Craven County News

Alamance Battleground State Historic Site is playing host to three days of special, family-friendly activities that began Thursday and will continue with an 18th-century Living Experience and Patriots' Day on Saturday and Sunday.

Farmer's markets and roadside stands are commonplace in Eastern Carolina, and perhaps you've shopped at them.

A mother and her 3-year-old daughter were in a van when it collided with a tractor-trailer in Craven County Thursday morning.

Several people gathered in Morehead City to honor of Peace Officers' Memorial Day.

The North Carolina Symphony will give a free outdoor concert, Sunday, June 2, at 7:30 p.m., on the South Lawn at New Bern's historic Tryon Palace.

Maya Leonard Swinson recently was selected to head Rochelle Middle School and will take over for the five-year principal, Nicholas Harvey II, who is often credited for the school's turnaround.

Trent Woods Commissioner Chip Hughes kicked off the regular May board meeting here by raising his hand for a new commission seat.

Mills, an adult literacy advocate from New Bern, is one of 10 authors scheduled to participate in the annual Authors Luncheon on Saturday in Havelock.

New Bern Police report a victim was held up and robbed in the Books-A-Million parking lot in Craven County.

Craven County's actions to support and protect the Cherry Point air station have been noticed at the Pentagon, leaders of the county's lobbying efforts say.

Apparently I was in a hurry while preparing last week's column, as I submitted the wrong dates for two different events.

Tyson was elected unanimously to head the Transportation Advisory Council, with New Bern Alderman Johnnie Ray Kinsey elected vice chairman at the MPO's first official meeting.

Craig Schadewald, at left, local union president of the New Bern Association of Letter Carriers, discusses plans for this weekend's Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

When New Bern Mayor Lee Bettis was arrested Monday on a possible driving while impaired charge and two other traffic violations for allegedly driving erratically in Havelock, the police report spurred questions about his residency.

The ordinance's main focus is to make sure wind turbines and cell towers do not interfere with military flight paths and aircraft signals and has already been forwarded to neighboring counties and cities which have expressed interest in modeling an ordinance of their own.

Christina Lewis , of New Bern in Craven County, vanished on June 20, 2000, when she was 17 years.

Literally, he began by cleaning floors. At the age of 16, his preacher found him two doctor's offices to clean on Friday afternoons.

A proposed tall structures ordinance that has received two public hearings by the Craven County Board of Commissioners is expected to get a vote at today's 7 p.m. meeting of the board.

Charges were pending against a Craven County woman who investigators believe intentionally struck a 60-year-old woman with her car around 2 p.m. Sunday.

A wind turbine permit bill that allows those advocating for clear flight paths for the military to be heard in the permitting process was overwhelmingly passed the N.C. House on Wednesday.