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🌅 📊 St. Lucie Unemployment Ticks Up to 5.3%

Aug 11, 2026

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🌅 📊 St. Lucie Unemployment Ticks Up to 5.3%

☀️🌱 Plus: 📈 up 0.2% from May, 📅 Amazon layoffs coming September, 🦠 measles surge statewide, 📵 phone bans don't help scores, 🛝 recess law mandates 20 mins

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Aug 10, 2026

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🌅 📊 St. Lucie County Getting Younger

☀️🌱 Plus: 📅 median age drops to 44.9, 🏙️ Fort Pierce 37.2, 🎓 Indian River budget up, 💰 unclaimed checks $146K, 🍦 Stuart ice cream machines, 🎭 Sunrise Theatre deal

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🌅 📚 Tradition Lakes K-8 Pushed to August 17

Aug 7, 2026

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🌅 📚 Tradition Lakes K-8 Pushed to August 17

☀️🌱 Plus: 🏖️ Humiston boardwalk rebuild, 🗳️ sales tax on ballot, ⚾ baseball referendum, 🍗 JoJo's Wings opens, 🌮 5 new restaurants, ⛈️ storms today

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Aug 6, 2026

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🌅 🎒 Back to School Events All Weekend

☀️🌱 Plus: 🎒 backpack stuffing Thursday, 🎉 Friday Fest, 👟 Furnace 5K, 🐊 rodeo, 🎪 museum celebration, 🎸 live music, 💃 salsa night

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Aug 5, 2026

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🌅 🏗️ King's Landing Asks City for $15M

☀️🌱 Plus: 💰 $23M city investment total, 💻 Indian River bans data centers, 🎓 schools cut $60M, 🛠️ workforce training center, 🎨 water tank mural, 🎉 Friday Fest

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Aug 4, 2026

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🌅 🚗 Florida Migration Surges Back

☀️🌱 Plus: 🏠 St. Lucie ranked 25th, 💼 unemployment falls, 🏠 foreclosures rising, 🎓 school readiness gap, 🎭 comedy club reopens

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Aug 3, 2026

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🌅 🏠 PSL Rents Hit $2,600 a Month

☀️🌱 Plus: 💰 35% above national average, 💼 $79K needed to afford, 🏖️ South Beach ranked #22, 🎭 Broadway coming, 🦈 shark rules, 🎉 Friday Fest

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Jul 31, 2026

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🌅 💰 Sales Tax Deadline

☀️🌱 Plus: 📍 county deadline for November ballot, 🛣️ St. Lucie West Boulevard funding, 💼 bonding capacity at stake, 💰 Vero Beach new fees, 🏠 rents above average, 🏫 Okeechobee High opens

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Jul 30, 2026

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🌅 🎉 Things to do July 31-Aug 2

☀️🌱 Plus: 🎒 Back to School Jam Saturday, 🎒 18th Annual Expo, 🦄 Unicorn Races, 🃏 Trading Card Show, 🎸 live music all weekend, 🎨 art parties, 💃 Latin night

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