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Lisa Zahner

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New COVID cases trend downward, but less on island

As Indian River County surpassed the 10,000 COVID-19 case mark last weekend, the number of new cases here ...

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COVID-19 sets new records here during January

January was a rough month across the board here setting records for new COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, deaths and ...

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Kids could be in line for vaccinations by summer

With nearly a year’s worth of COVID-19 case information, and vaccine safety and efficacy data rolling in, public ...

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Vero City Council won’t include overhead or salaries in stormwater utility budget

The Vero Beach City Council has told staff that any tax earmarked for a potential stormwater utility should ...

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Utilities Commission urged to phase out septic within Vero city limits on island

A New Year’s Eve deadline forced hundreds of island property owners in the City of Vero Beach to ...

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Vero: The Shores lacks standing to sue over reuse water rates

Vero Beach has asked a court to rule in the city’s favor in a civil suit filed by ...

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COVID-19 cases down slightly, but death toll rises

It was a week of ups and downs in the battle against COVID-19 locally. After two weeks of ...

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New COVID-19 cases here lowest since New Year’s

New COVID-19 cases in the county were down significantly last week from the previous two weeks and the ...

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Indian River Shores says it likely will leave Vero water-sewer utility in 2027

Indian River Shores Councilman John McCord told Vero Beach officials last week that the town will likely leave ...

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Keeping seniors out of hospital best way to fight COVID-19

The most important reason to get the COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of barrier island seniors as swiftly ...

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COVID-19 cases shatter pandemic records for county

The past week saw more pandemic records shattered here with 874 new coronavirus cases – including 71 new ...

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New COVID-19 cases set another record last week

Indian River County did not start off 2021 on the right foot in terms of COVID-19 statistics, setting ...