Brownsville COVID-19 testing site suspended for severe weather
The drive-through and walk-up COVID-19 testing site at Brownsville Community Center, located at 3200 W. De Soto St., will be closed Tuesday, March 31 due to…
Presser Notes: Five Percent and Better on the Bluffs
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Nudging down a bit, the Pensacola area’s percentage of COVID-19 tests yielding positive results is running about five percent. “Glad to…
Escambia makes Top 12 COVID-19 list
As of 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 30, Â Escambia County moved into the Top 12 list of Florida counties with positive COVID-19 cases. Escambia has the…
‘Northern tier’ college blames COVID-19 on warm Southern beaches, Escambia positives double
A group of students from the University of Wisconsin – Madison have tested positive for coronavirus after a spring break trip to Alabama’s beaches. The…
Latest local numbers
From Mayor Grover Robinson: Just received from Sacred Heart for their drive in. 3/30 4:55 PM 2,276 total test taken 1,879 test returned. 99 positive…
DeSantis pushes ‘Safe At Home’ for the warmest part of the state, south Florida
By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis is imposing a regional “safer at home†set of guidelines for Southeast Florida…
Mythbuster: Our climate does not make Escambia less conducive to COVID-19
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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;…
