MOREHEAD CITY — State recreational water quality officials have lifted a swimming advisory at a public access to Bogue Sound in Morehead City.

CARTERET COUNTY — After two recent fox bites, Carteret County health officials are encouraging the public to take precautions and avoid interacting with wildlife.

BEAUFORT — The parents of a six-and-a-half-week-old infant who died under their care made first felony court appearances in Carteret County District Court Monday morning.

MOREHEAD CITY — Thirty years ago, members of a small church in Beaufort began feeding Carteret County’s needy from a tiny kitchen.

MOREHEAD CITY — In conjunction with District Attorney Scott Thomas’ office, the Morehead City Police Department has arrested and charged two individuals related to an investigation into the death of an infant.

MOREHEAD CITY — It’s been 50 years since a group of residents passionate about Carteret County’s past created the nonprofit now known as the Carteret County Historical Society.

EMERALD ISLE — Carteret County has completed necessary survey work and filed an application for a U.S. Department of Defense grant to help pay for a beach nourishment project for Radio Island.

MOREHEAD CITY — Thanks to recent approval by the city council, Martha’s Mission Cupboard and other charitable organizations can now operate food pantries within certain Morehead City zoning districts without fear of violating city statutes.

MOREHEAD CITY — An advisory against swimming was posted Tuesday at a soundside site in Carteret County where state recreational water quality officials found bacteria levels that exceed the state’s and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recreational standards.

BEAUFORT — Motorists and residents can brace themselves for campaign signs this fall, with races set for mayoral and governing board seats in several of Carteret County’s 11 towns this November.

MOREHEAD CITY — The city council has decided to wait on more guidance from the state on how federal American Rescue Plan funds can be spent before establishing a utility payment assistance program for residents who were financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

MOREHEAD CITY — Rising Broad Creek Middle School sixth-grader Sabrina King is interested in becoming a firefighter.

MOREHEAD CITY — One community teen has turned frustration over a closet cluttered with shoes into a mission to help others.

MOREHEAD CITY — Though there have been changes made to the purchase agreement, plans are moving forward to allow Carteret Health Care use of the former National Guard Armory property on Bridges Street to build a helipad.

MOREHEAD CITY — One swimming advisory in Carteret County has been lifted, while another is in place at a different site, according to state officials. 

CARTERET COUNTY — After a decidedly quiet Independence Day last summer, Fourth of July holiday fireworks are back, with pyrotechnic displays set for Morehead City, Beaufort, Atlantic Beach, Swansboro and MacDaddy’s Entertainment Center.

EMERALD ISLE — The Carteret County Beach Commission voted Monday to endorse a plan to apply for a U.S. Department of Defense grant for beach nourishment on Radio Island in connection with a dredging project in east Taylor’s Creek.

MOREHEAD CITY — Forty-eight American flags on 6-foot-tall poles will line Arendell Street at Katherine Davis Park in Morehead City for the Fourth of July.

MOREHEAD CITY — The Broad Street Clinic Foundation has earned a top rating regarding its quality of medical care for the uninsured for 2021 from the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics, or NAFC, Quality Standards Program.

MOREHEAD CITY — Attention all closet cleaning procrastinators, the thrift store operated by The Salvation Army of Carteret is in need of gently used clothing.

MOREHEAD CITY — A request to add “food pantry” as a use under the city’s unified development ordinance so a local nonprofit can expand its reach cleared its first hurdle Tuesday with a recommendation of approval secured from the Morehead City Planning Board.

MOREHEAD CITY — The city council last week approved a new use allowing “in-law quarters” as a secondary dwelling unit on certain residential lots, with the intent of later expanding the use to be more broadly applicable throughout the city.

EMERALD ISLE — Two owners of a restaurant in Emerald Isle are so far defying their property owner’s lawsuit to get them to reopen the business on Sundays.

MOREHEAD CITY —  The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries has issued a swimming advisory for the Bogue Sound public water access on Sunset Drive in Morehead City Tuesday.