Bogue News

The N.C. Oyster Shell Recycling Program has established the first oyster shell collection site on Bogue Banks.

WITN News at Sunrise will again be broadcasting from schools in Eastern Carolina.

MOREHEAD CITY It's more than a landscaping project. The wax myrtles and beauty berry bushes planted Saturday on a patch of land outside the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries office in Morehead City could be found in any garden but this one is designed to be more than nice looking.

A wanted Ohio couple has been arrested after a traffic stop in Carteret County, officials say.

A North Carolina lawmaker under scrutiny for his campaign finance reports has resigned from the General Assembly.

The San Antonio Spurs released former University standout Jack McClinton on the eve of training camp.

Updated at 4 p.m. Wednesday the state Division of Environmental Health lifted a water quality swimming alert that was announced earlier in the week for waters at the Wyndtree public access off of Inlet Road in Emerald Isle.

From The Charlotte Observer, Sept. 13 If then-Gov. Mike Easley had been an ordinary private citizen, you might express considerable admiration for his shopping and bargaining skills.

More than 200 plaintiffs in one of the largest alleged mortgage fraud cases in state history have said for months that they were duped into paying inflated prices for coastal lots.

Published: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 3:53 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 3:53 p.m. RALEIGH Two state environmental engineers have been called to testify before a federal grand jury this week, including one who examined the permit for a development where then-Gov. Mike Easley bought some land in 2005.

Remember Floyd? Hurricane Floyd? No? That's what we were afraid of. Hurricane Floyd struck North Carolina 10 years ago.

The terminal groin at Fort Macon State Park on the east end of Bogue Banks. It is one of two terminal groins in North Carolina, the other on Pea Island on the Outer Banks.

RALEIGH The Raleigh News & Observer is reporting that former North Carolina Gov.

Graham Wiggs won't be traveling anywhere this Labor Day holiday weekend; he doesn't see the need.

The open sign that sits in the front window of Leni Newell's art gallery and working studio says a lot about the vision of the Carteret County artist and business owner.

Onslow and Carteret counties fared well as the latest grant awards from the N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund were announced.

Several area surfers earned medals in several divisions during an ESA-Central North Carolina contest held at Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier in Emerald Isle earlier this month.

Published: Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 7:03 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 7:03 p.m. Capt.

BEAUFORT Carteret County commissioners gave their support to a proposed water access project that could turn the last large tract of undeveloped land on Bogue Sound in Emerald Isle into a public boat launching facility.

The Town of Emerald Isle has secured half the funding it needs to acquire land for a proposed boat launching facility and will turn to the county this week for help.