The meeting will be held on May 1, 2023, at 6 p.m. in the Craven County Commissioners Meeting Room at the Craven County Administration Building in New Bern. View the agenda here. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE APPROVE AGENDA […]
The City of New Bern Redevelopment Commission announced a second plan to use $547,000 of American Rescue Plan funds to build three small, two-bedroom homes for low to moderate income families during the Board of Aldermen meeting on April 25. The BOA
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Craven County government and the Great Lakes Fire command team provided the latest information about the wildfire in the Croatan National Forest: Craven County press release: All Craven County residents are invited to attend a Community Meeting tonight from 6:00 p.m. to
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New Bern Now is at a crossroads, faced with a decision to continue operations or not. We’re committed to providing in-depth news coverage on issues that are important to you but our work depends on your financial support. People say, “shop local,
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Join us for an in-person community meeting on the evening of April 27 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Creekside Elementary School. The school is located at 2790 Landscape Drive in New Bern. This meeting will also be hosted virtually on
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The Southern Area Red Team joined the U.S. Forest Service and N.C. Forest Service last night. As a unified command, they announced in a press release tonight, the fire is “32,400 acres in size and 30% contained. More accurate acreage data was
The incident referred to as Great Lakes Fire is a wildfire located in the Croatan National Forest which is a 160,000-acre national forest of which a portion is in southeastern Craven County. The US Forest Service website contains a map to show the
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A few residents of Blue Water Rise asked why the Countyline Road entrance to their subdivision was closed. New Bern Now asked the N.C. Forest Service if there was an official announcement for the closure of Countyline Road from Old Airport Road
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Deputy Incident Commander David Nelson with the U.S. Forest Service provided an update on the Great Lake Fire in the Croatan National Forest this morning. He said, “the location of the northernmost fire progression is five miles southwest of the Coastal Carolina Regional
Craven County Emergency Management is working closely with the U.S. Forest Service and the N.C. Forest Service to monitor the Great Lake Fire. We are also in contact with weather professionals regarding today’s weather forecast and watching how weather can affect the
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