care facilities find themselves needing to rise to…
Escambia voters believe in face masks and want them in county buildings
According to the latest Inweekly/Political Matrix, nearly 80% of Escambia voters believe face masks help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus and want them mandated for county employees and visitors to…
SpaceX recovery set for off the shores of Pensacola
The SpaceX recovery ship – Go Navigator – is docked at NAS Pensacola and set to pick up the astronauts of SpaceX Crew Dragon “Endeavour†spacecraft when they splash down in the…
More Gulf Islands opens on Aug. 10
Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Gulf Islands National Seashore is increasing recreational access at the Fort Pickens…
Last chance to vote for Best of the Coast
Best of the Coast 2020 Ballot Like we have every summer for the last 20 years, we’re asking you all to play favorites and vote in our annual Best of the Coast…
Pensacola Vocational School Building makes ’11 to Save’ list
The Florida Trust for Historic Preservation included the Pensacola Vocational School Building (1942) on its 2020 “11 to Save,†a list of the most threatened historic properties in the state. The John…
More stories of those lost to COVID
I obtained a list of COVID-19 deaths in Escambia and Santa counties from First Judicial District Medical Examiner. Their ages ranged from 24 to 104. We found a few of their obituaries…
Rally 2020 tonight
WSRE’s “RALLY 2020†Candidate Forum begins with select primary races in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties, airing at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, July 30–31. Both programs will be simulcast on…
For Santa Rosa parents
Santa Rosa District Schools will extend the deadline for parents to select a Student Learning Option for their child from August 3, 2020 to August 7, 2020. Parents may select a learning…
Escambia County open for everything but union negotiations
Escambia County administration has continued to hold meetings with developers and contractors on their development plans since March. The fact that county operations have continued during the crisis has been a source of…
Another bad COVID day for Florida and Escambia
The Florida broke its daily record for COVID-19 deaths for the third consecutive day with 253 – total now 6,586. Escambia and Santa Rosa had another 150+ new case day and…
Forever lost opportunity
Downtown Pensacola could have had a downtown campus for the University of West Florida, a convention center and a sports hall of fame, but the lease agreements that would have made them…
Most recent jail tests – 83% positive
The county reported yesterday afternoon the Escambia County Jail got back six more test results and five were positive – 83.33%. After reporting its first three COVID cases on July 2, the…
Antibody testing slowed last week
For week ending July 23, Escambia had only 121 people  test for antibodies to determine if they have had COVID-19 – down from 157 that were tested the previous week. The good…
COVID positivity up for children last week
While the overall positivity rate for Escambia County went down slightly last week – from 12.54% Â to 11.91%, the rate for Escambia County children was 16.6%. For 946 tests, 157 were positive…
Breaking news: Tymar Crawford settlement announced
Press Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. (July 29, 2020) — The Zarzaur Law firm is pleased to announce that the City of Pensacola and the family of Tymar Crawford have reached an amicable settlement…
Peek at 2020 Pet Issue
One of our favorite annual issues:
Nursing homes: we were lulled into thinking COVID was under control
Since last Thursday, local long-term facilities have reported that they have 60 more COVID-19 patients among their residents and have transferred eight to local hospitals. Â The number of staff with the virus…
Florida sets another daily death record, Escambia & Santa Rosa total 359 news cases
Florida’s COVID-19 cases have topped 450K – 451,442, and with 216 new deaths, blasting past yesterday’s daily record of 186. State positivity rate is 12.26% – the highest in the past five…