Morehead City News

MOREHEAD CITY The commercial southern flounder fishing season has been extended for two weeks but only for the pound net fishery.

Liane F. Thompson, 45, of Morehead City, died Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at Carteret General Hospital in Morehead City.

Morehead City, NC In her first visit to a North Carolina Port as Governor, Gov. Bev Perdue saw first-hand how North Carolina Ports keep North Carolina working.

Beaufort NC , North Carolina , United States Friday, November 13, 2009 November 13, 2009 Light rain and wind continued today off and on so when Kate finished school we went to the Aquarium in Pine Knoll Shores across the causeway from Morehead City.

At least one person was injured after a boat hit a high-rise bridge on the North Carolina coast.

SHACKLEFORD, N.C. The Coast Guard suspended their search for a missing fisherman at 6:56 p.m. Thursday who had been missing since approximately 5 a.m. Wednesday from Pelletier Creek near Morehead City.

The Coast Guard along with assistance from TowBoatUS moored the Wind Song II, a 52-foot sailboat at the Morehead City Yacht Basin in Morehead City, N.C., at approximately 6 p.m., Thursday.

Updated at 12:36 p.m. to correct headline. A Carteret County man accused of possessing crack cocaine near an elementary school was arrested Friday by Newport police, authorities said.

Satellite imagery and weather ground station readings today along the Mid-Atlantic indicate "Ida the coastal low pressure area" is finally moving away from the U.S. east coast.

The skiff belonging to a missing boater in Carteret County was found Thursday morning, but there was no sign of the operator as the search continued into the night, Coast Guard officials said.

Tickets are now on sale for the annual Healing Hearts for Hope Fashion Show and Luncheon for the Carteret County Domestic Violence Program.

Be careful what you promise, or even for what you pray. Fulfilling a promise and repaying an answered prayer put Pastor Marty Warren up a ladder and on the roof of Holly Hill Pentecostal Holiness Church in Vanceboro on Sunday.

Freight cars from Radio Island rolled over the Newport River to Morehead City Port on Thursday for the first time since a ship knocked out the railway trestle on June 5. N.C. Department of Transportation inspectors certified the trestle on Wednesday after repairs totaling about $600,000 were done to make it usable and safe again, said Brad ...

The Carteret County Health Department will hold a H1N1 flu vaccine clinic on Friday for residents at highest risk of flu illness.

The Carteret County Veterans Council will host its annual Veterans Day Parade Saturday in Morehead City.

The Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center has received a $25,000 grant from the Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation for completion of its exhibition gallery spaces.

Morehead City travelers can expect some congestion on their main drag Wednesday.

My FaceBook status posts over the last week or so tell the story of traveling southward every day.

November 02, 2009 1:00 AM JANNETTE PIPPIN NEWPORT - Scott Fasulo won't be able to cast a vote in the Town of Newport's municipal election, but he'd support a mixed drink referendum that's on the ballot if he could.

Marines recently learned lessons about warfare in an outdoor setting at the New Bern Civil War Battlefield.