The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority has issued a system wide precautionary boil water notice for water system customers because of widespread damages sustained from Hurricane Sally. Residents are advised to boil water for one minute at a rolling boil or to use eight drops of regular unscented household bleach per gallon of water. Emerald Coast Utilities…… MORE
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TWO BOATERS NOW MISSING
Escambia County Sheriff Davis Morgan says authorities are looking for a second boater who went missing during Hurricane Sally. 45-year-old Agnieszka Sobierajska went out kayaking last Wednesday in Innerarity Point and has not been seen since. She was last seen wearing a black and white shirt and black pants. Deputies previously announced 27-year-old Brandon Nicholson…… MORE
AGRICULTURE STORM DAMAGE
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried was in Northwest Florida and said damage to crops across northern Escambia County was close to 100 percent. On Sunday, Fried met with farmers in Walnut Hill and Jay and saw at first-hand what Hurricane Sally did to crops and farmlands. No financial estimate of the…… MORE
COVID-19 UPDATE
The Florid Department of health says Florida added 1,736 new COVID-19 cases yesterday to bring the state’s total to 665,730. There were also 34 new coronavirus deaths, bringing the state’s death toll to 12,798. Escambia County had 24 new cases and 1 new death Santa Rosa had 13 new cases Okaloosa County had 17 new…… MORE
GOVERNOR DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY
Florida Governor Ron Desantis has declared a state of emergency for Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties for the approach of Hurricane Sally. The City of Pensacola has also declared a state of emergency. Mayor Grover Robinson said the greatest impact expected is rain at high tide. Walton County also declared a state of emergency. Mayor…… MORE
FORMER GULF BREEZE MAYOR ARRESTED
Ed Gray, the former mayor of Gulf Breeze was arrested yesterday tracking device after an investigation revealed that he secretly recorded teenage boys in his home and stalked and tracked them without their knowledge. He was booked into the Santa Rosa County Jail on $101,000 bond. He had been employed by the city of Gulf…… MORE
HURRICANE SALLY CLOSURES
City of Pensacola Sanitation Services will not operate on Tuesday but customers will receive service Wednesday, weather permitting. Wednesday customers will receive service Thursday, weather permitting. Thursday customers will receive service on Friday, weather permitting. There will not be any yard waste pickup or special collections of bulk waste items this week for City of…… MORE
FLORIDA BARS REOPEN
Florida bars reopened at 50% capacity yesterday as the state’s COVID-19 cases continue to subside. Department of Business and Professional Regulation Secretary Halsey Beshears signed an executive order Thursday night that rescinds the restrictions placed on bars three weeks after they reopened in June after coronavirus cases surged. Alcohol vendors may now operate at 50%…… MORE
FLORIDA GAS PRICES
Florida gas prices a bit lower as Hurricanel Storm Sally moves toward the Gulf Coast. Ten crude oil refineries, with a total processing capacity of more than 25 percent of total gulf coast crude oil refining capacity could be affected by the storm. Florida drivers were paying an average price of $2.17 per gallon for…… MORE
COVID-19 UPDATE
The Florida Department of Health says Florida added 2,423 new COVID-19 cases yesterday to bring the state’s total to 663,994 cases. There were also 8 new deaths bringing the state’s death toll to 12,764, Escambia County had 49 new cases Santa Rosa County had 23 new cases Okaloosa County had 41 new cases Walton County…… MORE
