Despite pleas from the public, the Fernandina Beach City Commission approved a rollback millage rate for the 2023-24 fiscal year, which will put $2 million less in the city’s coffers than the curre
Congressman John Rutherford reintroduced the Red Snapper Act, aimed at prohibiting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from implementing area closures for red snapper until the Grea
At a hearing held Thursday, the young mother of a nine-month-old who overdosed on fentanyl pleaded not guilty to the charges against her.
At this week’s meeting of the Fernandina Beach Marina Advisory Board, a plan to raise the rates on some commercial slip holders was met with less than enthusiastic response from board members.
The City of Fernandina Beach and Nassau County Board of County Commissioners came together to proclaims the week of July 28 through August 5, 2023 as “Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week.”
Two women were arrested on prostitution charges following a joint sting between the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
The News-Leader is proud to announce its placement in the annual Florida Press Association awards.
A task force of people who walk, run and ride bicycles on Amelia Island spoke to the Fernandina Beach City Commission, presenting a plan to make streets and trails on the island safer.
New information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration suggests North Atlantic right whales may be closer to extinction than previously thought.
What projects will be cut from the city’s capital improvement plan if the city commission approves a budget based on the rollback rate, as has been advocated by some city commissioners?
The governing body that oversees high-school athletics in Florida could soon approve a proposal that would lead to high-school athletes getting paid through business agreements such as endorsement
A record number of travelers are expected to hit Florida roads and crowd airports during the Memorial Day holiday period.
Saying the country is at a “deeply, deeply disturbing” juncture, Bacardi Jackson — a veteran litigator whose civil-rights advocacy is literally in her genes — is taking the mantle as executive dire