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County positive ‘uptick’ due to families, car pools

Dr. John Lanza, director of the Florida Department of Health in Escambia County, gave the Board of County Commissioners an update on the COVID-19 pandemic….

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COVID-19 cases hit new state daily record – 3,207

Florida hit a new daily record for new COVID-19 cases – 3,207 – besting the record set only two days ago. Escambia County has two…

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State to require bi-weekly testing of nursing home staff

By Christine Sexton, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Staff members at nursing homes and assisted living facilities will be required to be tested…

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Posted in Politics

Cedric Alexander: PPD, Defunding, Dismantling and Training (Part 2)

The week, Jeremy Morrison interviews Cedric Alexander, the retired law enforcement officer with a national reputation that is helping Mayor Grover Robinson develop a citizen…

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Posted in Escambia County Pensacola

Mike Hill defends Confederate monument, of course

GOP State Rep. Mike Hill has put up a video on Facebook defending the Confederate monument in downtown Pensacola: “I’m Conservative Republican Representative Mike Hill….

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Miami-Dade considers Police Oversight panel

The Miami Herald reports a proposal to revive a civilian oversight panel for the Miami-Dade police department passed an initial vote on Tuesday. The proposal…

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Posted in Business

FloridaWest: Remote from Here

FloridaWest, Escambia County’s economic development authority, sees opportunity as the nation deals with the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions have found that they can do their jobs…

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Posted in Escambia County

Breaking news: ECAT to be tested for COVID

The Florida Department of Health is setting up testing for ECAT employees for Thursday and Friday after an ECAT driver tested positive for COVID-19. ECAT…

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Percentage of positive cases continues to climb

Escambia County has 32 new COVID-19 cases – the most in the past seven days.  Of these cases, only one was tied to a nursing…

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Early peek at Inweekly: By You

This week’s issue will go online at 1 p.m. today. The print version will hit the stands tomorrow. Here is a pdf version of the…

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Posted in Pensacola

Cedric Alexander on oversight, bias and systematic racism (Part 1)

In this week’s Inweekly, Jeremy Morrison interviews Cedric Alexander, the retired law enforcement officer with a national reputation that is helping Mayor Grover Robinson develop…

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Posted in Education

Searching out a savior for Escambia schools

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As the Escambia County School District searches for its next superintendent, transitioning from an elected to an appointed position, there’s a…

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