By Mike Lednovich "A contract is a contract," Ocean Highway and Port Authority Commissioner Mike Cole declared at Tuesday's emergency meeting to discuss terminated Port Executive Director David …

By Mike Lednovich The deadline to have the Port of Fernandina's tugboat Fort Clinch certified by the U.S. Coast Guard passed on Aug. 31, and since then ships arriving and leaving the port have been …

By Mike Lednovich The latest twist in the ongoing controversy regarding the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) building at the Port of Fernandina is that the feds are free to do whatever they …

By Wilma Allen Starting next week, hundreds of local kids will be raising their paint brushes, drumsticks, feet, and voices, in fun weekly classes organized by Arts Alive Nassau to provide arts …

By Mike Phillips It was an unhappy crew of port authority commissioners who gathered Wednesday to confront financial issues that have been dogging them for months. The only person more unhappy was …

By Mike Lednovich It's bad news for local property owners as the Nassau County School Board approved property tax rates that will mean the majority of homeowners will pay 38% to almost 50% more in …

The Observer recently reported that 12,295 vote-by-mail registrations in Nassau County had been invalidated by the state. That announcement left many of those voters confused on whether they were …

By Mike Lednovich Nassau County Supervisor of Elections Janet Adkins has been notified that 12,225 vote-by-mail applications had been voided by the State Bureau of Elections under a new law signed by …

Issued By Jacksonville - FL, US, National Weather Service Affected Area Coastal Nassau County Description ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... LOCATIONS AFFECTED - Amelia City - Fernandina …

By Mike Lednovich Current Customs building at Third and Dade streets. The Ocean Highway and Port Authority (OHPA) has so little money available that it is struggling to find $17,000 in next year's …

The District School Board of Nassau County is proposing a tax levy of $109 million, an increase of $30 million over last year according to a legal notice published last Wednesday. The notice …

Nassau County’s new planning director is Elizabeth Backe. She has almost 25 years of experience in public sector work including community planning, growth management, transportation planning, and …

The developer of a proposed RV park on Nassau County land on Sadler Road has temporarily set aside his part of legal action with neighbors opposing the project and come up with an alternative: asking …

Steve Nicklas News-Leader columnist Steve Nicklas, who repeatedly criticizes city spending as wasteful, has been receiving unauthorized city garbage collection services for free for the past five …

The Ocean Highway and Port Authority's attorney and accountant are working with the Florida Auditor General regarding the district's unpaid legal bills and whether they constitute a "financial …

By Mike Lednovich Fernandina Beach claims each year that the Ocean Highway and Port Authority owes the city $50,000 in exchange for services provided such as police, fire, medical emergency, etc. The …