Category Archives: Covid-19

T-Ray’s becomes second business to take responsible actions during COVID-19

T-Ray’s Facebook By T-Ray, Laura & Staff June 23, 2020 “This employee had no direct [...]

Florida Dept of Health June 23 – Nassau County cases reach 126

Florida Dept of Health June 23, 2020 Editor’s Note:  We will continue to update this [...]

Florida Dept of Health- Nassau encourages young adults to take COVID-19 precautions

June 20, 2020 “This is due to the increase in positive tests among the younger [...]

Florida Dept of Health June 19 – 4 new cases in Nassau County brings Coronavirus to 101

Florida Dept of Health June 19, 2020   Florida Department of Health Updates New COVID-19 [...]

Models confirm Florida in COVID-19 resurgence, warn of ‘catastrophic consequences’

By John Haughey The Center Square June 19, 2020 (The Center Square) – Florida has [...]

Referendum for Conservation Land & Management acquisition removed from ballot by BOCC

By Cindy Jackson Reporter June 19, 2020   As the City of Fernandina Beach did [...]

Florida Dept of Health June 18 – Nassau County Coronavirus cases – After a one-year old, a 3 year old

Florida Dept of Health June 18, 2020 Editor’s Note: We will continue to update this [...]

Florida Dept of Health June 17 – 2 new cases of Cornavirus in Nassau County

Florida Dept of Health June 17, 2020 Florida Department of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, [...]

Florida Dept of Health June 16 – Daily report for Florida shows 2.8 thousand Cornavirus cases – Nassau County cases up 1

Florida Dept of Health June 16, 2020 Florida Department of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, [...]

Florida Dept of Health June 11 – Nassau County’s total reaches 86

Florida Dept of Health June 11, 2020 Editor’s Note:  Today’s report from the Florida Dept [...]

Florida Dept of Health June 10 – Nassau County Coronavirus Cases at 84

Florida Dept of Health June 10, 2020 Florida Dept of Health: Florida Department of Health [...]

Florida’s small municipalities await their cut from $1.275B in CARES Act money

By John Haughey The Center Square June 10, 2020 (The Center Square) – As Congress [...]

Donating in difficult times

By Jennifer Leach Associate Director, Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC June 8, 2020 [...]

Free COVID-19 testing and Hepatitis A Vaccines offered at Martin Luther King Center on June 6

Florida Dept of Health Nassau June 3, 2020 The Fl Department of Health-Nassau County is [...]

Nassau County Emergency Management and the Centers for Disease Control recommends masks

Nassau County Emergency Management May 29, 2020 Reminder: the CDC continues to study the spread [...]

Florida Dept of Health May 28 – Nassau County Coronavirus cases at 74

Florida Dept of Health May 28, 2020 The State of Florida Issues COVID-19 Updates The [...]

Florida Health Dept May 27 – Nassau County Coronavirus cases now at 72

Florida Health Dept May 27, 2020 Editor’s Note:  As more information is obtained, we will [...]

Florida Dept of Health May 24 – Nassau County Coronavirus cases hit 70

Florida Dept of Health May 24, 2020 Editor’s Note:  In Nassau County Zip-Code 32034 has [...]

Florida Dept of Health May 23 – Another staff member with Coronavirus at Lakeside of Amelia

May 23, 2020 Editor’s Note: The Florida Dept of Health updated its Coronavirus Health Facility [...]

Fired Florida GIS manager’s checkered past provides ammo in data manipulation dispute

By John Haughey The Center Square May 22, 2020 (The Center Square) – Florida Gov. [...]

Chamber of Commerce Workforce Assistance Program Announced

Nassau County Chamber of Commerce Media Release May 20, 2020 Nassau County, FL (May 11, [...]

SBDC explains PPP for small business owners

Weekly Insights from The Small Business Development Center at UNF May 20, 2020 The SBDC’s [...]

Florida Dept of Health May 18 – No change in Nassau County Coronavirus cases

Florida Dept of Health May 18, 2020 Editor’s Note:  With no new cases in Nassau [...]

Nassau County Chamber of Commerce Announces ‘Safer in Service’ Pledge Program

Nassau County Chamber of Commerce Media Release May 18, 2020 Nassau County, FL (May 13, [...]

K-12 school superintendents lay out their proposal for reopening Florida schools

By John Haughey The Center Square May 18, 2020 (The Center Square) – Florida’s 2.8 [...]

DeSantis says Florida can ‘find a place’ for all professional sports to resume seasons

By John Haughey The Center Square May 15, 2020 (The Center Square) — Florida says [...]

Restaurants go to half capacity, gyms reopen under Florida’s ‘full phase one’ plan

By John Haughey The Center Square May 15, 2020 (The Center Square) – Gov. Ron [...]

Florida Dept of Health May 14 – Nassau County Coronavirus cases now at 63

Florida Dept of Health May 14, 2020 Florida Health Department:  For a complete list of [...]

Florida Dept of Health May 13 – No change in Nassau County Coronavirus cases

Florida Dept of Health May 13, 2020 Editor’s Note: Today’s report is again abbreviated due [...]

Florida Dept of Health May 12 – Nassau County Cornavirus cases remain at 61

Florida Dept of Health May 12, 2020 Editor’s Note:  Since there was no change in [...]

