Beaufort News

Two area Marines assisted police in Beaufort over the weekend as they responded to a call about a drunk suspect destroying property along the town's waterfront.

Authorities in Carteret County are investigating the death of a dog that was found over the weekend in a trash bag submerged in the creek off the Beaufort waterfront.

The Onslow County Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring a golf competition May 19 at Bear Trail Country Club.

North Carolina students in the 4th through 8th grades can free their imaginations and ask questions about Blackbeard and the wreck of his flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge , during a live online stream from the Watercraft Center at the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort on Friday, May 31, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. They'll learn how researchers ... (more)

The recommended budget for fiscal year 2013-2014 was presented to the Board of Commissioners Monday night.

New Bern Mayor Lee Bettis will take a two-month leave of absence from his city post to tend to family matters, a spokesman announced at a brief noon press conference today in New Bern.

Opponents of a bill seeking game fish status for three species of fish are making a trip to Raleigh to express their concerns.

NOAA researchers have provided the first detailed description linking humpback whale movements to acoustic behavior on a feeding ground in the Northwest Atlantic.

A number of state lawmakers will be in Oriental Saturday morning for an information session on planned ferry toll changes, sponsored by an anti-tolls group and its supporters.

An advisory panel in Carteret County has gone on record against a proposed game fish bill saying it would hurt the consumers of local seafood as well as the state's commercial fishermen.