The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon.

We had flooding in several spots across eastern carolina Wednesday night, and it proved to be a pretty big obstacle for some drivers.

Nancy LaBarge from Northside High School in Beaufort County is the WITN Teacher of the Week for May 22, 2013.

Deputies said a surveillance operation ended with two arrests and the seizure of 641 grams of marijuana.

Deputies and officers are currently looking for an armed robbery suspect after a dollar store was robbed.

The crash has closed down Taylor Road in Beaufort as crews work to stop the leaking gas.

The state has okayed one hurdle for a proposed rock quarry in Beaufort County, despite concern from local residents about possible pollution.

Keith Frazier was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Wilmington for the March 2011 robbery of the First South Bank on East Fire Tower Road.

An Eastern Carolina teen faces nearly 50 charges in connection with several car and home break-ins.

Lincoln County deputies say a woman lied about her daughter being kidnapped by the girl's father, who took the child to Washington here in the east.

Beaufort County Deputies say a suspect accused of having marijuana near a local Boys and Girls Club was found in a house hiding under a bed sheet.

Washington senior pitcher Rebekah Langston is our newest WITN Pepsi Player Of The Week.

The Highway Patrol says two Washington residents were killed in a traffic accident Monday afternoon.

Dozens of North Carolina coastal fishermen are making their voices heard on legislation that would essentially prevent commercial boats from catching and selling three fish species.

Another candidate has entered his name in the race for sheriff in Beaufort County.

The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested 5 people after a report they were using heroin in the Washington Walmart parking lot this week.

Four people are headed to prison after a four-year-old girl was thrown off a roof and struck the side of a swimming pool in 2011.

Another person has announced he is running for the sheriff's position in Beaufort County being vacated by Alan Jordan who will not run again in 2014.

Chocowinity Police Chief Todd Alligood officially put his name in the hat for Beaufort County sheriff in 2014.

The Governor's Office says ProNamic Industries plans to create 52 new jobs and invest more than $8.5 million over the next three years with its facility in Washington.

The City of Washington announced Friday its new city manger is beginning work this summer.

The accident happened just after noon on Gilead Shores Road, that's east of Chocowinity.

Aurora says a water leak prompted the boil water advisory.

Some homeowners in Beaufort County got a landscaping makeover worthy of a theme park.

Deputies said three thieves' plan was foiled by the same cell phone they stole from a vehicle break-in.