Fred Hiers
Department: Ocala newsroom
Phone: 352-867-4157
Email: fred.hiers@starbanner.com
Beat/Position: Marion County Business/Equine Reporter
Related Articles - Fred Hiers
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Water managers want more data on Adena ranch plan
Published May 20, 2013
Adena Springs Ranch's request to syphon an average of 5.3 million gallons per day from the aquifer for its cattle operation has hit another clog.
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State lawyer says drug compounders are violating the law
Published April 8, 2013
The practice of drug compounding, which gained national attention after more than 50 people died from a contaminated medication last year, is now coming under fire by Florida regulators.
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Judge clears Ocala trauma center
Published March 22, 2013
Ocala Regional Medical Center's new trauma center will continue operations for the foreseeable future following a Leon County circuit judge's ruling on Friday.
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State DEP scores legal win on its water rules
Published February 27, 2013
Florida's 1st District Court of Appeal upheld a 2012 administrative law judge's ruling that state regulators acted within their authority by establishing Florida's own water nutrient rules.
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Police: Ocala dad gives bleach to infant daughter
Published February 18, 2013
A 2-month-old Ocala baby is being treated after drinking bleach given to her by her father, Ocala Police Department officials said Sunday.
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Police: Dad feeds 2-month-old daughter bleach
Published February 17, 2013
A 2-month-old baby is being treated at Shands at the University of Florida after drinking bleach given to her by her father, officials said Sunday.
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HMA/Shands, Duke LifePoint compete to run Ocala hospital
Published February 12, 2013
Munroe Regional Medical Center leadership was handed final lease offers Monday as Health Management Associates/Shands and Duke LifePoint Healthcare jockey to take over the not-for-profit hospital.
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Beware of pretty little members of Urtica family
Published February 11, 2013
Two forms of an unassuming nettle look as innocuous as any weed pushing its way through a driveway crack.
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ORMC's trauma rules up for review
Published February 8, 2013
Dozens pleaded during a workshop Friday that the Department of Health not close Ocala Regional Medical Center's new trauma center while the state develops new rules for how such facilities should be approved in the future.
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Delayed De Soto exhibit reaches farther back into site's past
Published February 7, 2013
The postponement gave White time to more fully prepare and catalog the aboriginal artifacts he had already found and keep looking for more on his wife's 700-acre property.
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Crystal River nuclear plant won't operate again
Published February 5, 2013
Progress Energy Florida announced Tuesday morning that it will permanently retire its Crystal River nuclear plant.
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Water district has more questions for Adena Springs Ranch
Published January 15, 2013
Florida water regulators want more information from Adena Springs Ranch as they continue to review the farm's request to draw an annual average of 5.3 million gallons of water per day in the Fort McCoy area.
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American College of Surgeons will review Florida's trauma system
Published January 10, 2013
As the Florida Department of Health works to create new rules for the creation of trauma centers, another group says it too will weigh in on the debate, part of which now being fought in the courts.
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Rescued horses now up for adoption
Published January 3, 2013
A dozen rescued horses are now available for adoption through Marion County Animal Services. The horses were rescued from three separate cruelty cases.
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Soldier from Citra killed in Afghanistan
Published December 31, 2012
A soldier from north Florida has been killed in Afghanistan when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.