The Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office is seeking Public Assistance in locating David Allen Sondys. His family last saw Sandys on 07/05/2022 in Pamlico County. Davis is a White Male 6’00” tall, 160 lbs. brown hair and grey eyes. David may be traveling to Beaufort County…

By Bernadette King NEW BERN – The New Outreach Deliverance Ministry was started in 2003 by Pastor Elizabeth Green. I first met her, and her faithful friend Patricia Davis, along with James Gurganus when I stopped in during 2008. I was there to help a…

PAMLICO COUNTY– The vote Monday night to approve a  $23 million budget for the next fiscal year was unanimous, and avoided any increase in the ad valorem property tax rate. However, two commissioners – Candy Bohmert and Missy Baskervill, suggested tapping savings is not the…

BAYBORO – On June 04, 2022, at approximately 5:45am, Detention Officers in the Pamlico County Detention Facility discovered an inmate deceased inside his jail cell.  The inmate, Ricardo Gonzalez (date of birth 05-05-1998) was immediately provided first aid by Detention Officers.  Gonzalez was later pronounced…

NEW BERN – The collective sigh of relief was almost palpable Thursday evening, June 9, as 20 or so elected officials – from a nine county area – met David Bone, a veteran of North Carolina county and town governments, recently hired by the Eastern…

MOREHEAD CITY –The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries announced this week that the 2022 recreational flounder season will open at 12:01 a.m. Sept. 1 and close at 11:59 p.m. Sept. 30. The season will open with the following provisions for both the recreational hook-and-line and…

GRANTSBORO – On Dec. 10 of last year, Jerry Casey turned the lock of a small closet-like office at his used car lot on the corner of Hwy. 55 and Hwy. 306. He remembers thinking to himself “This is enough,” with the implication being that…

By Jeffrey Odham After spending the Memorial Day weekend with my family, and participating in several events throughout our community, I have decided to call for a runoff in the race for Mayor of The City of New Bern. With just 4 votes separating first…

AURORA – As you can see, this creature and some of his Jurassic friends are getting antsy! After months of anticipation, the prehistoric behemoths are raring to romp and roar all over town! But first, the creature shown above needs a name! The contest kicked…

PAMLICO COUNTY – These hard-working Cub Scouts recently assisted White Hill Original Free Will Baptist Church with reseeding of the church lawn. Here, David Hollister, Pack Committee Chair, accepts a donation from Sherry Toler, White Hill treasurer, for efforts of the young scouts. 

NEW BERN – Election experts say this type of micro-thin margin can go either way. It all boils down to ‘provisional’ and mail-in ballots, which are to be counted on May 25, followed two days later (on May 27) by the hoped-for certification of an…

Eyewitness encounter jibes with other credible reports over past decades TOWN OF BEAUFORT – I received a fascinating email Monday morning from Deanna Gillikin. For many years, she has lived adjacent to a dense wooded area, bounded in part by the North River and Taylor…