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Police say former Washington Mayor Marion Barry has been arrested and charged with stalking a woman.

Smoke is seen across Ocracoke Island, N.C. Saturday, July 4, 2009 after a truckload of fireworks exploded on a remote island dock, killing one worker and injuring others preparing for an Independence Day celebration, authorities said.

Laurinburg City Council members are tight lipped about the two finalists for the city manager.

A North Korean ship under scrutiny for more than a week by the U.S. Navy has changed course and was heading back the way it came, U.S. officials said, as Pyongyang warned Wednesday it will take military action if anyone attempts to search its vessels.

Authorities have suspended the search for a North Carolina woman who went missing while she was swimming Saturday night in the Currituck Sound, the Coast Guard said Sunday.

Four contract workers from PCS Phosphate were taken to area hospitals Friday morning after a line failure caused an acid leak.

That's how much the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office says a woman stole from a local business.

President Barack Obama plans to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the All-Star game at Busch Stadium in St.

The body of a Washington, N.C. man was found by a Coast Guard Auxiliary boat about two miles off of Chocowinity Bay on Monday morning.

The United States says it has deployed anti-missile defenses around Hawaii, following reports that North Korea is preparing to fire its most advanced ballistic missile in that direction to coincide with the U.S. Independence Day holiday next month.

Sarah Palin would no doubt be horrified by the idea, but there's a chance she could become the same boon to David Letterman's career that Hugh Grant was to Jay Leno's. Grant's 1995 appearance on NBC's "Tonight" show after a prostitution arrest, where Leno famously asked "what were you thinking?," was seen in retrospect as a turning point in the ...

WITN News has confirmed Jimmy Davis, the chief of the Washington Fire-Rescue-EMS, is on administrative leave with pay.

Four people are charged with selling drugs after lawmen got complaints employees were selling marijuana while working at Mayflower in Washington.

A man who was reported as missing from New Bern last Friday was found in Beaufort County on Tuesday morning.

Hey, read the rules! The 2009 Washington Summer Festival is underway. The 26th annual festival is organized by the Washington Beaufort County Chamber of Commerce.

Eastern Radiologists, Inc. has donated a Lorad MIV mammography unit to Johnston Community College.

Weather always plays a huge role in how turnout goes at area festivals, but this year, I'd wager a guess that the economy will have something to do with it, too.

The New Bern Police Department is looking for a missing, endangered man. On Saturday evening, police requested that a statewide Silver Alert be issued for Stan Safranski, and he was still missing late Sunday.

President Barack Obama is beginning his latest bid to open a dialogue with the Muslim world by paying a call on Saudi King Abdullah, guardian of Islam's sacred sites in Mecca and Medina.

Entries are being accepted through Friday 5 for the Beaufort County Arts Council's second annual Juried Photography Exhibit.