The City of New Bern hired a lobbyist to help achieve funding to implement the Greater Five Points Transformation Plan in 2021; received a $25 million federal grant in 2026. Several small group meetings have occurred over the last two years to […]

Three weeks before the Wall Street crash of 1929, Brevard News Editor James F. Barrett wrote: “Let the child die for want of attention”  “Once upon a time in a community not so far from here, there lived a family of three—the […]

New Bern Board of Aldermen to consider approving a declaration of intent to finance $31 million in revenue bond debt to build a new substation on the south side of the city and update infrastructure at the Glenburnie Substation. City of New […]

City of New Bern Municipal Service District Advisory Committee recommends spending $122,500 on downtown projects. The New Bern Board of Aldermen will consider approving the MSD Advisory Committee’s request to buy custommade bench dividers; add an extra-duty police officer, sidewalks, and fencing […]

Drivers can no longer go straight across U.S. 17 Business (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) at Hotel Drive or Berne Square Shopping Center in New Bern. Instead, they must turn left or right. North Carolina Department of Transportation reconfigured the intersection […]

New Bern Board of Aldermen adjusted the way tax transactions are reflected in the budget and approved the final FY 2026 budget ordinance on June 19. The special meeting was held at City Hall in New Bern, NC. Budget Administrator Tanya Harms […]

Locals shared their thoughts on third-party AI surveillance cameras and constitutional rights on the City of New Bern NC Government’s Facebook page after the city makes a statement about Flock cameras on June 2. On Sunday night, Mayor Jeffrey Odham posted a […]