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Nassau County officials say disbursement of CARES Act funding has gone well thus far during an Oct. 21 meeting of the Board of County Commissioners. Nassau County Manager Taco Pope said the county has made great progress during the past six months, calling it a “journey and a challenge.” ...

Two Florida Public Utilities contractors were injured late Monday afternoon while working to restore power to Amelia Island, with one receiving third-degree burns, according to media reports. The accident left the island’s more than 30,000 residents in the dark for more than three hours. ...

While people driving over the Myrtle Creek bridge can expect delays for the next seven or eight months, cyclists will be better able to navigate that portion of the Timucuan Trail after the Florida Department of Transportation installs a bike lane on the bridge, as well as one on the Simpson Creek...

At its regular meeting Tuesday, the Fernandina Beach City Commission heard an annual report from Genece Minshew, chair of the Planning Advisory Board, the city’s local planning agency responsible for zoning and Future Land Use Map amendments, Comprehensive Plan amendments, Land Development Code...

A Veterans Day parade, Christmas parade, lighting of the community Christmas tree and New Year’s Eve Shrimp Drop on the Amelia River waterfront are traditions in the city of Fernandina Beach, but will those events take place during a pandemic? That question was discussed at Tuesday’s City...

This year has been trying for most, but for the Helms family of Fernandina Beach, 2020 has been heartbreaking. Joey and Sabrina Helms lost their 17-year-old son this year. Collin was a 17-year-old junior at Fernandina Beach High School when the pandemic started. “We were on lock down back in...

A second officer-involved fatality in less than two weeks occurred Friday. This time, the person shot was a man allegedly wielding a knife during a domestic dispute in Callahan. According to information released by the Nassau County Sheriff’s...

Bridges and their physical condition matter, and safe and efficient travel over them should be taken for granted. But according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, “More than one third (37 percent) of U.S. bridges – nearly 231,000 spans – need repair work. More than...

U.S. Fourth District Congressman John Rutherford visited the Port of Fernandina last Thursday to observe and discuss long-awaited federally funded dredging work being done to deepen the turning area at the port with Worldwide Terminals Fernandina CEO Christopher Ragucci and members of the Ocean...