This week, county boards of elections across North Carolina began sending absentee-by-mail ballots to registered voters who requested them for the May 17 primary and certain municipal elections. The following are 10 things to know as the 2022 mid-term primary election approaches. […]

The Stanly-Spaight Duel. One of New Bern’s most compelling stories. A younger man goads an older statesman. The older man insults the younger. All in public. In newsprint. Add the story of Sarah Rice, a favored slave of the Spaights, who struggles […]

The Grover C. Fields Problem 3 OM team is eligible to compete at the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals at Iowa State University May 25th – 28th, 2022. The team of 6th, 7th, 8th, and one 1st grader from Brinson Memorial […]

Craven County Schools celebrates North Carolina locally grown produce and produce by creating the second annual farm-to-table event. This special week was conceived by the School Nutrition Department and is being conducted in collaboration with the Career and Technical Education Department as […]

Craven County’s annual Student Art Show returned to Tryon Palace on April 2, 2022. Tryon Palace is thrilled to be able to showcase the creativity of our Eastern North Carolina students within our Duffy Gallery at the North Carolina History Center. The […]

A dedication was held on Sunday, April 3, for the September 11, 2001, Memorial Monument presented by the New Bern Firemen’s Museum with David Finn, Chairman of the Board, as Master of Ceremonies. Sam Lewis closed out the ceremony singing “I’m Proud […]

Emilio and Lindell Davis of Davis Distributor, LLC, are co-hosting our first Autism 5k which is New Bern Autism Awareness 5k Run/Walk. We’ve partnered with Deborah Kania, Founder of Autismazing, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. The City of New Bern, Justice for my Jewel, […]