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Motorcyclist dies after colliding with truck in Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Onslow County — A motorcyclist is dead after colliding into a truck Sunday afternoon, according to the Jacksonville Police Department. Officials say Nickolous Nikitas was traveling at a high rate of speed on a 2024 Kawasaki motorcycle on Highway 53 when he crashed into a Ford truck that was turning left into a parking lot on Western Boulevard.
Over 41,000 gallons of sewage spills in New Bern
NEW BERN, N.C. (WITN) - There’s been another big sewage spill in one Eastern Carolina city. New Bern says some 41,418 gallons of sewage escaped Sunday from a manhole on Trappers Trail. The city says the mess got into a storm drain that flows into Renny’s Creek, a tributary...
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.
Teen ‘seriously hurt,’ woman injured after shooting in Clayton neighborhood, police say
CLAYTON, N.C. (WNCN) — A fourteen-year-old is “seriously hurt” and a woman is injured after a shooting that took place early Tuesday morning in Clayton. Around 3 a.m., officers with the Clayton Police Department said they were dispatched to a person suffering from a gunshot wound near Pond Street and Durham Street. A short time later, officers responded to an additional call of a gunshot victim near Joyner Street, they said.
$1B titanium plant, 450 jobs lured to Fayetteville with taxpayer aid
A titanium manufacturer plans to invest more than $850 million in a reclamation facility in Fayetteville — a project that would bring hundreds of high-paying jobs to Cumberland County over the next several years, state commerce officials said Tuesday. The North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Economic Investment Committee approved...
Lewis named Fike AD while other WCS coaching changes unveiled
While he has been the varsity football head coach at Fike High since being announced as such in March, Rocky Lewis picked up some extra duties earlier this month when the Wilson County Board of Education confirmed his hiring as the ninth athletic director in Fike’s 67 years of existence. Lewis, who had been the head football coach at South […] The post Lewis named Fike AD while other WCS coaching changes unveiled first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Tarboro police officer demoted, docked 10 days pay for social media post about Trump
A Tarboro police officer will not be dismissed from duty but was disciplined for remarks via his social media link about the failed assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, who was campaigning in Pennsylvania. Brandon Richardson, who has been on the town’s force for nearly 24 years, was suspended for 10 days without pay and demoted to the rank of corporal, Town Manager Troy Lewis said via email late Friday afternoon. ...
21 complete ‘Edgecombe Works!’ training
TARBORO — Twenty-one Edgecombe County employees recently strengthened their workplace skills by completing the Edgecombe Works! Office Skills Academy held at Edgecombe Community College. The program is a partnership between the college and Edgecombe County government. The college provides the instructor and training, and the county funds tuition and fees for participants. The program has a dual purpose, according to […] The post 21 complete ‘Edgecombe Works!’ training first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Beaufort County under System Pressure Advisory
WASHINGTON, N.C. (WNCT) — Certain water consumers of Beaufort County Northside on Corsica Road are currently experiencing outages and periods of low pressure in the distribution system. This is due to emergency water line repairs and will be under this advisory until 9 p.m. on Monday. The outage will affect all Beaufort County Water customers […]
"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).
By Raleigh’s Union Station, a new mural celebrates the lives of southern Asian Americans
This summer, passengers getting off at Raleigh’s Union Station will pass by a large, vibrant mural that celebrates the lives of several Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders based in North Carolina. The mural was painted as a part of the Asian Joy project, an effort to use...
Elon Law scholar cited by The Assembly & Slate
An Elon Law scholar who specializes in intellectual property recently spoke with a North Carolina news organization about a popular type of beach shade for a story since republished in a national online magazine. Professor David S. Levine was quoted in “Shibumi Has Taken Over N.C. Beaches. Next, The World,”...
Nano Preemie Born at Just 24 Weeks Gets Guard of Honor as They Graduate From NICU
A baby born at just 24 weeks and weighing one pound, six ounces – and who was so small her ‘nano preemie’ diapers fitted a Barbie doll – was finally able to go home after a 111-day NICU journey. The post Nano Preemie Born at Just 24 Weeks Gets Guard of Honor as They Graduate From NICU appeared first on Happilynews.com.
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