Rebekah Jones: Escambia, Santa Rosa don’t meet reopen criteria
Rebekah Jones was part of the Florida Department of Health (DOH) team running the state’s official coronavirus dashboard but was fired for, in her words,…
COVID status of each Escambia department, 7/2/2020
On Thursday, June 2, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners were briefed by County Administrator Janice Gilley and her leadership team on the COVID-19 pandemic….
COVID: How safe is your neighborhood?
Inweekly has tracked the COVID-19 cases by zip code for the first six days of July. The five most infected areas are: 32514 – UWF/Ferry…
Presser: ‘We Have Gone Up Significantly’
By Jeremy Morrison During his weekly press conference Monday morning, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson stressed that the local COVID landscape was trending into unfavorable territory….
City staff recommends Confederate monument’s removal
“The Square and Monument are not equitable representations of all our citizens.†– Keith Wilkins Pensacola City Administrator Keith Wilkins has sent a recommendation to…
Escambia outbreak worse than Chicago, Seattle and D.C.
Florida has 7,347 more COVID cases with a positivity rate of 16.1% for July 6. Escambia County has 117 new cases – 93 are Florida…
Florida schools ordered to reopen next month
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran on Monday ordered public schools to reopen in August and offer…
Who got PPP loans over $150K in Pensacola, Gulf Breeze
The Small Business Administration disclosed the names of many small businesses which received Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, funds. The SBA didn’t name the businesses…
Whites less likely to test positive for COVID
Whites in Escambia County are less likely to contract COVID-19 and require hospitalization. Â And the disparity may explain why most of those fighting face masks,…
PLT cancels summer production
PLT Family, Though we had hoped to bring the “100 Aker Wood†to life with delightful characters and sweet-as-honey stories for you, we have regretfully…
Blue Wahoos in championship round
Pensacola’s Blue Wahoos Stadium has reached the national championship round of the 2020 Ballpark Digest Best of the Ballparks contest. In the final round, Blue…
Escambia County lags far behind others on antibody testing
The county and health officials have touted the importance of antibody testing. The Florida Department of Health has published the antibody test results for each…
