BOGUE BANKS — Many local governments have added online participation to their public meetings, but that may end alongside Gov. Roy Cooper’s ongoing state of emergency.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Town planning officials need more information about regulating overnight parking in municipal rights of way and on what municipalities are authorized to do to regulate short-term rentals.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Town officials plan to focus their pedestrian infrastructure improvement efforts on the east side of town, along Highway 58.

CARTERET COUNTY — Not even a pandemic could stop people from flocking to the North Carolina coast, and this year, visitation is still rising at several of Carteret County’s biggest tourist destinations.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Town officials are planning additions to the Pine Knoll Shores’ pedestrian infrastructure and are seeking input from residents and property owners.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Town officials, residents and property owners are all in favor of more sidewalks and walking trails in town, and hope to secure them sooner rather than later.

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.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — According to officials, a house fire on Loblolly Drive in Pine Knoll Shores Tuesday afternoon likely resulted in a total loss of the residence.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Town officials are seeking public input on potential pedestrian projects and priorities in Pine Knoll Shores.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — There’s still time for participants to register for the National Weather Service’s hurricane community forum set for Tuesday.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Town officials in Pine Knoll Shores are maintaining the current property tax rate for another year.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — After a year’s hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pine Knoll Shores’ Kayak for The Warriors race returned Saturday, bringing out about 130 registered kayak and paddleboard participants.

BOGUE BANKS — It’s sea turtle nesting season along North Carolina’s coast, and several clutches of eggs have already been found on beaches in Carteret County.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — New property development is on the rise in Pine Knoll Shores, and one official is asking if they should consider allowing less imperious surface on individual lots.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Officials may adopt next fiscal year’s budget at the Pine Knoll Shores Board of Commissioners’ meeting Wednesday, June 9.

MOREHEAD CITY —  There’s still time for commercial fishermen and others in Carteret County to provide input on the next round of federal aid for fisheries related to the coronavirus pandemic.

BEAUFORT — Inmates at the Carteret County jail in Beaufort can receive visitors once again, with coronavirus safety guidelines in place.

BOGUE BANKS — It's Memorial Day weekend – the start of peak tourism season – and paid parking is in effect for many beachgoers in Emerald Isle, Atlantic Beach and Pine Knoll Shores and for visitors in historic Beaufort.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Drivers will need to slow down a bit going through Pine Knoll Shores as of Wednesday, as the N.C. Department of Transportation has lowered the speed limit along Highway 58 to 35 mph year-round.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Organizers and competitors in the Kayak for The Warriors golf tournament all agreed this year’s event was a success and would like to see it grow, if possible.  

BOGUE BANKS — Decades of beach nourishment have significantly altered the habitat, numbers and distribution of large and small animals on Bogue Banks, but it’s too soon to determine whether the long-term impacts will be positive, negative or neutral.

EMERALD ISLE — Despite putting close to 6 million cubic yards of sand on Bogue Banks beaches in the past three years, Carteret County still has enough sand available just offshore to nourish the strand for 12 to 15 years, barring major storms that cause huge erosion events.

MOREHEAD CITY — Detectives with the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Morehead City Police Department arrested a man Wednesday on charges related to the sexual exploitation of minors.

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Town commissioners want to make sure more maritime forest in Pine Knoll Shores is preserved in its natural state.  

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Residents and Pine Knoll Shores officials gathered Friday to commemorate late Mayor Ken Jones with a memorial flag, plaque and bench at McNeil Park and on the nearby McNeil Bridge.