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 was encouraging. “When you look at the…
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 cases among its residents, had transferred to…
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 does carry a fine of $500 or…
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 he was reminded a quote by President…
#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 fundraising events. Like so many businesses recently,…
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 results were positive – 13.3%, rising the…
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 said he will announce a plan Wednesday…
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 for customers to assist with the economic…
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 no limitations on daylight hours (30 minutes…
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 methodical†and “data-driven,†and some people might…
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 Administrator Janice Gilley what can we expect…
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 prospects in the system were on the…
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. At 10 a.m. Sunday, April 24, FDOH…
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 city will be reopened through a process…
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, is the most infected facilities with 87…
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 COVID-19 pandemic.  Several local businesses are on…
Blue Angels perform ‘America Strong’ flyovers
In a show of national solidarity, the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, and the Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, will conduct a series of multi-city flyovers over the…
Grover to unveil Recover Pensacola plan
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson will unveil his Recover Pensacola plan at his press conference today. He told Inweekly that the plan follows President Donald Trump’s Opening up America Again guideline. The mayor…
Sunday COVID report
Florida COVID-19 cases topped 31K. The new county report by DOH shows Escambia County had 624 tests entered in the system on Saturday, April 25 with only 3% positive – 20 total…
COVID-19: Saturday afternoon report – update
Update 6 p.m.: Â The new county analysis has been added. Today, the Florida Department of Health announced that the Department will now release this report on COVID-19 cases in Florida once per…