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NC Rural Center Opens Application Period for Homegrown Leaders Training
The NC Rural Center has announced that the application period is now open for its Homegrown Leaders training. The in-person training will take place from September 10-12 in Kinston. About Homegrown Leaders. Homegrown Leaders is a three-day regional leadership and community economic development training program. It aims to equip existing...
Retired Rowan County judge leads NC Sentencing Commission as host for national conference
RALEIGH — Under the leadership of retired Rowan County Chief District Court Judge Charlie Brown, the North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission will host the National Association of Sentencing Commissions’ Conference (NASC) in Raleigh. “This is the first time that North Carolina has served as host state of the NASC conference,” said Brown, chairman […] The post Retired Rowan County judge leads NC Sentencing Commission as host for national conference appeared first on Salisbury Post.
Fisheries committee starts work to revise oyster, clam harvest rules
NEW BERN — The Oyster and Clam Advisory Committee (AC) of the N.C Marine Fisheries Commission got down to business last week in New Bern, kicking off what will be a long effort to revise management rules for the two important fisheries. Thomas Newman, fisheries liaison for the N.C....
New Bern's 'Yappy Hour' invites you and your pup this Friday at DoubleTree
A unique happy-hour in New Bern this week will offer some fun activities for both dogs and their owners. “Yappy Hour” will take place at 5:30 Friday night, at the DoubleTree by Hilton in downtown. Admission is free. The event will feature a Margaritaville theme, a tiki bar and...
Optimum and the History Channel host military appreciation event in New Bern
NEW BERN, N.C. (WITN) - In one Eastern Carolina city, a cable system partnered with the History Channel to honor local American heroes. The event was on Sunday at New Bern’s Union Point Park. Optimum says it was a way to honor local veterans in New Bern and throughout...
About 41,418 gallons of wastewater flow through storm drain to New Bern creek
NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — The City of New Bern had what is believed to be 41,418 gallons of wastewater discharge into Renny’s Creek through a storm drain on July 21. The overflow of wastewater is due to influent pumps at the Wastewater Treatment Plant becoming disabled, leading the water to rush out of a […]
Strayhorn: Formerly enslaved formed new communities
As Union troops began overrunning coastal North Carolina in the fall of 1861, the formerly enslaved people they were helping to free began seeking refuge in a variety of new communities. Their individual journeys to freedom would leave a legacy that’s still felt today, according to Dr. Joshua Strayhorn, a research fellow with the U.S. National Park Service. Strayhorn, a New Bern native, was the guest lecturer at Museum of the Albemarle’s “History for Lunch” program last week. ...
Bank employee arrested for Assault by Strangulation
On June 20, 2024, KPD officers responded to an assault report at Wells Fargo located at 1903 W Vernon Avenue. Upon arrival, they made contact with the victim, who stated that while she was waiting in line, a bank employee named Lucretia McMurtry (55, of Kinston) began yelling at her. The verbal altercation escalated when McMurtry grabbed the victim by the neck, shook her head uncontrollably, and began strangling her.
Appeals court reinstates former officer's qualified immunity in 2019 Greenville killing
A federal court ruled recently that a former Greenville police officer acted within the bounds of immunity granted to officials during a 2019 shooting that killed an unarmed man. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals partially reversed and dismissed a 2022 U.S. District Court of Eastern North Carolina decision that would have allowed a jury to consider whether former Greenville police Officer David Johnson violated the Constitutional rights of Sean Rambert, 23. ...
Greenville man charged with reporting false information 911 call center
PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A man in the east is behind bars Monday morning after being accused of lying to 911 system operators. Arrest warrants obtained by WITN show Marque Sutton, 33, was arrested by the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office after reporting false information to 911 Sunday. Officials...
Making the cut: Longtime Fort Liberty barber to be inducted into National Hall of Fame
FORT LIBERTY — Nestled in the back room of the 18th Airborne Corps headquarters, Travis Bell’s barbershop walls are filled with photos and autographs. Aside from a photo of the late NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Sr., the photos aren’t of professional athletes, Hollywood actors and actresses or Grammy singers, but are of some of the nation’s top soldiers who have served at the former Fort Bragg, now Fort Liberty.
"Try to stay positive." The lives of our homeless neighbors in downtown Wilmington
This reporting project was made possible by a grant from the Fourth Estate Fund. Nearly 1 million people experienced homelessness for the first time in 2023, according to the National Association to End Homelessness. Still more experienced it for a second, third, or fourth time. With a rising cost of living and high rents, more and more Americans are teetering on the edge. Here are the stories of some of those who've fallen through the cracks — and are trying to claw their way back up: Chelsea Alicia Sterling, Victor Quillen, Theresa Shively, Leroy Lyons, and Cindy (who asked that we only use her first name).
It happened this week, just not this year
It happened this week, just not this year. July 23, 1700, Claude Philippe de Richbourg arrives in Virginia with some 700 or so French Huguenots. They will start a settlement in Manakintown near present-day Richmond, but many will then break off and settle along the Trent about 1705. This little Trent colony will simply disappear.
Southpaws home finale doubleheader ends one win shy of division title
After six days, four games and two rainouts, the New Bern Southpaws reached their home finale at Kafer Park. Where fans crammed the stands knowing if the Paws win both games it's a second half division title. Only thing standing in their way though was second place Tarboro. Who had...
Man dies in workplace accident at Rocky Mount water treatment plant
A man died Sunday afternoon after falling into a pumping station at a water treatment plant in Rocky Mount. According to a representative for the city, the man was performing work on an electrical junction box around 6:15 p.m. at the water treatment plant on Leaston Road when he was shocked and fell into the water at the pumping station.
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