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BEAUFORT — Incumbent County Commissioner Chris Chadwick swept to victory in the Down East district, and David Quinn topped Tim Quinn to replace longtime Commissioner Robin Comer in the Western Carteret district in Republican primary elections Tuesday.
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BEAUFORT — As of Monday, about 800 county residents had turned out to cast ballots during early voting for the 2022 local and state primary races.
BEAUFORT — The League of Women Voters is proud to announce the availability of https://www.vote411.org/. It’s a nonpartisan one-stop shop for all election information. Vote411.org is the premier resource for all information on voting in
BEAUFORT - One-stop absentee voting for the 2022 statewide primary begins in Carteret County on Thursday, April 28, running through Saturday, May 14. Voters may vote at any of the three locations located around Carteret County.
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BEAUFORT — Carteret County, North Carolina and the nation are facing economic inflation, supply chain shortages and a workforce deficit, problems incumbent U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C. plans to address.
The Carteret County Consolidated Human Services Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, April 11, in the County Health Department conference room in Morehead City. There will be a time for public comment, as well as a child abuse prevention presentation and updates by Health Department Director Ni…
MOREHEAD CITY — Rep. Ted Budd, R-N.C., has his eyes set on a seat in the U.S. Senate in this year’s congressional election.
ARAPAHOE — State Sen. Norman Sanderson, who has represented Carteret, Craven and Pamlico counties for five terms, said Wednesday he is most proud of the General Assembly this past session for adopting a budget, by a bipartisan majority, for the first time since 2017.
ATLANTIC BEACH — The town council welcomed two new members to its ranks this month, councilmen Joey Dean and Joseph Starling.
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EMERALD ISLE — Pat McElraft of Emerald Isle, who has represented Carteret and Jones counties in the state General Assembly for eight consecutive two-year terms, said Tuesday she will not seek reelection to the state House of Representatives in November 2022.
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MOREHEAD CITY — The Morehead City Council welcomed back some familiar faces to its ranks Tuesday as the mayor and two council members were sworn in to begin new terms on the city’s top governing board.
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EMERALD ISLE — Emerald Isle officials swore in two reelected commissioners, one new board member and a new mayor, capping Tuesday night by presented outgoing Mayor Eddie Barber the state’s highest civilian honor.
NEWPORT — Newport officials and others welcomed several members of the council back for another term in office Thursday, while saying goodbye to a long-standing volunteer.
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CAPE CARTERET — Cape Carteret officials swore in two new commissioners and one reelected incumbent Monday night during the board’s monthly meeting in the town hall off Dolphin Street and virtually via GoToMeeting.
RALEIGH — State Sen. Norman Sanderson, who has long represented Carteret, Craven and Pamlico counties in the N.C. Senate, is one of the latest inductees into the N.C. Republican Party Hall of Fame.
PELETIER — Peletier swore in two new commissioners and one reelected official Monday night, then got right to work making plans for future efforts to better the town.
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BOGUE — In a close vote during a special meeting Monday night, the Bogue Town Council appointed Mike Crose to fill the vacant seat left by the death of longtime Councilman Herbert Page.
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EMERALD ISLE — When Eddie Barber steps down as mayor of Emerald Isle during the town board of commissioners’ meeting Tuesday, Dec. 14, he’ll look back on his eight years in office with no major regrets and pride in a job well done.
ATLANTIC BEACH — Carteret County has lost one of its longest-standing civil servants. Harry Archer Jr., 86, a longtime Atlantic Beach Town Council member, died Thursday morning at Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Morehead City.
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EMERALD ISLE — The state’s budget, adopted Nov. 17 by the General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Roy Cooper, includes a veritable bounty for specific Carteret County projects and environmental mitigation along the coast.
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CEDAR POINT — Cedar Point officials swore in three town commissioners Tuesday night, including two incumbents and one newcomer elected to fill a seat the commission created in 2020.
BISHOPVILLE, S.C. — Former Carteret County Commissioner and past County Republican Party Chairman Greg Lewis died Tuesday reportedly in a single-vehicle wreck in South Carolina. He was 63 years old.
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