Residents & visitors should prepare their storm survival kits now As Hurricane Idalia begins its journey up the southeastern seaboard, the City of New Bern is preparing for storm impacts and is encouraging residents and visitors to do the same. The hurricane […]

Craven County government is closely monitoring Hurricane Idalia as it approaches the Southeastern United States. Craven County Emergency Management will continue to follow established Emergency Operations Plans and Procedures. Citizens are encouraged to closely monitor the local impact statements based on where […]

Plans for the rebuilding of New Bern’s Trent Court have taken yet another turn, as negotiations with a Charlotte-based development firm appear to have fallen through.  At the August 21 meeting of the New Bern Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, Executive Director […]

Slocum Creek in Havelock and N.C. Highway 11 boat ramp in Kinston failed to meet recreational water-quality standards on the lower Neuse, but there’s another problem plaguing local waterways this week: fish kills. In the past week, environmental nonprofit Sound Rivers has […]

On, Dec. 2, 2021, the New Bern Police Department was contacted by CarolinaEast Medical Center in reference to a sexual assault referral/allegation. Based on the evidence collected, detectives were able to establish the necessary probable cause to arrest and charge Yacop Rmah. […]

City of New Bern Board of Aldermen Strategic Planning Work Session will be held on August 30 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. and August 31 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. in the Pleasant Hill Community Center located at 431 NC […]

The New Bern Police Department has received a total of $60,000 thanks to three grants from the NC Governor’s Highway Safety Program. The grants will be used to beef up the department’s highway safety efforts, according to New Bern Police Chief Patrick […]