NEWPORT — The town planning board is holding off on its recommendation on a rezoning request while it seeks information from the applicants, Erin and Carl Gull of Gull Tree Service.

NEWPORT — Crystal Coast Habitat for Humanity volunteers have been in short supply since the coronavirus pandemic hit, but thanks to a group of women, one project is closer to completion.

NEWPORT — Officials are going to buy a new vehicle for the Newport Police Department, but Police Chief Keith Lewis says that’s just “a Band-Aid on the bigger issue” of the aging fleet.

BEAUFORT — The Carteret County Sheriff’s Office announced charges Wednesday against a Newport man accused of breaking and entering into multiple vehicles.

NEWPORT — Two parcels of land are being considered for annexation to allow development of the Heritage Pointe subdivision to continue.

NEWPORT — Newport police have charged a 36-year-old man with attempted murder after he allegedly attacked two women with a machete.

MOREHEAD CITY — Hundreds of motorcyclists and car enthusiasts came together Saturday to honor the fallen heroes of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks during the Morehead City-Beaufort Elks Lodge 9/11 Memorial Ride.

BEAUFORT — Detectives with the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division arrested a Carteret County man Thursday on charges related to the sexual exploitation of minors.

BEAUFORT — The Carteret County Board of Elections earlier this month walked back an August decision to combine several precincts ahead of the Tuesday, Nov. 3 presidential election.

NEWPORT — Town officials may hire two new part-time staff members for the public works department.

CARTERET COUNTY — It’s been nearly two months since the Carteret County Library System began its restructuring, and the results so far have garnered mixed results from local governments and the public.

CARTERET COUNTY — With another round of federal funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act on the way, the county’s municipalities are planning how they will spend their share of the relief money.

Editor's note: This article was updated at 11:29 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, with further information from the Newport Police Department. 

NEWPORT — Town planning officials are recommending the council give Heritage Pointe developers the go-ahead to continue developing their 312-lot subdivision.

BEAUFORT — Voters in two of Carteret County’s smaller precincts will cast their ballots at a different location Tuesday, Nov. 3 as a result of recent changes.

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.

NEWPORT — Multiple agencies responded to a house fire on Charles Street in Newport Tuesday morning.

NEWPORT — Residents or motorists who see significant smoke Monday in the area of the 150-acre Camp Sam Hatcher woods fire shouldn’t be alarmed, the N.C. Forest Service planned to conduct a controlled burn on part of the site.

NEWPORT — The fire that started Thursday afternoon at Camp Sam Hatcher off Eckerd Road burned about 150 acres of woodlands before it was 100% contained early Friday night.

NEWPORT — Four fire departments and the N.C. Forest Service responded to a brush fire Sunday afternoon near 130 Terry Lane.

Reporter's note: This article and headline was updated at 9:25 a.m. Tuesday, July 14, 2020, with the latest information.

NEWPORT — There’s still time for residents to provide input to Newport officials on a proposed ordinance amendment and a proposed road closure.

NEWPORT — A Newport resident has the green light to put a camper on a lot at 362 Howard Road.

BEAUFORT — Carteret County sheriff’s deputies Sunday arrested Mitchell Leroy McIver, 27, of Morehead City, following a shooting incident that occurred on Hibbs Road in Newport.

NEWPORT — HAM radio operators are accustomed to talking to others long-distance.