Category: Craven County

Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (EWN) announced this week a significant enhancement in service. American Airlines is increasing the number of daily flights at EWN connecting travelers through Charlotte to destinations of their choice all around the world. This expansion demonstrates American’s commitment to providing convenient…

Antiques on display in a classic old building seem to be a match made in heaven. Seen here are John Barns, Cathy Alix, Lisa Setliff, and Heather Greenlaw of the New Bern Preservation Foundation who urge you to mark the early February event on your…

On 11/13/2023 Carteret County Sheriff’s deputies charged Toby Christian Cox, 40, of Old Pollocksville Road, New Bern, with one-count of Death by Distribution pursuant to an overdose death investigation. Cox is currently in custody at the Craven County Detention Center, for other charges, and has…

BRIDGETON – “Here, try a sip of this. I think you’ll enjoy it.”  You may hear those words, or similar phrases, from congenial marketers like Tony Ursone of Outer Banks Distilling who is eager to reserve time behind the unique and novel ‘taste testing’ counter….

Shelves in place for 22,000 Bottles of Distilled Spirits CRAVEN COUNTY – Perhaps the nickname came from being a chip off the old block – you see, Chagnon’s father owned and operated three liquor stores in Massachusetts. Fast forward six or seven decades, and now…

On Wednesday, September 13, 2023, The Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office arrested Michael Shawn Mayo, 30 of Havelock on an outstanding warrant for larceny and an additional warrant for failing to appear in court. Mayo was located and arrested after Pamlico County Deputies received information from…

New Bern Police Investigate Shooting 8/18/2023 – 11:08 AM For Immediate Release August 18, 2023 Police Investigate Shooting On Friday, August 18, 2023, at 2:48 a.m., police responded to a 911 call in the 900 block of Elm Street regarding a subject outside with a…

COPPER RIDGE – Tuesday night (left), Daimon King, Vice Chairman of the Coastal Carolina Taxpayers Association, introduces the banquet’s keynote speaker Chris Swecker, former Assistant Director of the FBI Criminal Investigative Division. The event honored a law enforcement professional from each of five jurisdictions: Carteret…

Sydney Carter Braxton, left, and Parker Augustus Braxton, children of Chad and Jo-Lynne Braxton of Vanceboro, recently received college degrees. Sydney graduated from ECU with a Masters of Science in Accounting. She will complete the CPA exam and begin work with PBMares, LLP in New…

Pamlico County motorists complain of wide disparity in fuel prices Editor’s note: Many thanks to Brandon Pipkin, Chris Grose, Bobby Cahoon, and others who contributed their first hand accounts to this story. GASOLINE PUMP – There is no price in the USA more prominent than…

North Carolina History Theater in downtown New Bern presents the popular and hilarious 1941 Broadway play ‘Arsenic & Old Lace’ (see ad on page 22) in which one creepy character is repeatedly described as resembling famous actor Boris Karloff. Just for fun, we want to…

BRIDGETON – Board Chairman Chip Chagnon announced Wednesday that the $5.3 million Bridgeton Campus Project is over 50 percent completed. “We are happy to see that our once-in-a generation major construction project is on target for a mid-September of 2023 opening. This project includes a…