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This is a wild 40-plus minutes from an actual event that happened July 4th of this year in Alaska. You will be glued to your video screen the entire time. Many thanks to Compass reader Gordon Allison for this Alert!!

The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada has awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the City of New Bern for its annual comprehensive financial report. This is the third consecutive year the City’s finance department has…

By Donald Bryson, CEO | John Locke Foundation Duke Energy will not pursue offshore wind energy generation off the coast of North Carolina. The decision was made following an independent evaluation demonstrating that offshore wind is not cost-effective, which was recently presented to the North…

Maybe now an appointment for that overdue renewal is possible RALEIGH – Forty new driver license examiner positions have been made possible by a mini-budget signed into law by Governor Josh Stein this month. These roles aim to shorten lines and wait times at driver…

DYLAN, age 13, a rising 9th grader, traveled to Oriental from Illinois with his mom, Lori and his dad, James to “Catch his Dream.” Dylan was born with a congenital heart defect that has required many surgeries. The CATCH-A-DREAM Foundation provided this opportunity to Dylan….

By Richard Harvey | Guest Commentary Editor’s note: Richard Harvey, writes about crypto currency for this newspaper. Here, he offers a well-reasoned response to an April 2024 article in the Wall Street Journal titled “Goldman’s Crypto Naysayer Isn’t Tempted by Bitcoin Rally.” Mr. Harvey, an…

Pamlico County, NC – During the month of July, the Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service and North Carolina Probation and Parole, conducted a joint operation focused on sex offender compliance checks within Pamlico County. As part of this coordinated…

Editor’s note: Proposed state legislation known as House Bill 442 started out as a Four-Year Pilot Program to improve recreational fishing for flounder and red snapper. However, a sudden amendment adopted Tuesday goes far afield by attempting to impose new restrictions on commercial fishing, including…

By Mary Houston-Harvey RFK Jr. is! On a recent commercial flight everyone was wondering what our nation’s new Secretary of Health & Human Services was squirting into a cup of water and drinking,  It was very very blue; Levi’s blue; a beautiful blue. It was…

EDITORS NOTE: The following is ‘Open the Books’ CEO John Hart’s testimony presented Tuesday, April 8 to the the House DOGE Subcommittee. The hearing is called “Federal Foreclosure: Reducing the Federal Real Estate Portfolio.” Hart was accompanied by David Marroni, the acting director for physical…

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:…

↑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…