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As infections rise here, new COVID vax set to arrive

The newly approved COVID-19 vaccine, formulated to beat back the latest virus variants, is due to arrive within ...

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Orlando Health’s Sebastian hospital bid a ‘go’ for now

News Analysis Steward Health Care and its mega-landlord Medical Properties Trust have brokered an uneasy truce to allow ...

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Steward accuses landlord of blocking hospital sales

Steward Health Care’s impasse with its mega-landlord Medical Properties Trust, which owns the Sebastian River Medical Center buildings ...

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Flowers polls less than a majority, but stays sheriff

Nearly two thirds of primary voters did not want to give Sheriff Eric Flowers a second term, but ...

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2024 Primary: All over but the counting

Indian River County voters faced choices on Tuesday that will shape local policy and taxes through at least ...

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Sebastian River hospital sale now delayed to Sept.

Steward Health Care has run up against more roadblocks than anticipated en route to selling or closing its ...

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‘Not sustainable’: Steward, landlord and creditors at impasse

If Sebastian River Medical Center and 28 remaining Steward Health Care hospitals are to be sold later this ...

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What campaign? No election needed for Shores council

As is often the case for the Town of Indian River Shores, the island municipality of 4,500 residents ...

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Shores weighs banking funds for future hurricane recovery

With real property values way up, the Indian River Shores Town Council has a choice to make – ...

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Sebastian facility seen safe but conditions deteriorating

The federal bankruptcy court-appointed Ombudsman assigned to make sure that Steward Healthcare’s hospitals are operating in a safe ...

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Steward owes a lot to many of its vendors

Steward Healthcare filed updated financial statements for its 31 hospitals as part of Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy proceedings, ...

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Only 2 candidates for 3 Shores council seats

With one week left to qualify, only two candidates had filed paperwork to run for three Indian River ...