Category: LOCAL

On Friday, February 11, 2022, deputies responded to a reported overdose at a residence on G Harper Lane in the Arapahoe community of Pamlico County.  Evidence collected at the scene and other information led Investigators to apply for and recieve a search warrant for the…

The Kessler Group and the City of New Bern issued joint statements Tuesday morning on the proposed development of a portion of Union Point Park. Concerns, questions, and complaints began pouring in on social media and through texts, emails and phone calls after last week’s…

NEW BERN – That was the unmistakable message conveyed by 150 or so citizens who packed City Hall during a Board of Aldermen meeting Tuesday night — although a smattering of Chamber and Tourism Development types did show up. The latter group, no more than…

  On 02/08/2022 Detectives with the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce arrested Joshua Ryan Smith Gray, 45, of Beaufort. Gray was charged as a result of an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation. Detectives from the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office…

  On Monday, February 7, 2022, reports of an attempted breaking and entering of a State Employees Credit Union ATM in the Oriental community of Pamlico County were received by Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office 911 Communications Center. It was determined that the ATM was extensively…

On Thursday, January 27, 2022, Investigators from the Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with North Carolina Probation and Parole conducted a search of Roland Johnny Ward III, 53 and Camilla Janae Coleman, 34 both of Oriental, NC. During the search approximately 3 grams of…

City’s share of American Rescue Plan monies will likely go toward infrastructure  NEW BERN – Two intensive hours late Tuesday afternoon went darn fast for the seven-member Board of Alderman, as department heads and other employees – who oversee a host of future projects –…

On Thursday, December 16, 2021, Investigators from the Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported armed robbery at 11944 NC Highway 55, The Highway 55 Tobacco and Vape Shop in Grantsboro. It was reported that an unknown male busted the drive-thru window with a…

On 01/26/2022 Detectives with the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce arrested Bradley Dale Morgan, 45, of Newport on charges related to the sexual exploitation of minors. Morgan was charged as a result of an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation….

Editor’s note: Many large land owners in eastern North Carolina believe this program is doomed due to the inevitable cross-breeding that will occur with an increasing coyote population. The following is an official press release, which faintly alludes to the controversy.  The U.S. Fish and…

Following a lengthy investigation Falanta Terrell Simmons, 34, of 672 Merrimon Road, Beaufort, was arrested and charged with six counts of level three trafficking in heroin. Detectives charged Simmons following a controlled purchase of nearly 31 grams of suspected heroin and fentanyl. Simmons was taken…

On Friday, January 21, 2022, Investigators from the Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged Ernest Alford CONWAY, 45 of Oriental in connection with multiple breaking, entering, and larcenies that have occurred at local businesses.  Over the past several months, beginning in November several businesses…