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New rental community near hospital moving forward

Though it won’t be finished in time to house the current wave of people moving to Vero Beach, ...

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Vero Council sets rare night session for riverfront vote

The Vero Beach City Council has now scheduled a rare 6 p.m. session next Tuesday, Feb. 1, for ...

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First of elder care fraud trials set for February

Chiquita McGee, a 33-year-old Fort Pierce woman accused of defrauding an elderly John’s Island couple in her care ...

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Shores, Vero declare impasse in federal lawsuit

After nearly two hours of talks refereed by a mediator, attorneys for the Town of Indian River Shores ...

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COVID may have peaked, but not hospitalizations

New COVID-19 infections here reported to the Florida Department of Health eased slightly last week with 1,929 cases, ...

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Man to be sentenced for hiding camera in bathroom

The defendant in a May 2020 case in which two teenage girls found a camera hidden in their ...

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COVID surge sees hospitalizations more than triple

New COVID-19 infections here set another record this past week, and the number of people hospitalized with the ...

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Riverfront plan set for key Council vote

After more than two years of public input, design charrettes, committee meetings and several competing versions of the ...

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COVID surge closes iconic restaurants

New COVID-19 infections more than doubled again this past week – setting a seven-day pandemic record with 1,407 ...

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Pandemic complicates challenge of managing county jail

When a county jail goes from a place where most people who are arrested spend a few hours, ...

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COVID cases triple here in just one week

The number of new COVID-19 infections in Indian River County tripled in one week over the Christmas holidays, ...

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Mayors meet, but utility dispute still seen headed to court

Mayors Brian Foley and Robbie Brackett met last week about water-sewer utility territory issues at the crux of ...