Craven County Board of Elections office was buzzing even before the clock struck noon Monday to open 2010 election season filing.

Kinston Public Services utility crews worked through the night Saturday, restoring power to nearly 2,500 residents who experienced outages due to the ice storm that moved through the area Friday evening.

Progress Energy is equipped for any power outages as a result of ice accumulation throughout the area.

Freezing temperatures and precipitation left Kinston blanketed under a heavy sheet of ice Saturday, as North Carolina Department of Transportation crews worked to clear primary roadways.

A Lane Farm Road family lost their home Sunday morning after a chimney fire tore through the wooden one-story house.

Now that many of the bureaucratic and financial roadblocks have been cleared, the end is in sight for local county and civic leaders working to bring a dog park to fruition by the spring of 2010.

Preparation for an updated plan to help Craven County and many of its cities and towns recover from a disaster was introduced to the Board of Commissioners this week.

More than 60 years after she was discharged, Wilda Holland still becomes emotional when talking about her time in the U.S. Navy.

When Malcolm Johnson describes the moment when he received his calling from God to go into ministry, he likens the conviction he felt then to the feeling of falling in love.

The Dover Christmas Parade has been canceled, but the barbecue is still being held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Town Hall on North Main Street.

The following driving while impaired arrests were reported by the State Highway Patrol: Daryl Carlyle Mills, 29, 3094 NC 55 E., Kinston, Oct.

Besides, "nice T & A," what was McCain thinking when he chose Sarah Palin to be his running mate? In her new book, former Alaska Gov.. Sarah Palin describes the push-and-pull between John McCain's campaign headquarters and her plucky "B" team on the road.

On Nov. 4, The Lenoir County Sheriff's Office arrested 3 suspects in connection with a series of burglaries that occurred between September 9 and Oct.

Lenoir County resident Brian Burks said he was one of the last to see Miller Jones before he went missing Saturday.

New Bern Vote by Precinct Precinct Registered Vote Percent Grantham 2B 1,876 748 39.87 George Street 2,394 589 24.6 Fort Totten 2,740 377 13.76 Grover C. Fields 1,998 449 22.47 H.J. MacDonald 4,169 583 13.98 West New Bern 4,565 1,170 25.63 Provisional 22 Mail Absentee 69 Curbside 36 Results are now official from Nov.

Votes from less than a third of Dover's 332 registered voters here Election Day returned the mayor and four of five aldermen to office for another term.

Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. today. If you are unsure of your polling place, go to www.sboe.state.nc.us. From there, click on "Voter Registration," then click "Check Your Registration," then "Voter Lookup." Enter your name and county, and the Web site will show you the nearest polling place.

Maxine White and the Dover NC 2010 Reunion Committee have grand plans for those coming home to this turn-of-the century town in western Craven County or anyone wishing to stop in.

Voters eager to make their Nov. 3 election choices official may cast ballots beginning today in races in five municipalities and a sanitary sewer district in Craven County, three in Pamlico County, and two in Jones County.

About 65 workers at Alsco's Kinston textile plant escaped injury after flames damaged two of the facility's drying units Friday.