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St. Edward’s releases tentative August reopening plan
Amid an escalating pandemic, Stuart Hirstein took his first action as incoming head of St. Edward’s School, announcing ...
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New self-administered COVID-19 swab tests hold promise for wide-scale testing at home
This week, as lines lengthen at COVID-19 testing sites, Florida’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities begin state-mandated, ...
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More Ocean Drive shops requiring customers to wear masks
With the city and county so far failing to impose mandatory mask orders on the public, many Ocean ...
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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 ...