Bars, theaters, tattoo shops open Friday

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Bars, tattoo shops and movie theaters can partially reopen Friday in most of the state,…

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Another COVID-19 death

Escambia County has nine more COVID-19 cases – 69 over the past seven days, year-to-date total 853.  The county also had one more death –…

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Bars anxious to reopen

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis is under increasing pressure to let bar owners again pour spirits and…

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DOH Escambia says COVID-19 infections may have started 14 days ago

Inweekly has tried to find out why Escambia County has seen 63 new COVID-19 cases since Friday, May 29. We received this response this morning:…

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Yikes, Escambia has 16 new COVID-19 cases, 53 over last four days

The Florida Department of Health reported this morning that Escambia County has 16 new COVID-19 cases– 53 news cases since Friday, May 29,  year-to-date total…

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New COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Escambia, Okaloosa

Escambia has 13 more COVID-19 cases – 37 since Friday, total 828.  Okaloosa has 9 more – 25 since Friday, total 232. The beaches have…

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Monday a.m. briefing – nursing home heartache

Four weeks after Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties reopened their beaches, Escambia reported 24 new COVID-19 cases and Okaloosa 16 cases. On Wednesday, Santa…

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Vote-by-mail in year of coronavirus

Jeremy Morrison reports that when Americans go to the polls to cast their ballots this year, it will be a different election experience. For starters,…

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Thursday a.m. briefing

Pandemic EBT Now Available in Florida On Wednesday, I looked into how Escambia County was helping the over 900 children that were fed by the…

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Escambia County has another COVID death, total 25

Escambia County has six more COVID-19 cases and one more death – total 25. DOH Escambia entered 298 new test results – 2% positive. 5/21/20…

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Thursday noon update

Escambia County has 11 more cases and three additional COVID-19 related deaths. A boatload of new test results are recored today, 1,172 – 1% positive….

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What’s happened while you’ve been working

Escambia County only added four more COVID-19 cases today. However, Santa Rosa had 11 more cases — the most in a single day since April…

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