Beaufort News

Even in this economy, prospective buyers have been sniffing around the 42-foot hull of Scott Quaintance's new baby, a custom-built sportfishing boat that's the first for his company, Island Style Custom Yachts.

North Carolina artist Kyle Highsmith will open a new show Saturday, with paintings that focus on the Beaufort and Morehead City waterfronts, and scenes around the Oceana Pier.

The following accidents were reported by the State Highway Patrol: Accident time/location: June 12, 1:54 p.m., 3.2 miles north of Kinston on NC 58.

Published: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 2:31 a.m. RALEIGH First Bank, headquartered in Troy, acquired the deposits of Cooperative Bank in Wilmington after Cooperative was closed Friday by the N.C. Office of the Commissioner of Banks.

Civil War Navy re-enactors from the Carolina Living History Guild will demonstrate nautical skills and talk about weapons of the period on Saturday at the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort.

Randall C. "Randy" Ramsey of Beaufort, N.C., founder, president and CEO of Jarrett Bay Yacht Sales, has been appointed to the North Carolina State University Board of Trustees by Gov.

The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission is meeting to discuss land use for Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach and Carteret County, and the use of sandbags as erosion control.

Divers plan to survey the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor off the North Carolina coast this week with high-definition cameras to look for deterioration in the nearly 150-year-old underwater wreckage.

Coast Guard springs into action and rescues a man and his family from a sinking boat.

Students in Cape Fear Community College's Marine Technology program pull up a sonat device while participating in what could be the last series of cruises for the school's training vessel, the R/V Dan Moore.

The North Carolina Commissioner of Banks has closed Cooperative Bank of Wilmington, which has branches throughout eastern Carolina.

Published: Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 2:26 p.m. Margaret Frances Lineberger and Jason William Rollison were married at two o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday, April 25, 2009, at the Southport Community Building in Southport, N.C. The ceremony was officiated by Pastor George Burn.

Foster, Wilkins exchange vows April 18 in Beaufort 28 May 2008 Patricia Leigh Foster and Jarris Elliott Wilkins were married at four o'clock in the afternoon of April 18, 2009 at Ann Street Methodist Church in Beaufort, North Carolina.

JACKSONVILLE New River Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. May 25 at Logan's Roadhouse.

Three people were rescued off a boat taking on water about 27 miles southeast of Morehead City Friday.

Submitted by WWAY on 21 May 2009 - 9:42am. READ MORE: Family and friends paid final respects to a North Carolina Navy commander killed in Iraq Wednesday.

Cmdr. Charles Keith Springle, 52, of Camp Lejeune, formerly of Beaufort, was killed Monday, May 11, 2009, while deployed to the Army 55th Medical Company Combat Stress Center at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq.

Published: Monday, May 18, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, May 18, 2009 at 4:00 a.m. A North Carolina dive company is recruiting divers for a series of "lionfish rodeos" in hopes of preventing the species native to the Pacific Ocean from damaging Atlantic fishing areas.

Ceremonies for Memorial Day have been scheduled for Havelock and Beaufort. The ceremonies are designed to pay tribute to the men and women who gave their lives for this country.

After more than 30 years with KD's Florist in Beaufort, Nora Dixon has arranged flowers for occasions that celebrate and those that mourn.