ECSD’s mask debate rages on (as does Covid) by Jeremy Morrison The on-campus mask debate continued Tuesday evening during the Escambia County School District School Board meeting — with some staking their…
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COVID testing available Monday-Friday
Community Health Northwest Florida is now offering COVID-19 testing five days a week at two locations. The testing is a simple swab of your nostrils – not the “brain swab.” Drive-thru testing…
Rapid tests only for those showing symptoms
Beginning Monday, Oct. 5, Community Health Northwest Florida and Ascension Sacred Heart will offer rapid COVID-19 testing to Escambia County residents – more than month after the Escambia County Commission approved using…
COVID cases among children worse than reported
According to the latest report of accumulative COVID-19 cases from the state, Escambia County only had 23 cases among its elementary, middle and high schools–both public and private in September. The ages…
City closes community centers
The City of Pensacola is closing all community resource centers and programs to the public until further notice, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in Escambia County and city staff. Community resource centers will…
COVID: County HR director, Animal Shelter have it
“I do not want anyone to panic…” – Jana Still, HR director Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley is trying to keep the lid on the boiling pot of COVID among her employees….
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 Pass: 476 cases, 178 in July 32526…