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Right whale mother "Derecha" swimming with her injured calf.

Injured baby whale gets help from scientists

News Staff

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Candis Whitney
Special to the News-Leader

Replicas of famous ships will sail here

Julia Roberts

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Would you like to be on a 15th-century tall ship during a (safe) pirate invasion? Watch a fireworks show from its deck?

FWC photo of a Florida panther kitten by Lauren Cusack

White Oak takes in orphaned Florida panther kittens

News Staff

Thursday, January 16, 2020

White Oak Conservation in Yulee has adopted two endangered Florida panther kittens after a mysterious neurological disorder left their mother unable to care for them, according to a news release.Th

Senior Life - Jan. 2020: Resolutions ... Can You Keep Them

News Staff

Thursday, January 16, 2020

By Barbara Bruce, MS

Aging Well Facilitator

According to Fernandina Beach Fire Chief Ty Silcox, "Thirty firefighters battled the flames until 2:17 AM, when the fire was determined to be under control," at Netting Professionals on North 14th Street. "Firefighters officially called the fire out at 4:06 AM. The structure was completely destroyed due to the fire. There were no occupants in the structure at the time of the fire; no resulting civilian or firefighter injuries have been reported."

Netting business on North 14th street burns

Peg Davis

Monday, January 13, 2020

The Netting Professionals business at 1600 North 14th St. in Fernandina Beach caught fire shortly after midnight Friday and was destroyed.

Citizens were asked via social media and the county’s web pages to email contact@nassaucountyfl.com if they needed immediate assistance “and that we would be happy to try to assist them that way,” according to County Administrative Manager Sabrina Robertson.

County government’s telephone services disrupted

Peg Davis

Monday, January 13, 2020

Nassau County government telephone services went out Thursday when AT&T disrupted phone and data connections to “perform scheduled maintenance due to the widening of AIA near I-95,” according t

Beach Community Working Group, created by the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners, spent last year collecting input from county residents and developing recommendations.

Workshop scheduled on county beach ordinances

Pamela Bushnell

Monday, January 13, 2020

The Nassau County Board of County Commissioners is scheduled to hold a public workshop at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan.

A wild horse grazes on Cumberland Island. Cumberland Island National Seashore will be working with its interagency partners to initiate a prescribed burn as early as Jan. 20, conditions permitting. Peg Davis/News-Leader

Prescribed fire operations planned on north end of Cumberland Island

News Staff

Monday, January 13, 2020

Cumberland Island National Seashore is planning to implement prescribed burn operations in three burn units (Settlement South, Triangle, and Half Moon Pines) on the north end of the island, accordi