Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune officials recently issued a potentially lifesaving reminder that Browns Island in Onslow County remains strictly off-limits due to ongoing live-fire training exercises and the presence of dangerous unexploded ordnance.
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Online registration to close Wednesday for ‘Warriors’ race
Online registration for Pine Knoll Shores’ annual Kayak for the Warriors, a 3.2-mile kayak and paddle board race, ends Wednesday.
Monthlong training exercise to take place at Bogue Field
Communities near Marine Corps bases in Jacksonville and Havelock, as well as the auxiliary landing field in Bogue on N.C. 24, should expect through February increased military vehicle traffic and noise associated with a monthlong training exercise starting Friday.
PACT Act ignores TCE, PCE contamination on military bases
Guest commentary: With more than 620,000 veterans living in North Carolina, many likely exposed to recently banned compounds trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene while working for the military, updating the toxic agents list is essential for equal access to benefits.
Kayak for Warriors signature paddle challenge June 7
The Kayak for the Warriors annual paddle challenge in Pine Knoll Shores raises funds for the national nonprofit, Hope For The Warriors.
Coastal Land Trust transfers new tract to Coastal Federation
The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust announced Wednesday that an additional 593 acres along the Newport River has been purchased from Weyerhaeuser Co. and transferred to North Carolina Coastal Federation for long-term management and restoration.
Jacksonville project to pinpoint impaired areas in New River
After successfully taking on the bacterial pollution that had plagued the river for 20 years, city officials are now turning their attention and a $400,000 state grant toward the development-related runoff that causes algal blooms and fish kills.
‘Rich Lands of New River’: Town retains ‘postcard’ charm
Though references to Richlands can be found in the early Colonial period, the Onslow County community began to grow in the early 1900s when it gained a railroad connection.
Onslow home to NC’s largest battery energy storage system
The largest battery energy storage system in the state is in Onslow County and will operate alongside an existing solar facility on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Duke Energy announced Thursday.
Living shoreline projects on military bases receive grant
N.C. Coastal Federation has been awarded a grant through the National Coastal Resilience Fund to complete designs for three living shorelines at Marine Corps Air Station New River and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.
Sneads Ferry, Newport shaped by Marine Corps neighbors
The two coastal communities would each likely be dramatically different today if not for their neighboring Marine Corps installations.
US House passes measure on military toxic exposure
The Camp Lejeune Justice Act was attached to House Resolution 3967, the Honoring our PACT Act of 2021, which passed the House 256-174.
Toxic exposure issue at military bases warrants action now
Jonathan Sharp, CFO with Environmental Litigation Group, P.C., writes that more needs to be done to address the health effects military veterans and their families have suffered as a result of exposure to toxic compounds during their service and time on installations such as Camp Lejeune.
Officials: No Trespassing on Browns Island
Camp Lejeune officials are reminding travelers of the Intracoastal Waterway that Browns Island near Onslow Beach is off-limits because of live-fire training exercises and unexploded ordnance.
Marines: Last Days of a New River Village
State historian David Cecelski writes about the visit of Greensboro photographer Charles A. Farrell to Marines in 1941, soon before the Onslow County village was displaced to make way for Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.
Camp Lejeune Focus of 10-Year Study
Researchers studied the complex ecosystems of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune as part of a 10-year study that wrapped up in October to better understand coastal and estuarine ecosystems in a military training environment.
