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The Justice Department is seeking five months in prison for Jeffrey Register, a Fernandina Beach resident who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in October related to his participation in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. “He walked...

After several rounds of open houses and public hearings, the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners adopted a new district map as required by the state Legislature every 10 years. The county worked with Tallahassee-based consultants Government...

Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, Baptist Medical Center Nassau was named a Top General Hospital nationally by The Leapfrog Group. The Leapfrog Top Hospital award is widely acknowledged as one of the...

The Nassau County Board of County Commissioners has officially adopted an extensive plan to reinvigorate existing developments along State Road 200/A1A and establish a stronger sense of community with multiple infrastructure, recreational and...

Details of the next stages for the East Nassau County Planning Area (ENCPA) have recently come to light following document submittals from landowner Rayonier to the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners. On Oct. 29, Rayonier submitted a second...

When reacting to injustice, people tend to want to know why, and who to blame. Joleen Cummings, a 34-year-old stylist, disappeared in May 2018 and is presumed dead. The why may be impossible to find out, but a Nassau County jury returned with its...

Fernandina Beach’s Hupp Huppmann is well known on the island as an affable musician who never turns down a good live gig. But, “the minor fall and the major lift” has taken on a whole new meaning for this unassuming guitarist who’s about to hop...

One by one, the jurors came into the courtroom in Yulee and answered essentially the same questions, many of them giving similar answers. That was life for about 13 hours between Monday and Tuesday during jury selection for the murder trial of Kimberly...

Marissa Mahoney News-Leader   The Nassau County Manager’s office is on the hunt for highly skilled professionals in an attempt to get ahead of the county’s overwhelming growth over the last decade. County Manager Taco Pope is...

North Florida Land Trust announced it has raised the money needed to pay off a loan used to purchase a portion of the Little NaNa Dune System in historic American Beach. Media coverage helped the nonprofit obtain the remaining $150,000 from an...