Regional

Nassau County’s COVID-19 statistics are continuing to improve, the director of the county’s health department said at the Wednesday meeting of the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners, but she also expressed concern about what those numbers might look like after the upcoming holiday...

A political force in Nassau County is now one of the highest ranking members of the Florida Senate. On Friday, state Senate President Wilton Simpson announced Aaron Bean (R-Nassau County) would serve as Senate president pro tempore. “I am honored to be nominated and serve as President Pro...

Monday’s Nassau County Board of County Commissioners meeting was the final time three of the commissioners would participate as members of the legislative body. The terms in office for Daniel Leeper, Pat Edwards and Justin Taylor expire Nov. 16. Leeper was defeated in the Republican primary in...

Members of the Code Enforcement and Appeals Board agree Grace and Gratitude Sober Living is not in compliance with the city’s Land Development Code, but will they prohibit Henry Green from operating the recovery residences in city limits? That has yet to be determined. Three houses, one on...

Amelia Island Sailing Club won the annual Ocean Challenge race on Saturday, competing with boats from the Golden Isles Sailing Club based on St. Simons Island, Ga. Both spinnaker and non spinnaker class boats were in the race, sailing a course from the St Simons channel to the St. Marys channel...

Telling the story of Mocama, the coastal region that stretches from what is now southern Georgia down through the Okefenokee Swamp to the west coast of Florida, Hamp Tanner says the word means coast or ocean. “Mocama is where you live, where you are, and it’s the people who live here."

An award-winning journalist with 20 years of newspaper experience has been appointed editor of the News-Leader. Scott J. Bryan, 38, started at the News-Leader on Monday. He replaces Peg Davis, who recently retired. “I’m incredibly excited to join such a vital and essential institution in...

At a special meeting of the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners held earlier this month, Commissioner Pat Edwards spoke about his concern for the way the county reviews and handles drainage. Edwards said he’s had ongoing conversations with County Engineer Robert Companion, County Attorney...

The Nassau County School Board heard from a member of the Nassau Teachers’ Association, the union that represents teachers in Nassau schools, who asked the board to support teachers in current contact negotiations. At the school board’s regular meeting Thursday, Jim Glackin, a teacher at...