Another bad COVID day for Florida and Escambia

  The Florida broke its daily record for COVID-19 deaths for the third consecutive day with 253 – total now 6,586. Escambia and Santa Rosa…

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Forever lost opportunity

Downtown Pensacola could have had a downtown campus for the University of West Florida, a convention center and a sports hall of fame, but the…

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Most recent jail tests – 83% positive

The county reported yesterday afternoon the Escambia County Jail got back six more test results and five were positive – 83.33%. After reporting its first…

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Antibody testing slowed last week

For week ending July 23, Escambia had only 121 people  test for antibodies to determine if they have had COVID-19 – down from 157 that…

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COVID positivity up for children last week

While the overall positivity rate for Escambia County went down slightly last week – from 12.54%  to 11.91%, the rate for Escambia County children was…

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Breaking news: Tymar Crawford settlement announced

Press Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. (July 29, 2020) — The Zarzaur Law firm is pleased to announce that the City of Pensacola and the family of…

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Peek at 2020 Pet Issue

One of our favorite annual issues:

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Nursing homes: we were lulled into thinking COVID was under control

Since last Thursday, local long-term facilities have reported that they have 60 more COVID-19 patients among their residents and have transferred eight to local hospitals….

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Florida sets another daily death record, Escambia & Santa Rosa total 359 news cases

Florida’s COVID-19 cases have topped 450K – 451,442, and with 216 new deaths, blasting past yesterday’s daily record of 186. State positivity rate is 12.26%…

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Medical Examiner list of COVID-19 deaths in NW Florida

COVID-19 deaths more than doubled in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties this past month. The Florida Department of Health keeps a running total, but few…

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White House: Escambia still in ‘Red Zone’

The Pensacola Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) – which includes Escambia and Santa Rosa counties – still is in the Red Zone according to the latest…

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‘Stay Clean’ added to ‘Mask Up’ campaign

“Unfortunately, it sounds like COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon we are urging the public to continue to focus on staying clean to stay…

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