Morehead City News

An inmate at the Carteret County Jail was undergoing treatment at an area hospital Friday after a suicide attempt Thursday evening, authorities said.

Hempstead A National Guardsman from Long Island was among four U.S. troops killed in Iraq Monday, one day before U.S. forces were ordered pulled back from urban patrol duties, and one week before he was slated for leave.

A Long Island native was killed in Iraq just days before he was scheduled to return home.

At a recent executive board meeting of East Carolina Council, Boy Scouts of America, held in Blounts Creek, Benjamin E. Moore was elected as the President Elect of the council.

This story, written by Marilyn Cummins, first appeared in the Sun Journal on July 2, 1976.

Paul Rudershausen will leave Coos Bay, Ore., on Aug. 1 for a bike ride benefiting the Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter.

A Morehead City, NC man is accused of dumping the body of his former roommate along I-64 in Virginia.

The Morehead City Council voted unanimously to raise the speed limit in downtown from 20 mph to 30 mph.

A Carteret County resident has been recognized by the N.C. Coastal Federation for being a citizen advocate for the environment.

Published: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 10:44 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 10:44 p.m. Cooperative Bank got its start in a dark economic period for the nation - the Great Depression.

A longtime educator was recognized this week by the Carteret County Board of Commissioners.

A possible joint venture between the towns of Calabash and Carolina Shores for future operation of the Calabash Fire Department is still being mulled by the individual towns.

A great deal of red Carolina clay is being moved in the area around Interstate 795 on the northwest edge of Goldsboro as road crews are busy working on a much-needed bypass for U.S. 70 around the town.

BAGHDAD a ' The Soldiers of Company A, 252nd Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, attended a meeting of the al-Rashid District Advisory Council, here, June 9, mostly in an advisory role.

Three divers for the N.C. Department of Transportation completed their investigation on Wednesday of a railroad trestle that was hit by a ship at the Morehead City Port on Friday.

A railroad trestle that was knocked out by a ship Friday at the Morehead City Port will likely be unusable for more than three months but is not expected to significantly affect port operations.

A ship shifting berths at the Morehead City Port Friday afternoon lost power and hit the railroad trestle over the channel and shut it down.

A Carteret County man whose body was found earlier this week along the shore of Bogue Sound died of an apparent accidental drowning.

The official opening for the N.C. 43 connector is scheduled for 11 a.m. June 22.

One Carteret County school was dismissed early Tuesday. Parents of students at Morehead City Middle School were asked to pick up their children between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. at the Glad Tidings Church on Country Club Road.