EMERALD ISLE — Rev up your car’s engine to make sure it runs, polish the chrome and paint and get ready to head to Emerald Isle in November for a car show that will raise money for the town’s “Shop with a Cop” program, which helps bring holiday cheer to those in need.

EMERALD ISLE — Emerald Isle commissioners Tuesday night approved an agreement for design and permitting services for a new stormwater management system.

EMERALD ISLE — Emerald Isle’s longest-tenured employee will retire, effective Dec. 31.

EMERALD ISLE - Beach Driving Season begins Sept. 15 in Emerald Isle, and runs until April 30, 2023.

EMERALD ISLE — Work restarted Tuesday after a summer hiatus on the long-running project to preserve the life of the high-rise bridge between Emerald Isle and Cape Carteret/Cedar Point on the mainland.

EMERALD ISLE — Town residents will honor retiring longtime Public Works Director Artie Dunn in a reception Tuesday night prior to the board of commissioners monthly meeting.

EMERALD ISLE — Sea turtle season is slowly winding down along Bogue Banks and elsewhere on the North Carolina coast as nests continue to “boil.”

CARTERET COUNTY - Carteret County Public Library System is encouraging residents to sign up for free library cards this month.

EMERALD ISLE — If you think there were a lot of people in Carteret County in June, you’re right.

EMERALD ISLE  — The fourth annual Emerald Isle Fall Fishing Tournament is set for Saturday, Sept. 17 and registration is open.

EMERALD ISLE — Start practicing your dance moves, the Emerald Isle Beach Music Festival is back, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 24 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. after a two-year absence

EMERALD ISLE — Although Emerald Isle commissioners are on record as opposing clearing in McLean-Spell Park, there’s still a good chance a long-discussed dog park can eventually be constructed there.

EMERALD ISLE — All five Emerald Isle commissioners expressed support Tuesday night for maintaining 30-acre McLean-Spell Park in its current state: dense maritime forest with walking trails.

EMERALD ISLE — Town commissioners Tuesday night will get the results of a survey that sought to determine what people want to see in the future of McLean-Spell Park behind the town recreation center.

EMERALD ISLE — Two years and slightly less than one month after it went up for sale, Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier owner Mike Stanley confirmed Tuesday that a sale is pending for his iconic property at the end of Bogue Inlet Drive in the rapidly growing resort town.

EMERALD ISLE — Emerald Isle is holding its inaugural “Stuff the Cruiser” event this week to help students who need school supplies.

EMERALD ISLE - A dozen families with children battling cancer arrived at the Crystal Coast on July 25 for a weeklong retreat along with nearly 140 volunteers. The retreat families experience an all-expenses-paid week of relaxation and opportunities to connect with other families who are also…

EMERALD ISLE — It’s been a busy week for the Emerald Isle Sea Turtle Patrol, as the first nest of the year hatched and several new nests were found.

EMERALD ISLE - As the bombing started in March near her home in Ukraine, Svitlana Horyelova and her 8-year-old daughter, Tetiana, had little choice but to flee her country.

EMERALD ISLE — Dave Bernstein of Geodynamics, the county’s beach surveying firm, said Monday the ocean search for and identify offshore sand to use for future beach nourishment projects is about 25 percent complete.

EMERALD ISLE — Emerald Isle commissioners voted 4-0 Tuesday night to approve a lease of eight acres of a 35-acre tract in Peletier for a yard waste disposal site.

EMERALD ISLE — Emerald Isle commissioners Tuesday night turned thumbs down on a special-use permit to allow a large event on the beach in September on both sides of the Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier.

EMERALD ISLE — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced Emerald Isle will receive $2,616,156 in federal funding to support recovery efforts from Hurricane Florence.

EAST COAST — Beachgoers up and down the North Carolina coast have been seeing large numbers of shearwaters, a migratory seabird, washing up dead or barely alive on the strand this week.

EMERALD ISLE - Emerald Isle will combine its fire and emergency medical service operations into a single department, known as the Emerald Isle Fire Department, by Jan. 1, 2023.