Month: March 2025

Editor’s Note: In Part One of this series, the website TVpassport.com was introduced as a source of information for digital programs available locally. This is important if you would like to cut the cable and save money by viewing 30-plus programs for FREE.  If you…

BAYBORO – In a hush-hush & lengthy, public barred, closed door session Monday night, the seven-member County Commission reviewed an existing 11-page ordinance – approved eight years ago – which governs the construction, and ‘decommissioning’ of solar energy facilities. The stated purpose of the meeting:…

Editor’s note: With costs going ever higher to bring TV programs into the home, Mr. Allison offers readers a fresh, and surprising, look at what is available ‘over the air’ here in eastern NC. He also recommends a website known as http://www.tvpassport.com The first question…

↑Click on thumbnail to enlarge↑ By Chris Murray | Pamlico County Emergency Manager BAYBORO – This fire was dispatched around 18:32 hours Monday night, March 17, to the Pamlico County 911 Center. The dispatched departments include- Triangle VFD, Goose Creek Island VFD, Grantsboro-Silverhill VFD, Reelsboro…

On Wednesday, March 19, 2025, The Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office went to the residence of Darrell WAYNE to serve an arrest warrant for Child Abuse after a video of WAYNE slapping a 3-year- old child circulated our community. Upon arrival, deputies were met by a…

BAYBORO – Despite $12 million in the bank, the seven-member board of Pamlico County commissioners agree with the recommendation of Pamlico County manager Mark Brewington and finance officer Bill Fentress to limit part of county spending over the last four months of the current fiscal…

On March 14, 2025, Detectives with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office obtained a warrant, charging 35-year-old Robert Earl Blount III of Aurora NC with one Felony count of Burning of Jails or Prisons. Robert Blount III was given a $200,000 secured bond and remains confined…

Hello Friends! It is hard to believe that Spring is around the corner (despite recent chilly temps).  In addition to warmer weather, flowers, and the ability to spend more time outside, Spring heralds the completion of construction on our new library!  After six years of…

On March 12, 2025, at approximately 6:35 p.m. the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office 911 Center received a report of a fire in the Beaufort County Detention Center. Deputies were immediately dispatched from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office along with Washington Fire Department, Buyan Fire Department,…

By C. Jarrett Dieterle | Guest Post | Discourse Magazine Less than a week into his second term, President Donald J. Trump vowed from the stage of a presidential rally in Nevada that “We’re gonna get it for you—no tax on tips.” He reiterated the…

Dr. Glenn Mollette | Guest Commentary Does the grocery store scare you? What about buying eggs? Do you dread driving to Walmart? Do you remember a day when it was fun? I remember the old days of going to my Grandfather Hinkle’s grocery store in…

Rural Infrastructure Authority is supported by the economic development team at the North Carolina Department of Commerce. Authority members review and approve funding requests from local communities. Funding comes from a variety of specialized grant and loan programs. Thirteen grant requests were approved last week….