Safe-at-home ends Monday, new rules, testing infrastructure faltering

Yesterday, Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-111 that extended Safe-at-Home – Executive Orders 20-87 and 20-91 -until 12:01 am Monday May 4. He also…

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Gulf Power downtown update

Beginning on Sunday May 3,  the Gulf Power Network upgrade project will shift to working overnight on Sunday thru Wednesday nights from 11 p.m. to…

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Florida Department of Health hasn’t updated nursing home data in two days

In its 1:27 pm update, the Florida Department of Health released a list of long-term care facilities in Florida associated with COVID-19 cases with active…

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While you were at lunch…

From the 11:30 a.m. update from Escambia EOC: Ascension Sacred Heart Testing Site Information Due to inclement weather, all Ascension Sacred Heart COVID-19 drive-through testing…

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COVID-19: Wednesday noon report

Florida topped 33K COVID-19 cases and the death toll is over 1,200.  Escambia County had 11 new cases, approaching 500. According to the FDOH dashboard,…

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What Dr. Lanza told the BCC

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…

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Southern Oaks defends operations, makes no mention of deaths or testing workers

NorthEscambia.com published this morning a press release from Southern Oaks.  FDOH released a report on Tuesday that showed the downtown nursing home had 94 COVID-19…

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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…

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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…

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#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…

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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.*  Of those, 15…

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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…

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