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DEPUTIES: Mom Rams Husband's Truck In School Parking Lot
Last Updated: 7:20 PM 02/07/12 - The mother of a 12 year old spent the night in jail after deputies say she rammed her husband's vehicle in a school parking lot in Carteret County.
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Man Charged With "Going Armed To The Terror Of The Public"
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Last Updated: 12:21 PM 02/06/12 - Carteret County deputies say John Nesi fired shots at a passing truck and at two neighboring homes. (Full Story)
Enjoy Chocolate While Supporting Charity
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Last Updated: 11:41 PM 02/04/12 - The Carolina Chocolate Festival is underway this weekend on the Crystal Coast. (Full Story)
Unemployment Increased From Thanksgiving To Christmas
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Last Updated: 5:20 AM 02/02/12 - There was a rise in unemployment in Eastern Carolina during December, according to the latest unemployment figures out. (Full Story)
Norovirus Hits Carteret County
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Last Updated: 11:43 PM 02/01/12 - Carteret County is now reporting an outbreak of norovirus following a similar outbreak of the stomach bug in Pitt County last week. (Full Story)
Fire Department Given $14,450 In OSHA Fines
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Last Updated: 5:28 PM 02/01/12 - The North Carolina Department of Labor leveled 12 serious violations and five non-serious violations against the Indian Beach-Salter Path Fire Department. (Full Story)
Carteret Co. Brothers Remain Jailed 10 Months Refusing To Give Up "Family Land"
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Last Updated: 6:16 PM 02/01/12 - A couple of brothers in Carteret County have been in jail almost a year because they refuse to sign a court order to demolish their houses and abandon the place they've called home. They remain in jail after a judge refused to hear the case Monday. (Full Story)
UPDATE: Judge Allows Bow Hunting In Emerald Isle Gated Community
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Last Updated: 10:13 PM 01/31/12 - The Lands End community was selected as a deer-population control hunt location, but for the past two weeks residents had a temporary restraining order on the homeowners association. Monday night a judge lifted that. (Full Story)
Cool Town Contest Ends In Tie
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Last Updated: 8:04 PM 02/01/12 - It was so close that a tie has been declared in a national contest to decide the coolest small town in America. Technically, Beaufort won the Budget Travel Magazine contest. (Full Story)
Duo Arrested For Recent Carteret County Break-Ins
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Last Updated: 7:39 AM 01/31/12 - Newport police say the two ripped off people when they were supposed to be repairing their homes. (Full Story)
Carteret County Man Arrested On Peeping Charges
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Last Updated: 6:27 AM 01/31/12 - A Carteret County man was arrested Monday after turning himself into authorities. He is accused of secret peeping and another charge that suggests his target was a minor. (Full Story)
Local Leaders Working To Undo Ferry Rate Increases
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Last Updated: 7:03 AM 01/30/12 - Some local leaders say they're working to undo the new proposal to raise the price of riding state ferries, but according to The Washington Daily News, their work might not yield results fast enough. (Full Story)
Morehead City Rite Aid Robbed, Suspect Got Away With Pills
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Last Updated: 7:54 PM 01/29/12 - Morehead City police are looking for a suspect that robbed a Rite Aid pharmacy around 8:30 p.m. Saturday night. (Full Story)
Carteret County Fire Claims Home, Couple Okay
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Last Updated: 12:38 PM 01/26/12 - The fire was in Cape Carteret, off Highway 58, early Thursday morning. (Full Story)
Carteret County Raccoon Tests Positive For Rabies
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Last Updated: 4:57 AM 01/25/12 - Carteret County Animal Control has reported its first case of animal rabies for 2012 in the county after an aggressive raccoon was picked up after an incident Friday.
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Men Killed In Morehead City Shed Fire Identified
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Last Updated: 8:06 PM 01/24/12 - More than a week after two men were found dead inside a burned-out Morehead City shed and authorities have identified them. (Full Story)
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