CARTERET COUNTY — After two years of serious, devastating hurricanes, those who hunkered down in Carteret County Monday night ahead of Tropical Storm Isaias were largely spared another blow.

EMERALD ISLE — Carteret County will have to wait until Monday, Aug. 10 to open bids and perhaps award a contract for the next Bogue Banks beach nourishment project.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — The planting of vegetation to help stabilize new dunes created in the Bogue Banks beach nourishment project completed this spring is finished.

ATLANTIC BEACH — The public safety building project is on track to go to bid in September, with a groundbreaking tentatively scheduled for late November.

ATLANTIC BEACH — Town officials will receive an update on the public safety building project Monday.

ATLANTIC BEACH — Beachgoers may see a new feature this week at the beach accesses in town: cleanup baskets and signs encouraging folks to help keep the strand free of litter.

BEAUFORT — Law enforcement officials report they have arrested a man sought in connection to the May 30 fatal shooting at the Oceanana Motel in Atlantic Beach.

EMERALD ISLE — Sea turtle nesting season has reportedly rebounded to a good level after a slow start this year in the westernmost town on Bogue Banks.

MOREHEAD CITY — With Fourth of July celebrations set for Saturday, Carteret County officials are encouraging residents to stay safe, wear masks in public places and practice social distancing and other precautionary measures due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

ATLANTIC BEACH — Town officials are prepared for the upcoming fiscal year, 2020-21, with a balanced budget.

ATLANTIC BEACH —The Atlantic Beach Police Department is requesting assistance in locating a suspect in a shooting incident which occurred May 30 at the Oceanana Motel in Atlantic Beach.

ATLANTIC BEACH — In the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn., Atlantic Beach Police Chief Jeff Harvey told town officials and the public his officers follow official guidelines on using force.

MOREHEAD CITY — Hundreds of boats took to the waters off Morehead City and Beaufort in a show of support Saturday for President Donald Trump, the same day he later held an indoor campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla.

EMERALD ISLE — By the end of Thursday, crews from Coastal Transplants in Bolivia had finished the mechanical-planting of vegetation on the tops of new dunes created in the recent beach nourishment project in Emerald Isle.

ATLANTIC BEACH — The council is scheduled to consider adoption of the fiscal year 2020-21 budget at its meeting Monday, June 22, but some concerns about police staffing and balancing the budget remain.

ATLANTIC BEACH — Atlantic Beach officials issued Wednesday an ocean hazard notification for the presence of large number of Portuguese man-o-war in the ocean and washed ashore along the town’s beach strand.

ATLANTIC BEACH — The Atlantic Beach Police Department has made an arrest in a May 24 shooting case.

Editor's note: This article and headline were updated at 9:53 a.m. Monday, June 1, 2020, with the latest information.

ATLANTIC BEACH — Bar and club owners in one Bogue Banks town may serve customers outdoors, thanks to an ordinance amendment unanimously passed Thursday by the Atlantic Beach Town Council.

ATLANTIC BEACH — Atlantic Beach police are seeking any information on an unidentified suspect involved in an altercation with a firearm that occurred Sunday.

BOGUE BANKS — Pine Knoll Shores and Atlantic Beach officials announced town hall reopened with limited public access Tuesday after being closed since late March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Editor's note: This article was updated at 10:21 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, 2020, to correct a typo.

Editor's note: This article was updated at 6:56 p.m. Friday, May 22, 2020, with more information. 

ATLANTIC BEACH — With Memorial Day weekend upon us, town officials announced Friday Atlantic Beach Community Park will reopen Saturday.

ATLANTIC BEACH — The town council has selected Thomas Construction to perform pre-construction services for the new municipal complex building.