New Bern Now (NBN) is excited to announce that we will be printing a local newspaper to serve New Bern, NC and surrounding areas. NBN was founded in 2009 and our mission remains the same — to inform our community. We connect […]

The Anonymous Trust trustees have generously awarded the Tryon Palace Foundation with a generous charitable grant of $170,000 for their Palace Scholars program and for a new educational outreach program. Additionally, the Anonymous Trust has approved two challenge grants that have the potential […]

The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (AACHAF), a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, announced its award of $50,000 to the New Bern Preservation Foundation for the Preservation of King Solomon’s Lodge, North Carolina’s oldest African American Masonic Lodge. […]

The City of New Bern has partnered with CivicReady to implement a mass notification and emergency messaging solution called “New Bern Alerts.” This platform is free to subscribers and is available as a mobile app for Android and iOS users called “myAlerts.” […]

We were out and about this morning checking on New Bern’s streets, Neuse and Trent Rivers, and tributaries. When we left the house around 7 a.m., today, Sept. 30, 2022, Category 1 Hurricane Ian was located over 100 miles off the coast […]

Falling temperatures telltale that autumn has arrived. October brings many fabulous events to Tryon Palace, from a week of spinning and weaving demonstrations to the traditional trick or treat shenanigans of All Hallows’ Eve. This month welcomes our annual Fall Heritage Plant […]

On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at approximately 8:29 p.m., a pedestrian was struck by a 2003 Dodge Dakota near the intersection of Neuse Boulevard and Helen Avenue. The pedestrian was airlifted to ECU Health in Greenville, NC, where he is being treated […]