Find out what’s happening in and around New Bern, North Carolina!
City of New Bern officials were on hand Friday morning at the official groundbreaking for a new housing development that will be located on joined lots at the corner of Walt Bellamy Drive and Jones Street. The New Bern Redevelopment Commission’s Walt […]
Plans for the opening of a new private school that was announced last year for the West New Bern community have been pushed back, according to a school representative. In July 2022, Thales Academy announced that it planned to open a campus
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A new Craven County ABC retail store and warehouse facility under construction in Bridgton are nearly completed and ready to open, according to the county’s ABC Board Chairman, Chip Chagnon. During an update at the November 6 meeting of the Board of
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State funds from two separate grant programs will bring much needed upgrades and improvements to one of Craven County’s most popular parks. During their November 6 meeting, the Craven County Board of Commissioners voted to accept grant funding from the NC Community
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A New Bern man is dead following a shooting at the Trent Court apartment complex on Nov. 2. New Bern Police Officers were dispatched to a shots fired call near the P building in Trent Court at 3:48 p.m. They found Devaughn
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The New Bern Police Department could soon have a new tool in its arsenal to serve community members in immediate need of medical attention. The NBPD has submitted an application for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program to request
New Bern Police Department seeking life-saving AED devices for patrol cars Read More »
Week of events focused on veterans of the U.S. Armed Services to be held in New Bern. The Veterans Stand-Down will be held on November 9 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the National Guard Armory in New Bern, 301 Glenburnie Drive. Hosted
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Craven Community College has released plans for a new Public Safety Training Center to be located at the county Industrial Park. The news comes following the college’s recent announcement of $12 million in legislative appropriations and the acquisition of 30 acres for
The Wall That Heals, a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., will arrive in Havelock tomorrow at Walter B. Jones Park, where it will be on display later this week. The display, which is hosted by the Disabled
The City of New Bern takes over management of this year’s New Bern Christmas Parade, which is scheduled for December 2. The fate of the annual event was called into question after the organizer of past parades, the Craven County Jaycees, failed
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