Aurora News

Potash Corp. said it will adjust its supply chain to use alternate routes when an anhydrous ammonia storage facility in Savannah is closed at the end of the year.

By CLAUD HODGES Newsroom Manager Apathy is a word Beaufort County Director of Elections Kellie Harris Hopkins has not heard during the 2008 election.

For many black Long Islanders, America's troubled racial past long made the notion that their country might one day elect a black man as president seem the stuff of fantasy.

It appears as if the only things a proposed ethanol-production plant near Aurora in southeastern Beaufort County produced are a prison sentence and the possibility of more prison sentences with people involved ...

By MIKE VOSS Contributing Editor Voters in Beaufort County's Gilead precinct will mark ballots at the polling place in Chocowinity on Election Day.

By TED STRONG Staff Writer Bridges - over water that's troubled or otherwise - are pricey, the county commissioners heard Monday night.

With Election Day a little more than a month away, voters should be giving careful consideration to what candidates have to say about important issues.

By TED STRONG Staff Writer The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday night asking North Carolina's congressional delegation to help PCS Phosphate get a permit it needs ...

Robb & Stucky Interiors took home more design awards than any other design firm during the Southeast Building Conference's Aurora Award Gala held in Orlando, Fla., earlier this month.

Hey, read the rules! An elderly Beaufort County woman was killed in a fiery crash Sunday morning.

The 38th annual Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival will be taking place this weekend, August 9 and 10, at 126 Park Lane near Sneads Ferry Road.

Maggie Mrva, foreground, is to receive a kidney today from Martha Hansen, rear, at the CU Hospital in Aurora.

An exhibit of prehistoric fossils and shells is drawing more visitors to the Wayne County Museum than most historical displays, says museum manager Johnna Nelson.

An exhibit of prehistoric fossils and shells is drawing more visitors to the Wayne County Museum than most historical displays, says museum manager Johnna Nelson.

But in the face of some public outcry, the General Assembly has rewritten two sets of stormwater regulations the commission recently proposed, including a set of regulations for coastal counties that were ...

In Beaufort County heavy rain poured down near Aurora, making it hard to see sometimes.

Fuel prices are up, the economy is down and yet another industry is feeling the pinch thanks to both.

Property-tax rate will not increase under spending plan By MIKE VOSS Contributing Editor Beaufort County's newly adopted $54 million budget for fiscal year 2008-2009 does not include an increase in the ...

O'Neal takes issue with joint projects By DAN PARSONS Staff Writer Belhaven Mayor Adam O'Neal found sympathy in Beaufort County commissioners Monday night when he brought a list of funding concerns to the ...

By TED STRONG Staff Writer According to state documents, the name on a permit to construct and operate an ethanol plant in Aurora was changed earlier this year, though the group controlling it remains the same.