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Vero again seeks bed-tax money to help fund city lifeguards

As local governments look at budget priorities this year, the City of Vero Beach plans to once again ...

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Some county first responders testing positive for Covid-19

It’s been another record week for Indian River County and the barrier island, and not just because of ...

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‘Mayor of the Airwaves’ loses local radio outlet

Longtime local radio host Rhett Palmer’s reign as Vero Beach’s self-proclaimed “Mayor of the Airwaves” came to a ...

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Councilman finds contact tracing is another farce

Vero Beach City Councilman Rey Neville began asking the County Health Department months ago for specifics about how ...

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Local Cleveland Clinic hospital president sees ‘critical’ need for a mask mandate

In early April, experts were frantically trying to model when the COVID-19 pandemic would peak. Mid-April? Early May? ...

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Traditional classrooms or virtual school? Family decisions loom

Public school students have until Friday to decide whether to return to school on Aug. 10, despite the ...

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Did nursing tech bring COVID-19 into hospital ER?

If Ginger Burkeen’s husband Brian wasn’t up for sentencing on a felony grand theft conviction for stealing a ...

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COVID-19 scare delays Brian Burkeen felony sentencing

The former second in command at Indian River County Fire-Rescue, Brian Burkeen of Fellsmere, was supposed to be ...

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Many here complacent despite dramatic jump in COVID-19 cases

Indian River County’s death toll from COVID-19 rose by just one person this past week, and hospitalizations have ...

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Vero’s Majestic 11 theater reopens, and then closes again

There weren’t any spotlights or red carpets when the Majestic 11 theater reopened on June 19, but that ...

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Bobby’s bartenders first to test positive for COVID-19

While most island restaurant owners say the recent spike in coronavirus cases hasn’t hindered business, the pandemic has ...

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Unknown phone number might be a ‘contact tracer’

Answer your phone! While many of us in recent times have stopped answering calls from telephone numbers we ...