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COVID infections, hospitalizations fall

After a one-week spike, the number of new local COVID-19 infections are back down to pre-spring break levels, ...

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Weak legislation dashes hopes for utility customers

News Analysis A piece of legislation intended to curb the financial excesses of municipal electric, water and sewer ...

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New COVID infections jump sharply here

New COVID-19 infections more than doubled this past week from the prior week, and local hospitalizations were also ...

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Bills advance to protect municipal utility customers

News Analysis The Florida Legislature is moving two bills through committee that would clamp down on how municipal-owned ...

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COVID here is at post-pandemic low

New COVID-19 infections here were near their lowest point since the start of the pandemic last week, but ...

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2 Vero lawyers on short list for judicial vacancy

Vero Beach attorneys Jeff Battista and Bill Long, along with three other Treasure Coast residents, are now on ...

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3 years later: COVID lingers, but in Vero life has moved on

This week marks three years since the abrupt closing of local bars and gyms over concerns that both ...

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Three from Vero are hoping to be named to bench

Three local Vero lawyers were set to be interviewed this week among a field of nine Treasure Coast ...

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COVID cases down, hospitalizations up

New COVID-19 infections here were down 25 percent this past week, decreasing from 98 cases to 73 cases, ...

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Vero, Shores law enforcement eye new drones after state bans Chinese model

When local law enforcement agencies took to the air a couple of years back with drones, they quite ...

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COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations here stay low

As Vero Beach enters its fourth year since the Florida Department of Health announced the state’s first two ...

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Appeals court hearing extends utilities conflict

The Town of Indian River Shores will get another opportunity in April to make its case that Vero ...