Fernandina Beach began its celebration of the 200th anniversary founding of the city with a Centre Street dining extravanza with 1,000 diners New Year's Day. Here's a photo array of the event. …

New Year's Eve fireworks are likely the cause of a dune fire that heavily damaged beach walkover 5N and destroyed two trash containers nearby.

Attorneys for Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) claim the company is being denied "due process" in its bid to build a $50 million bioethanol production plant and that an outside opinion obtained by …

Former Fernandina Beach Interim City Manager Jeremiah Glisson has been named deputy city manager, announced new City Manager Sarah Campbell at Tuesday's city commission meeting.

Concern over stormwater drainage and a late revision to roadway plans led to the denial of a proposed variance for a heavily wooded section of Date Street just off Citrona Drive at Tuesday's city …

Fernandina Beach's Shrimp Drop was named the nation's third best New Year's Eve drop in polling conducted by USA TODAY.

Owners of property on South Eighth Street have applied to the city to build a Waffle House on 1.2 acres of vacant property next to the Wells Fargo building, according to city documents. The …

Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) has applied to have the city's Technical Review Committee examine plans for a bioethanol production plant at its Gum Street complex. The application is …

The Thornton Family of Amelia Island has donated almost 400 acres of wetlands to The North Florida Land Trust (NFLT), the organization said in an announcement Thursday. The property is located just …

A Yulee surf fisherman bagged a great white shark Tuesday on the shores of Fernandina Beach and videoed releasing it back into the ocean.

Rehabilitation of major stormwater pipes on Alachua Street draining flood waters into the Amelia River is set to begin later this month, according to the city's stormwater system manager. It's …

The final plat for the construction of eight townhouses on 13th Street just north of Lime Street is on the Wednesday agenda for approval of the city's Planning Advisory Board. City staff said in …

City officials pledged to work closely with federal contractors to ensure that shark teeth and other marine life artifacts are kept in the mix of sand that is dredged and relocated onto Fernandina …

Plans to use a huge sand sifting machine called “the extractor” for beach renourishment in Fernandina Beach is drawing the ire of beachcombers in search of shells and shark teeth. A …

City beaches will be replenished with new river and ocean bottom sand in 2025 under two federally funded programs. Kings Bay entrance channel dredging and the Nassau County Shore Protection Project …

Commentary: Words matter and last Tuesday the Fernandina Beach city commission chambers were witness to the most hateful three-minute rant likely ever uttered during the meeting's public …

National newspaper  USA Today  has nominated Fernandina Beach's  "Shrimp Drop" as one of the 20 best New Year's Eve drops in the nation.

The newly seated Fernandina Beach city commission wasted no time in making changes to future commission meetings regarding public comment and proclamations.

The celebratory mood at Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony for Fernandina Beach's new city commission quickly dissipated as controversy erupted during the regular meeting over the reading of the …

The Nassau County Canvassing Board conducted a tabulated recount Wednesday and confirmed Genece Minshew as the winner over Vice Mayor David Sturges for Seat 2 of the Fernandina Beach City Commission. …