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Charter boat captains wary of crippling effects from proposed North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike rule change

MOREHEAD CITY — A long-standing conflict between for-hire charters and commercial fishermen and North Atlantic right whale conservation efforts is poised to intensify in the wake of a suggested rule change.

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has proposed an amendment to expand the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule, a change th
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Newport considers rezoning request for 562-home development

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Fourth mining borrow pit proposed for Newport Loop Road draws concerns from residents

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Updated: April 2, 2025 @ 8:39 pm

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STATE OF THE COMMUNITY: Carteret County leaders highlight progress, challenges at annual State of the Community Breakfast

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Updated: April 2, 2025 @ 8:39 pm

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Keeping it local: NC Seafood Festival taking big steps to prioritize local seafood

MOREHEAD CITY — The NC Seafood Festival is taking proactive steps this year to ensure more local seafood is on the menu, partnering with Duke University grad students and former festival board chair Dr. Ken Riley to evaluate how much of the seafood sold at the festival is sourced from North Carolina waters.

For decades, the festival has sought to showcase the state’s seafood heritage, making accessible the array of options enjoyed on a
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Fighting to survive: Boro Girl Boutique owner Foy battles amid economic struggles

CEDAR POINT — With small businesses around her closing left and right, Boro Girl Boutique’s Crystal Foy isn’t going down without a fight.

Foy delivered a passionate plea on Facebook earlier this week, laying bare her journey as a business owner and the challenges she faces in an ever-tightening post-pandemic economy.

“It has been no secret, since I have been so transparent…that my stores are struggling
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El’s Drive-In set to reopen in Morehead City after extensive renovations

MOREHEAD CITY — El’s Drive-In, a Morehead City institution since 1959, is set to reopen next week after being closed for nine months for major renovations.

The beloved restaurant at 3706 Arendell Street has been completely refitted, with updates designed to modernize its operations while preserving its historic charm. The small 40-by-30-foot building posed unique challenges during the renovation process, causing delays as contractors worked within its limited space.
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Making An Impact: West alum Cooper turns opportunity into strength and fitness business

MOREHEAD CITY — When Jerry Cooper graduated in 2020 with his Master’s Degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science, the job market for his talents had all but dissolved amid a global pandemic.

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The West Carteret alum moved back home and took a job as a HIIT instructor at MCAS Cherry Point before finding a few clients he could train in the garage of a friend, James Cummings.
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Take two! Mason gives Smyrna coffee shop another go after show of community support

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GROW Fitness & Wellness grows from garage to Live Oak Street, Best New Business Award

It paid off for Rachel Cooper, owner of GROW Fitness & Wellness in Beaufort. In five years, she took her small business from her mom’s garage to a brick-and-mortar location at 410 Live Oak St. that opened Jan. 30 of last year. In February, the Carteret County Chamber of Commerce named it the best New Business of the Year for 2023.

It paid off for Rachel Cooper, owner of GROW Fitness & Wellness in Beaufort. In five years, she took her small business from her mom’s garage to a brick-and-mortar lo...

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Memory of Christopher Perri honored with inaugural billfish tourney

MOREHEAD CITY — The memory of a husband and father who died in January was preserved last weekend with the first-ever Christopher Perri Memorial Billfish Tournament. There’s no question the Morehead City native was looking down and smiling on Saturday, July 31 as his wife, Stephanie, made the first release of the tournament and his 6-year-old son, Wiggs, weighed two mahi-mahi to win the junior angler award.
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Celebrating Sea Connections: From Mini Sailboats to Messages in a Bottle

PINE KNOLL SHORES — Ask any seasoned beachcomber – the debris that washes ashore often has a story to tell.

When Matt Letchner found a brightly painted five-foot mini sailboat lying in the surf at Pine Knoll Shores in December, the fiberglass hull covered in children’s artwork and the words "Crimson Cyclone" written on the small sail fixed to the prow, the mystery only lasted as long as it took for him to scan a QR code to learn the boat had come from New Jersey sixth-grade geography teacher Lisa Swanson’s classroom.
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West alum Crawford becomes youngest ever to lift famous Húsafell stone in Iceland

MOREHEAD CITY — If you ask the locals in Húsafell, Iceland who was the youngest person ever to hoist their famed lifting stone, they’ll tell you it was an American named Billy Crawford.The Concord, N.H. native and 2020 West Carteret alum heaved the 409-pound storied stone on July 5 in front of his parents, Bill and Holly, and his sister, Abigail. His family filmed on their phones as he squatted and wrapped his arms around the massive stone, slowly lifting it from his knees past his waist to his...
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First-ever Beaufort Oyster Festival slated for Saturday

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Swansboro slams NCHSAA realignment: “Unsafe and Unfair”

SWANSBORO — Swansboro High School is continuing its fight against the North Carolina High School Athletic Association's (NCHSAA) proposed 2025-2029 conference realignment, citing concerns over safety, loss of instructional time, financial strain and community impact.

The third draft of the realignment, published on Feb. 14, kept the school grouped with teams from the Greenville area despite multiple appeals
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Football programs face crisis as high schools struggle to fill athletic trainers positions

MOREHEAD CITY — The era of athletic trainers on the sideline of county high school games is over, at least for now.

Following an almost decade-long collaboration between Moore Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Carteret County Public Schools (CCPS), the vital partnership came to a close at the conclusion of the 2022-2023 academic year.

The reason behind this decision? A growing scarcity in the availability of skilled trainers.
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News-Times sports reporter straps in for ride-along at Carteret County Speedway

PELETIER — I arrived at Bobby Watson’s Carteret County Speedway for my ride-along around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12. It’s a new service for the short track, but one I was excited to experience. The sun was high when I walked through the gates, but the heat felt right in an arena dedicated to black asphalt and cars that run red-hot on 20-mile sprints around the four-tenths of a mile circuit.
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Sensation's catch in limbo after late-night drama at Big Rock Landing

Agreed. Especially if it's true that there's been fish in the past in worse shape that did not get disqualified. I wonder where that prize money went. [whistling]There's no honor among thieves, and it appears there's been a robbery.Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

Agreed. Especially if it's true that there's been fish in the past in worse shape that did not get disqualified. I wonder where that prize money went. [whistling]

There's no honor among thieves, and it appears ther...