Today, in response to skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, an independently-elected member of the Florida Cabinet, called on the Governor to issue a statewide mask order: “With 31,299 new…
Escambia blows past daily COVID record
Escambia County has 92 new COVID cases, surpassing the record set yesterday of 68. Of the new cases, 81 were Florida residents, two were tied to local nursing homes, and the median…
Tate High named for Confederate veteran
Why would the Tate High principal use a logo with a Confederate flag? Its namesake was a Civil War veteran who would tell his students that the textbooks were wrong about the…
Greater Pensacola Chamber moves office to post office box
Greater Pensacola Chamber, which was founded in 1889, no longer has a brick-and-mortar office, at least temporarily. When it returns, the office will only have four staff members there. The remaining five…
Confederate flag has resurgence in Panhandle
Walmart and NASCAR have banned the Confederate flag. The former Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and the Escambia County Commission replaced the Confederate flag in the five-flag display with Florida’s state flag in…
Escambia County keeps people in the dark on COVID
How safe are Pensacola Beach, downtown Pensacola, Cordova Mall and other parts of Escambia County? Transparency hasn’t been a priority for Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley during his first year on the…
Poll: Voters like new monuments
In a recent poll by The Political Matrix of 848 Escambia County residents, we found that 55.7% would like a monument commission implemented to look at recommending monuments and statues honoring people…
Florida travelers to be quarantined by NY – update
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut issued a travel advisory that requires people arriving from states with high coronavirus rates, such as Florida, to quarantine for 14 days. The travel advisory applies…
Bar owner says he’s a ‘scapegoat’
The owner of the Knight’s Pub in Orlando contends that his bar is being used as a “scapegoat†after the state suspended its alcoholic beverage license for violating coronavirus reopening guidelines. Owner…
Peek at Inweekly June 25 issue
We will start delivering this issue to news stands late this afternoon:
Florida, Escambia set new daily records for COVID
The Florida Department of Health reports the state has 5,511 new case of COVID-19. Â Escambia set a new daily record with 68 new cases for June 23 – only 9 were non-Florida…
Leon County BCC makes masks mandatory; GOP chair threatens lawsuit
Yesterday, the Leon Board of County Commissioners voted to approve a mandate that masks be worn in public – a requirement that has overwhelming community support, according to the Tallahassee Democrat. The…
U.S. Attorney has COVID
The News Service of Florida and the Tallahassee Democrat are reporting that U.S. Attorney Larry Keefe, who handles federal prosecutions from Pensacola to Gainesville, has tested positive for COVID-19. Ron Sachs, a…
One out of three kids inside the city of Pensacola lives in poverty
NorthEscambia.com yesterday published an article that showed the zip codes north of I-10 have a wide range of poverty levels, from the lowest in the county to one of the highest, according…
Masks to be required when UWF reopens
The Florida Board of Governors approved the University of West Florida’s Fall 2020 Reopening Plan during its meeting on Tuesday, June 23. The plan was approved by UWF’s Board of Trustees on…
June COVID new cases in Escambia set to be higher than April or May
Florida has 3,286 new COVID cases, and Escambia County has 42 new cases for June 22*. Â Seven of the new cases in the county are associated with local nursing homes, and all…
Don Gaetz appointed to Florida Ethics Commission
Florida Senate President Bill Galvano (R-Bradenton) today announced the appointment of former Senate President (2012-2014) Don Gaetz to the Florida Commission on Ethics. President Gaetz is appointed for a term beginning July…
State shuts down bar for COVID
On the day Gov. DeSantis sent out an email stating he wanted officials to inspect bars and restaurants for violating COVID guidelines, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) reported the…
Poll: City voters split on monument removal, County voters want it to stay
According to a recent poll conducted by The Political Matrix, city of Pensacola voters are divided on whether the Confederate monument in the city’s Lee Square should be removed. The two districts…
Meals on Wheels volunteers needed
In the past two weeks, Council on Aging of West Florida has enrolled more than 300 people in its pandemic-related Meals on Wheels expanded program. Now, the agency has a need for…