Special Olympics North Carolina Summer Games

1,300 Special Olympics North Carolina athletes to compete in Summer Games

The 2023 Special Olympics North Carolina (SONC) Summer Games, to be held June 2-4 in the Raleigh area, will feature over 1,300 Special Olympics athletes and Unified partners, individuals without intellectual disabilities, from across the state competing in athletics, basketball, bowling, gymnastics, […]

Chick-fil-A confirms start date for New Bern restaurant rebuild

Chick-fil-A, Inc. has confirmed a start date for a project to demolish and rebuild its restaurant on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in New Bern.  As reported last week by New Bern Now, a site plan for the project was submitted […]
RiverTowne Players presents Urinetown musical (Amanda Pumphrey)

“Urinetown” set to make a splash on RiverTowne Stage

RiverTowne Players is excited to present the musical Urinetown as its next production, which opens this Friday, June 2, at 7:30 p.m. A satirical comedy set in a dark future where all toilets are controlled by a megacorporation, Urinetown is a little […]
Coastal Carolina Regional Airport in New Bern, N.C.

Coastal Carolina Regional Airport to host TSA PreCheck® Enrollment event

Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (EWN) will be hosting a TSA PreCheck® enrollment event in collaboration with IDEMIA, a TSA PreCheck authorized enrollment provider. Travelers will be able to enroll at 210 Terminal Dr. in Room 104 in the Aircraft Fire and Rescue […]
Wildfire spread off Catfish Lake Road in Croatan National Forest. (Wendy Card)

Photos and Update: Great Lakes Fire N.C. Type III team transitions to Croatan Ranger District

The N.C. Type III team issued its final update about the Great Lakes Fire the started in the Croatan National Forest on April 19. The wildfire continues to burn vertically down with 90% containment. In a press release, they announced the Croatan […]
Sound Rivers’ Water Quality Specialist Taylor Register takes a water sample to test for bacteria. Today, Sound Rivers launched Swim Guide, the summer-long public service that lets people know where it’s safe to swim in local waterways. (Sound Rivers)

All sites pass first Swim Guide test of the season

Revised On May 26 at 5:30 p.m.  All 17 sites along the lower Neuse River passed the first Swim Guide test of the season, but swimmers still need to take caution this Memorial Day weekend. “While all the sites we sampled met […]