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State toughens up term limits for local school boards. Now, it will be 8 years

Last year’s imposition of 12-year term limits for Florida local school board members apparently was not limiting enough ...

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Cleveland Clinic hospital regains its ‘A’ grade

Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital was one of 64 hospitals in Florida to earn top marks from a ...

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Penny increase to tourist tax could aid beach replenishment

With tourism numbers across the state exceeding predictions, Indian River County is looking at capitalizing on this surge ...

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Flowers launches campaign to be re-elected sheriff

Deryl Loar couldn’t help but notice two things about the news release issued last week by Sheriff Eric ...

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Record year for John’s Island philanthropy, with increased focus on affordable housing

John’s Island residents broke local philanthropic records this year with their contributions to the John’s Island Community Service ...

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Progress slow but natural gas service will be here soon

Indian River Shores and Florida City Gas officials say they now hope a franchise agreement and necessary easements ...

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Vero Council shifts meetings to mornings

Starting in August, the Vero Beach City Council will conduct its regular meetings at 9:30 a.m. on the ...

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Tad Stone, steeped in experience, new Shores public safety chief

When Indian River Shores Public Safety Chief Rich Rosell retired sooner than expected last month, Town Manager Jim ...

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School Board: No choice but to repeal race policy

Three years after the School Board voted unanimously to address institutional racism in the district by adopting a ...

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Sign or no sign, new Publix store convenient for islanders still on track

The sign might be gone, but Publix’s plans to build a supermarket closer to shoppers on the northern ...

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Vero’s strong real estate market draws national attention

Vero Beach is bucking the national home-price trend in an amazing way, with values still headed up from ...

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Island criminal cases grind slowly through the courts

Hundreds of victims await justice for a massive theft of money from Holy Cross Catholic Church going back ...