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Public school teachers to get promised pay raise

Indian River County’s 2,000 public school teachers will receive at least a 5 percent raise this year and ...

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Court slams anti-mask lawsuit in unequivocal ruling

Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Judge Janet Croom didn’t mince words last week when she dismissed an anti-mask lawsuit filed ...

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COVID-19 cases trending downward in Indian River schools

COVID-19 cases declined in Indian River County’s public schools for the second straight week as the spread of ...

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School District vaccinates 68 school health workers, elderly employees

An estimated 68 health workers and elderly employees in the public school system received COVID-19 vaccinations, and new ...

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Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club’s A1A tunnel idea not hit with all

Some members of The Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club Community Association are up in arms over the ...

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Judge Janet Croom to rule soon on school facemask policy for students

State Judge Janet Croom must decide whether to order the Indian River County School Board to make facemasks ...

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Media center assistant at Oslo Middle first school staffer to die here of COVID-19

An Oslo Middle School staff member, Sherrie Lynn McGary, died last week and a colleague attributed her death ...

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New bridge off south island will be one of tallest in state

Starting next January, island residents heading south on A1A can expect four years of construction chaos when crossing ...

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Graves donates land near Vero Beach High to school district for new running track

A modern running track and a community walking path are planned for the 16th Street Ballfields near Vero ...

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Public schools here experience worst week since start of pandemic with 50 new cases

A student and a staff member at Beachland Elementary School tested positive for COVID-19 and 10 students quarantined ...

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Not going to see this racing through Vero before 2023

Indian River County residents won’t face any danger or inconvenience posed by Brightline’s high-speed passenger trains until at ...

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Vero Beach, Sebastian River High schools improve grad rates amid pandemic

Despite the COVID-19-curtailed school year, the Vero Beach and Sebastian River High classes of 2020 combined to give ...