The Southern Area Red Team joined the U.S. Forest Service and N.C. Forest Service last night. As a unified command, they announced in a press release tonight, the fire is “32,400 acres in size and 30% contained. More accurate acreage data was […]

The incident referred to as Great Lakes Fire is a wildfire located in the Croatan National Forest which is a 160,000-acre national forest of which a portion is in southeastern Craven County. The US Forest Service website contains a map to show the […]

By Saturday morning West Craven High School FFA had sold its entire inventory of geraniums.  Hanging basket planters and ferns also proved to be popular. Even with the ash falling from the sky from the Great Lake wildfire, there was a steady […]

New Bern’s only independent bookstore, The Next Chapter Books & Art, is planning a day of fun and games for National Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 29. The store will offer a storewide discount of 10% all day, as well as […]

  While Craven County’s industrial business infrastructure continues to expand, the county is facing a looming crisis  — a shortage of land readily available for commercial development.  During a recent meeting of the Craven County Board of Commissioners, County Manager Jack Veit […]

Epiphany High School Spring Sports Men’s Baseball Apr. 20: 22-1 (L) Epiphany vs. Wayne Christian (Goldsboro)   Women’s Soccer Apr. 18: 9-1 (L) Epiphany @ East Carteret (Beaufort) Apr. 20: 5-0 (W) Epiphany vs. Wayne Christian (Goldsboro)   Havelock High School Spring Sports Men’s Baseball […]

Looking for a good read and great conversation? The New Bern Farmers’ Market will host Authors’ Sunday on April 30, where over forty local authors will sell their books. The genres offered will span everything from children’s picture books to suspense/thrillers. The […]