Burn, baby, burn on Friday
The Escambia County Interim Fire Chief, in conjunction with Escambia County Emergency Management and the Florida Forestry Service, will lift the burn ban effective 6…
Vote-by-mail in year of coronavirus
Jeremy Morrison reports that when Americans go to the polls to cast their ballots this year, it will be a different election experience. For starters,…
Thursday a.m. briefing
Pandemic EBT Now Available in Florida On Wednesday, I looked into how Escambia County was helping the over 900 children that were fed by the…
Latest of cases in long-term facilities
Here at the COVID-19 cases reported currently in the long-term care facilities, according to AHCA – total 70. The numbers are self-reported by the facilities….
Santa Rosa schools will continue meal program
Santa Rosa County School District food contractor Sodexo, in cooperation with STA the Santa Rosa County District Schools bus service, will continue the summer feeding…
Escambia has three more deaths.
Escambia County had three more COVID-19 deaths, which brings the death total to 29. This was the most deaths in a single day since May…
Calling All Writers
Inweekly is working on a special issue, and we need you. We’re accepting submissions for our first ever “written by you†issue. Short stories, essays,…
Wednesday a.m. food for thought
Covid-19’s impact on Gulf Power In early May, Inweekly had the Political Matrix poll Escambia County voters about impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their…
Escambia sends out COVID-19 update
The list of long-term care facilities with active COVID-19 cases is available here. Please note, Oakbridge Terrace at Azalea Trace does not have any positive cases…
Escambia County by the COVID-19 numbers
Maybe a better way to look at the spread of the coronavirus in Escambia County is to look at only Escambia County residents that have…
Tuesday noon update
Escambia County only had one additional case today, which was a non-Florida resident. DOH Escambia entered 287 new test results. 5/25/20 5/26/20 Increase Total…
Federal judge clears way for felons to vote
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Forida TALLAHASSEE — Opening the door for hundreds of thousands of convicted felons to be added to Florida’s…
Oakbridge Terrace at Azalea Trace data wrong
On Saturday, the Florida Department of Health reported that Oakbridge Terrace at Azalea Trace had 42 COVID-19 cases. Â Dr. John Lanza, who heads the Escambia…
Memorial Weekend Recap
Over Memorial Day weekend, Escambia County had 28 new COVID-19 cases and an additional death. DOH Escambia entered 2,093 new test results into its Merlin…
DeSantis gives green light to youth activities
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday said he is lifting coronavirus-related restrictions on youth activities, including…
Escambia County has another COVID death, total 25
Escambia County has six more COVID-19 cases and one more death – total 25. DOH Escambia entered 298 new test results – 2% positive. 5/21/20…
Friday a.m. briefing
CDC No Longer Worried About COVID on Surfaces Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its “How COVID-19 Spreads†section on its website to say…
Backroom briefing: Test Question
By Ana Ceballos and Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis has pushed to expand testing of Floridians to see…
Thursday noon update
Escambia County has 11 more cases and three additional COVID-19 related deaths. A boatload of new test results are recored today, 1,172 – 1% positive….
Grand Jury appeal by former ECUA attorney, not board
After two years, the public finally got a peek an Escambia County Grand Jury report concerning the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority when the 1st District…
