Craven County Farm Life School in Vanceboro, the first farm life school in the state, is being commemorated with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker.
Craven County
Coastal counties should expect unhealthy heat
State officials are advising residents to take precautions to avoid heat-related illnesses in the coastal counties where the heat is expected to reach unhealthy levels.
Champion trees rise and fall in North Carolina’s coastal plain
The decades-old tree conservation program was put in place in the 1940s to identify and conserve the nation’s largest remaining trees, which were at risk during an era of economic expansion and aggressive timber harvesting.
James City to undergo temporary traffic pattern changes
A temporary traffic pattern is going to be put in place over the weekend for a section of U.S. Highway 70 in James City ahead of road work that will close the highway’s median to travelers.
Five coastal counties now see severe drought conditions
Beaufort, Craven, New Hanover, Onslow and Pender counties are among eastern North Carolina counties experiencing severe drought conditions.
Tryon Palace to hold spring plant sale, open gardens to public
The historic site in downtown New Bern is celebrating National Gardening Month this weekend with a spring heritage plant sale and free admission to the palace gardens.
State awards funding for wastewater, drinking water projects
The governor’s office announced more than $265 million in funding for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projects to help to pay for 99 projects in 45 different counties, including several on the coast.
Watch your step!
Fall colors, the reds, yellows, browns and copperheads. An eastern copperhead crosses a path recently at the New Bern Civil War Battlefield in Craven County. Watch your step! Photo: Doug Waters
Coastal counties see continued strength in visitor spending
Following a record-breaking increase of 15% in 2022, spending statewide rose 6.9% to $35.6 billion in 2023, setting another record year in visitor spending, according to data the North Carolina Department of Commerce released Tuesday.
Tryon Palace to host new series on eastern NC history
Nancy Strickland Fields-Chavis, a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, will present “North Carolina Before Tryon: Eastern North Carolina’s Indigenous Communities” Thursday evening in New Bern.
Debris in pumps at New Bern plant causes wastewater spill
The overflow at the manhole located at 213 Trappers Trail is the “result of the influent pumps at the wastewater treatment plant becoming completely disabled from excessive debris in the sanitary sewer system,” New Bern officials said Monday.
Tryon Palace to celebrate America’s 250th birthday early
“Rev War Day: Here Comes the 250th!” is to begin at 10 a.m. Saturday with a parade at Tryon Palace in downtown New Bern.
Overhead lines
Lines of clouds move over Askin near New Bern and the power lines overhead as part of a weekend weather front. Photo: Dylan Ray
Swift Creek advisory lifted in Craven County
State water quality officials have lifted the advisory to avoid a several-mile portion of Swift Creek in Craven County contaminated by an animal waste spill.
State transportation planning conference heads to New Bern
The 2024 state MPO conference theme is “Gridlock to Green Lanes Transforming Urban Transportation.”
Most coastal state parks report visitor growth in 2023
North Carolina State Parks recently announced that attendance grew by 4% statewide last year, with most of the nine sites on the coast contributing to that growth.
