Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill sent out a mass email to county voters from his voteunderhill@gmail.com account that states: “Our environment is not as conducive to COVID-19 as the northern tier states like…
Gulf Power customers could get break on bills
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Hundreds of thousands of Northwest Florida residents and businesses could get a break on their electric bills in May, after Gulf Power…
Community Health Northwest Florida, Ascension Sacred Heart open third drive-thru testing site
As NorthEscambia.com reported this weekend: Escambia County, Community Health Northwest Florida and Ascension Sacred Heart have partnered to open a drive-through COVID-19 testing site at Community Health Pediatrics located at 470 South…
COVID-19: More cases, Pensacola firefighter among them, one death in Okaloosa
From DOH: Today, as of 11 a.m., there are 5,473 total Florida cases. While Florida’s testing has increased over the past week, the percent of those testing positive for COVID-19 overall is…
Whisper campaign to smear hospital execs has begun
There is a whisper campaign inside the Escambia County administration to smear the heads of Baptist Health Care and Ascension Sacred Heart as the Board of County Commissioners prepares to debate re-opening…
Santa Rosa County has second COVID-19 death
DOH reported Sunday night that the state’s total COVID-19 cases is 912, a 22.6% increase since Saturday. Â Escambia County added 8 case, 29.6% jump; Okaloosa 1 case, 3.7% increase; and Santa…
Breaking news: ECSO has first positive COVID-19 case
Inweekly spoke with Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan tonight. The sheriff said his agency learned of its first positive COVID-19 test result today. The employee is a process server who hadn’t been…
Governor bans reporter from presser
Gov. Ron DeSantis has blocked a reporter from the state’s largest newspapers from his press conferences. Mary Ellen Klas, who serves as the Miami Herald’s bureau chief for the Miami Herald and…
COVID-19: noon update
As of 11 a.m. EDT, DOH reported Florida had 4,246 positive cases – up 208 from late Saturday’s report. Escambia County: 28, up 1; Okaloosa County: 27, no change; and Santa Rosa:…
COVID-19: Mid-morning update
From Mayor Grover Robinson: “So much for good news. I did get a text this morning saying a number of positives came in. We now are up around 5.3% positive.†Good reporting…
The scene from Jaws that keeps coming back
With County Administrator Janice Gilley and a couple commissioners pushing to reopen the beaches this week, I’m reminded of this scene from the movie “Jaws,” just insert COVID-19 for the shark: Please…
Maybe some good news
At 10 p.m. last night, Mayor Grover Robinson reported that Ascension Sacred Heart has received 1,015 results from the 1,996 tests that it has conducted at its drive-thru facility. “The positives are…
COVID-19: Saturday mid-afternoon update
Here is the News Service of Florida’s analysis of the 11 a.m. statistics: TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health officials released updated numbers Saturday about the coronavirus in the state. Here…
Flynn explains airport, quarantines and effectiveness of closing beaches
Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered that travelers for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut go into 14-day self-quarantine upon arrival at Florida’s airports. What we learned yesterday at Mayor Grover Robinson’s…
Less than one-percent of county tested for COVID-19
As the noon report from DOH, positive cases and deaths continue to increase. Escambia County has not reported an additional case since 7 p.m Friday, but Okaloosa had two more, Santa Rosa…
Escambia cases nearly double since Wednesday
As of 7 p.m. Friday, March 27: Florida has 3,198 total positive cases. Seventeen more people have died who tested positive for COVID-19 in Broward, Dade, Hillsborough, Lee, Orange, Palm Beach, St. Johns…
DeSantis moves to block those escaping from La
Inweekly is working to find out more about Gov. Ron DeSantis plan to implement a road block on I-10 to stop travelers from Louisiana from entering Florida. As we reported yesterday, Escambia…
Buzz: Governor DeSantis discussing establishing a blockade on state line
Update: Several news outlets have confirmed this report. PNJ reports Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson also sent a request to the governor. However, the mayor didn’t mention roadblocks at his press today. Sources…
Lumon May: Test Results, Re-opening Beach, Employee Safety
Commissioner Lumon May attended Mayor Grover Robinson’s press conference. Inweekly took advantage of the opportunity to ask the commissioner about communications on testing, re-opening the beaches and the safety of county employees….
COVID-19: Friday noon report…an hour late
Florida Department of Health moved its dashboard update to 12 p.m. EDT. Â Notice high percentage increases over the past two days. Note 2 p.m.: DOH updated report to include total cases–up 72%…