Cocoa Beach News
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Cocoa Beach news from The Florida Press: city hall, Brevard County government, schools, courts and public safety, business and development, and storms and weather in and around Cocoa Beach, newest first.
Crime & CourtsCentral Florida
Florida Supreme Court tosses Henry Lee Jones's death sentence in 2003 Melbourne motel killing, orders new trial
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National NewsCentral Florida
11th Circuit voids septic permit ban in Indian River Lagoon manatee case after federal 'harm' rule rollback
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National NewsCentral Florida
FAA draft review finds no significant impact from Blue Origin's plan for 50 New Glenn launches a year at Cape Canaveral
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Business & Real EstateCentral Florida
Port Canaveral Pushes Toward 9 Million Cruise Passengers as Florida's Ports Keep Setting Records
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National NewsCentral Florida
Space Force Training Command Builds Out Its Headquarters on the Space Coast
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National NewsCentral Florida
Cape Canaveral Launch Cadence Keeps Climbing as Starlink Missions Dominate
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Business & Real EstateCentral Florida
State Pulls $1.4 Million Transit Grant, Leaving Brevard's Beachside Workers Without a Ride
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Technology & ScienceCentral Florida
SpaceX Flies Its 700th Falcon Rocket From the Space Coast
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National NewsCentral Florida
Falcon 9 Set to Close Out the O3b mPOWER Constellation From Cape Canaveral
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National NewsCentral Florida
The Space Coast Keeps a Record Launch Pace as Cape Canaveral Adds Drone Defenses
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More Cocoa Beach news
Blue Origin Expands Across Cape Canaveral as It Rebuilds From a Pad Explosion
West Nile Virus Detected in Brevard County as Mosquito Alerts Spread
Brevard County Buries Lagoon Muck Under Sand in a $41 Million Water Quality Test
Blue Origin Breaks Ground on $80 Million Cape Canaveral Payload Facility
Port Canaveral Holds Its Title as the World's Busiest Cruise Port
NASA Launches Roman Space Telescope From Kennedy Space Center on Falcon Heavy
SpaceX Ends Falcon 9 Starlink Launches From Florida
SpaceX Hits 100 Falcon 9 Flights of 2026 With a Record 37th Booster Reuse
Record Launch Cadence Reshapes Brevard County's Economy on the Space Coast
SpaceX Clears Another Starlink Launch From Cape Canaveral After a Scrub
Port Canaveral Tops Off 13-Story Garage as Cruise Capacity Keeps Climbing
SpaceX Sets a Turnaround Record on Florida's Space Coast
SpaceX Launches Globalstar Replenishment Mission From Cape Canaveral
SpaceX Adds Another Starlink Launch to a Record Year on the Space Coast
Cape Canaveral's Launch Cadence Keeps Climbing With Another Starlink Mission Set for Tuesday
Falcon 9 Lofts Three AST SpaceMobile BlueBird Satellites From Cape Canaveral in Predawn Launch
NASA Joins Artemis III Orion Modules at Kennedy Space Center
SpaceX Set to Launch AST SpaceMobile's Largest Satellites From Cape Canaveral
Florida Lawmakers Renew Push to Move NASA Headquarters to Brevard County
Florida's Space Coast Keeps Its Launch Cadence High as SpaceX Adds More Starlink Missions From the Cape
SpaceX Launches Classified NROL-95 Payload From Cape Canaveral Before Dawn
SpaceX Launches Classified NROL-95 Mission From Cape Canaveral
Brevard Deputies Arrest Driver Accused of Speeding Through Fatal Crash Scene
Seagrass Is Returning to the Indian River Lagoon, and a New Map Shows How
Florida Ports Now Carry the World's Two Busiest Cruise Operations
Artemis III Booster Stacking Begins at Kennedy Space Center
Relativity Space Plans a Major Space Coast Expansion With a Titusville Campus in View
Cape Canaveral Sustains Record Launch Pace as Florida Cements Its Spaceport Role
Florida's Space Coast Is on Pace for Another Record Launch Year
Brevard Public Schools to Cut Staffing 7% as Enrollment Decline and Federal Funding Freeze Squeeze Budget