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New self-administered COVID-19 swab tests hold promise for wide-scale testing at home
by July 09 2020
This week, as lines lengthen at COVID-19 testing sites, Florida’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities begin state-mandated, ...
More Ocean Drive shops requiring customers to wear masks
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More Ocean Drive shops requiring customers to wear masks
by July 09 2020
With the city and county so far failing to impose mandatory mask orders on the public, many Ocean ...
Vero again seeks bed-tax money to help fund city lifeguards
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Vero again seeks bed-tax money to help fund city lifeguards
by July 09 2020
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
by July 09 2020
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
by July 09 2020
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
by July 09 2020
Vero Beach City Councilman Rey Neville began asking the County Health Department months ago for specifics about how ...
Local Cleveland Clinic hospital president sees ‘critical’ need for a mask mandate
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Local Cleveland Clinic hospital president sees ‘critical’ need for a mask mandate
by July 09 2020
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
by July 09 2020
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?
by July 09 2020
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
by July 02 2020
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
by July 02 2020
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
by July 02 2020
There weren’t any spotlights or red carpets when the Majestic 11 theater reopened on June 19, but that ...