Craven County Clean Sweep sponsors four annual clean up events on the first Saturdays of February, May, August and October to help keep New Bern streets and waterways free of litter.  The upcoming one will be Saturday, October 6th, but if that […]

Partners In Education was recently awarded $1,000 from Twin Rivers Artists Association to be used for grant money for art teachers in Craven County Schools. The grants are awarded to art teachers based on imaginative and creative art programs for their students. If you would like […]

Local Artwork centered around the Chrysanthemum on display at multiple locations October 3 – October 23 Craven Arts Council & Gallery in cooperation with Swiss Bear is proud to present the annual “Mum’s the Word” exhibition at various locations in downtown New […]

Tickets Now Available For 28 years, Ghostwalk has endured whatever mother nature sends along.  This year she sent Florence.  For many New Bernians this means much flooding and damage.  Many prayers, good wishes and offers of help continue to come in to […]

Governor Cooper announces 33 jobs and $2.25M investment in Craven County McGuckin & Pyle, Inc., a manufacturer of custom lamination and processing equipment, chose Craven County for its new plant, creating 33 new jobs and investing $2.25 million, N.C. Department of Commerce […]

Craven Community College (Craven CC) will remain closed through Sunday, Sept. 30 to help students, faculty and staff recover from the devastating impacts of Hurricane Florence. “The safety and well-being of our community is our highest priority,” said Dr. Ray Staats, Craven […]

Like most of New Bern and North Carolina, Tryon Palace is working hard to recover from the impacts of Hurricane Florence and plans to reopen the site to visitors later this week. An official reopening date will be announced when the safety […]