Category: LOCAL

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…

  On Friday, April 21, 2023, deputies of the Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office concluded a two-month investigation related to the sale of illegal narcotics in the Mesic community of Pamlico County. Deputies executed a search warrant at the residence of Montrell Cordess Curtis, 25 of…

By Clif Williams, Mayor | Town of Aurora It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Town of Aurora has secured funding commitments necessary to build its $2.2 million Industrial Park, and that construction will get underway this spring. A groundbreaking is being scheduled…

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…

UPDATE: On Friday, 04/21/2023, Jeffrey Joseph was charged with Second Degree Kidnapping stemming from a domestic violence incident that occurred inside the residence prior to the stand-off. This new charge is in addition to the Second-Degree Arson charge. At his first appearance today The Honorable…

The Carteret County Sheriff’s Office has received and is investigating numerous reports of individuals approaching residents seeking employment to put out pine straw, which ultimately turns into a scam. This is a well-known scam operation out of the Georgia area, and this is not the…

Deputies from the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office are asking for the public’s assistance in locating James Berthold Latif Sr., 56. Latif was last seen in the Beaufort area on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at around 10 AM EST, for an appointment, and did not return…

On Saturday, 04/08/2023, Carteret County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a disturbance at 706 Hedrick Blvd, Morehead City where two people were discovered shot. Detectives say Jaime Hicks Long, 47, was found deceased inside the residence while her husband David Wayne Long, 39, was found in…

Image: Google GRANTSBORO — Pamlico Pharmacy officially became Realo Drugs on Monday, April 3. With 19 locations throughout North Carolina, Realo Drugs is a locally-owned community pharmacy dedicated to exceptional customer care with a friendly staff that treats customers like family.  Owned by Joey and…

Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help locating Kenneth Seaman Wright II. Wright is a white male, 43 years old, 5’10” tall, and weighs approximately 170 pounds. Wright is wanted for Obtaining Property By False Pretenses. Additionally, Wright has ties to Oriental, New Bern,…