Nassau County Florida Dept of Health offers drive-through COVID-19 testing to include asymptomatic individuals

Nassau County Dept of Health May 12, 2020 For testing information, call 904-875-6100 or click [...]

Florida Dept of Health May 11 – One new Coronavirus case in Nassau County

Florida Dept of Health May 11, 2020 Florida Department of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, [...]

Florida Department of Health Launches New COVID-19 Mobile App to Help Flatten the Curve in Florida

Florida Department of Health Media Release May 8, 2020 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, the Florida Department [...]

Florida salons and barbershops can reopen Monday

By Renzo Downey FloridaPolitics.com May 9, 2020 Gov. Ron DeSantis will allow barbershops and salons [...]

Florida to begin mass antibody testing next week

By John Haughey The Center Square May 6, 2020 (The Center Square) – Gov. Ron [...]

Florida Dept of Health May 6 – 60 Coronavirus cases in Nassau County

Florida Dept of Health Mary 6, 2020 Florida Dept of Health: The State of Florida [...]

COVID-19 ruined my travel plans. Now what?

By Namukolo Kasumpa International Fellow, FTC Division of Consumer & Business Education May 1, 2020 [...]

Florida Dept of Health May 4 – Nassau County cases remain at 59

Florida Dept of Health May 4, 2020 Editor’s Note: We will continue to update this [...]

Florida Dept of Health May 3 – One new positive case in Nassau County

Florida Dept of Health May 3, 2020 Florida Department of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, Announces [...]

Florida Dept of Health May 1 – Nassau County reports one new case of Coronavirus

Florida Dept of Health May 1, 2020   Florida Department of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, [...]

Fernandina Beach Fire Department Seeking Cotton Face Masks for Lifeguards

Fernandina Beach Fire Department May 1, 2020 With the impending opening of the beaches, we [...]

+9-6 Market segmentation & its impact on purchasing behavior

By Malcolm Noden April 29, 2020 “One major issue that is going to be on [...]

DeSantis calls for probe into Florida unemployment problems; Scott says jobless being paid too much

By John Haughey The Center Square April 29, 2020 (The Center Square) — Florida U.S. [...]

Don’t click links in unsolicited text messages

by Rosario Méndez Attorney, Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC April 29, 2020 You [...]

Florida Dept of Health April 28 – Nassau County Coronavirus cases hold steady at 53

Florida Dept of Health April 28, 2020 Editor’s Note:  We will continue to update this [...]

Florida insurance chief: Pandemics not covered under most business interruption policies

By John Haughey The Center Square April 27, 2020 (The Center Square) – Florida Insurance [...]

A COVID-19 story

Alexandra R. Lajoux April 26, 2020 My COVID-19 Story Recently someone asked how I’ve been [...]

Gov. Ron DeSantis: No mass gatherings in May even with Florida’s COVID-19 curve flattening

By A.C. Gancarski FloridaPolitics.com April 25, 2020 There may be sports events in Florida, but [...]

Covid-19 testing information for Nassau County residents

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm Reporter – News Analyst April 24, 2020 Michael D. Godwin, [...]

Pandemic could nix hard-fought gains in Florida affordable housing, environmental funding

By John Haughey The Center Square April 23, 2020 (The Center Square, April 17, 2020) [...]

Florida Dept of Health April 22 update – Nassau County cases remain steady at 46

Florida Dept of Health April 22, 2020 Florida Department of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, Announces [...]

Gov. DeSantis: Testing the only way to assuage ‘frightened to the dickens’ Floridians

By Renzo Downey FloridaPolitics.com April 21, 2020 Gov. Ron DeSantis and his Re-Open Florida Task [...]

Surfing and Beach Access during the peak of COVID-19

The Surfrider Foundation Reprinted with permission from their blog surfrider.org, April 7, 2020 April 20, [...]

Coronavirus and your mortgage

By Carol Kando-Pineda Attorney, FTC Division of Consumer & Business Education April 17, 2020 Because [...]

Florida scores haul of N95 masks, other medical supplies

By John Haughey The Center Square April 17, 2020 (The Center Square, April 15, 2020)) [...]

Sheltered International Donates 3,000 Face Masks to Nassau County First Responders

By Kristin Chambers Sheltered International April 16, 2020 As medical-grade masks become increasingly rare in [...]

Business leaders form task force to ‘RESET’ Florida’s economy ‘when time is right’

By John Haughey The Center Square April 15, 2020 (The Center Square, April 14, 2020) [...]

COVID-19 scam reports, by the numbers

April 15, 2020 by Paul Witt Lead Data Analyst, Division of Consumer Response & Operations [...]

Florida top doc: Social distancing may be in place for a year until vaccine developed

By John Haughey The Center Square April 15, 2020 (The Center Square, April 14, 2020) [...]

“We are some of the lucky ones,” say local couple who recovered from COVID-19

By Anne H Oman Reporter-At-Large April 13, 2020 At press time, Nassau County counted 34 [...]

Latest coronavirus model predicts fewer deaths in Florida

By Drew Wilson FloridaPolitics.com April 13, 2020 A University of Washington coronavirus pandemic model showed [...]