Local government disables public comments; moves some citizen comments to the end of meetings. The New Bern Board of Aldermen and Craven County Board of Commissioners restructure public participation in New Bern, NC. Some citizens turn to local news outlets’ social media […]

Two federal grants will be used to design the Williams Road realignment and the pavement rehabilitation of the taxi lane at Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (EWN). The Craven County Board of Commissioners accepted two Federal Aviation Administration design grants for the Coastal […]

Craven County Board of Elections has launched a new interactive polling site map for the upcoming election. Deputy Director of Elections Gregory Carroll told Craven County Board of Commissioners — Tim Mason (District 1), Jason Jones (District 2), Etteinne “ET” Mitchell (District […]

Is it possible for two aldermen and a mayor to outvote New Bern’s six-member Board of Aldermen? After two elected officials — who live in Ward 6 — and the Ward 3 alderman voted to appoint former Alderman Jameesha Harris to the […]

The New Bern Board of Aldermen and mayor voted on a motion to raise the city manager’s salary on Tuesday night. City Manager Foster Hughes’s salary was raised to $208,000 after New Bern’s city council, known locally as the board of aldermen […]

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon attended an American First Speaker Series event in New Bern, NC on July 14, 2026. A c-span.org video shows Secretary McMahon and Laurie Buckout, a congressional candidate, fielding questions from reporters at Baker’s Kitchen. Someone asked […]

Requests and petition of citizens, Fiber optic installation, sale of city owned property, development, and more on aldermen meeting agenda. The New Bern Board of Aldermen will receive public input and an update on the fiber installation in the downtown area; consider […]