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Onslow, Carteret officials conduct controlled burns (The Jacksonville Daily News)
While residents in Onslow and Carteret counties may have glimpsed large columns of smoke Tuesday, they weren’t a sign of disaster, but disaster prevention. According to Onslow County forestry officials, Tuesday marked the completion of a 500-acre...Report: Onslow schools get safer (The Jacksonville Daily News) North Carolina public schools are getting safer, and Onslow County is following that trend. The schools overall improved overall in crime, dropouts and suspensions, according to the latest statistics. The number of acts of crime and violence dropped...
School crime down in Onslow (The Jacksonville Daily News) Numbers released this week in a report on school crime and violence are encouraging. The 2008-09 Consolidated Data Report shows public school acts of crime and violence, out-of-school suspensions and the number of high school dropouts decreased in...
Task force looks to accommodate military growth in N.C. (News 14 Carolina) The Military Growth Task Force says solving the problems associated with rapid growth is its biggest concern as it relocates to Onslow County. Nearly 13,000 Marines call eastern North Carolina home.
Report Says School Violence Drops In North Carolina (WITN 7 North Carolina) Figures released Thursday show crime and violence in North Carolina schools dropped in the 2008-09 school year.
Man who cried 'Mayday' faces hefty fine (WECT 6 Wilmington) Investigators have tied a man from Onslow County to at least 22 false distress calls in recent years. He now faces a restitution penalty of nearly a quarter million dollars.
Area childcare stretched beyond limits (The Jacksonville Daily News) Most aspects of county infrastructure have felt the strain of an estimated 65,000 troops and family members moving to Eastern North Carolina under the federal Grow the Force Iniative; but one of the sectors most affected is the already maxed-out...
Coastal adds career programs for jobless (The Jacksonville Daily News) Coastal Carolina Community College is offering more help to the unemployed and underemployed. Coastal’s Human Services Department has added two new career programs: a Veterans Initiative Project and a new course called Movin’ On Up. Movin’ On...
Divers continue search for missing boater in New River (WNCT Greenville) GREENVILLE, N.C. - Divers continued searching in the New River for a missing marina employee in Onslow County.
Search for missing boater turned over to Wildlife Resources Commission (The Jacksonville Daily News) A search for a boater missing from a local marina has turned into a recovery mission, according to officials with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Sources close to the missing boater said he was a 19 or 20-year-old civilian employee...