PINE KNOLL SHORES — When Pine Knoll Shores commissioners voted in March to give all town employees a salary increase from April through June 30, as well as give them additional raises beginning July 1 to maintain competitive strength within the market for municipal workers, there was talk, b…

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Carteret County residents and supporters of the N.C. Aquariums have an opportunity to help the aquariums receive USA Today’s Readers’ Choice Travel Award.  

BEAUFORT — Rising food prices and supply chain issues are creating unprecedented challenges for the county public school system’s child nutrition program.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — The N.C. Aquarium in Pine Knoll Shores and its partners across the U.S. have completed a greenhouse gas inventory as part of a pledge to work towards climate neutrality.  

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Registration is open for the 15th Annual Kayak for the Warriors, hosted by the town of Pine Knoll Shores.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Town commissioners held off, for now, on applying for a grant to put an electric vehicle charging station on town property.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Pine Knoll Shores commissioners Wednesday night adopted a 10-year capital improvements plan for water system improvements.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Projects at the N.C. Aquarium in Pine Knoll Shores that were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic can get back on track, thanks to funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

PINE KNOLL SHORES — An appointed Pine Knoll Shores committee Tuesday morning recommended the town apply for an N.C. Resilient Coastal Communities Program Phase 3 grant to engineer and construct what the state calls “nature-based” solutions for stormwater and flooding hot spots in town.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Pine Knoll Shores commissioners Wednesday night authorized Town Manager Brian Kramer to hire an engineering firm to help apply for a state grant to improve the town’s water system.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Pine Knoll Shores commissioners voted March 9 to apply for a state Parks and Recreation Trust Fund grant through the N.C. Division of Coastal Management to help fund construction of a kayak launch facility at Veterans Park.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — After a closed session during their monthly meeting Wednesday night, Pine Knoll Shores commissioners voted 4-0 to give all employees a salary hike, beginning with their first paychecks in April.

PiINE KNOLL SHORES— A small teal house with white trim and a red door is the newest part of the world’s largest book-sharing movement, Little Free Library, and as of March 4 it’s found at the N.C. Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Pine Knoll Shores commissioners have approved a contract for long awaited stormwater management improvements on Acorn Court.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Pine Knoll Shores will lose three top staffers to retirement in 2024, and town commissioners on Feb. 11 discussed how to move forward in the next two years.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Pine Knoll Shores might have to increase water rates in the near future.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Pine Knoll Shores officials are reporting a recent increase in coyote sightings in town and are urging residents to get educated and change their behaviors to reduce attractions for the animals.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Getting more resident input and participation in town affairs is a major goal for town officials in their newly adopted strategic plan.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Town officials are beginning to ease restrictions on public use of town facilities and attendance for municipal meetings.

Correction: This article was updated at 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. The original article implied the board of commissioners had made its final decision to fund the sidewalk project. It also mistakenly identified Commissioner Robert Cox as Richard Cox.

BOGUE BANKS — With the new year approaching, town officials in two Bogue Banks municipalities are resolved to pursue long-standing improvement plans and projects in 2022. 

ATLANTIC BEACH — With Christmas over for another year, Carteret County residents and visitors with natural Christmas trees are invited to drop them off at Fort Macon State Park to help protect the beach dunes there.

OCEAN — A Carteret County-based environmental nonprofit has received $2 million in state appropriations to create living shorelines.

BEAUFORT — More than two-and-a-half years of effort to update the county’s Coastal Area Management Act land-use plan will culminate Monday, Dec. 20, when the Carteret County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing and possibly vote to adopt the plan during its regular meeting that …