City improvement projects totaling more than $6 million have been approved throughout New Bern thanks to COVID-19 relief funding received from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The money, which was dispersed among the city’s six wards, has been allocated for […]

Around Town Check out the New Bern Farmers Market on Saturday from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. at 421 S. Front St. Join Fairway Disc Golf on Saturday at Creekside Park. Sign up starts at 9 a.m., tee off around 10 a.m. […]

The New Bern Redevelopment Commission is considering several local options for construction of a planned “affordable housing” development on Jones Street. At a June 28 special called meeting, the RDC agreed to formally request that the City of New Bern take over […]

To all interested agencies, groups, and individuals, This is to give notice that the City of New Bern, N.C. has determined that the following proposed action under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program for FY 2023 (Grant No. B-23-MC-37-0025) is located […]

Update from the New Bern Police Department on July 7: We are saddened to provide the following update to the shooting incident involving the infant, Nalaoni Sheptock. Last evening, we learned the tragic news that she succumbed to her injuries and had […]

Michelle L. Toth of New Bern N.C. began serving as Craven County’s new Register of Deeds on July 1, 2023. Toth was nominated by the Craven County Democratic Party and appointed by the Craven County Board of Commissioners to fill the unexpired […]

  Craven County is set to receive $15.5 million over the next 18 years as part of the state’s share of a nearly $50 billion national opioid settlement with distributors and manufacturers.  According to information presented at the June 29 Craven County […]