Posted: 1:14 PM Last night the Beaufort County School Board relaxed the student dress code for the 2013-14 school year.

Updated: 11:12 PM Friday was NFL day on the Washington waterfront with more than a dozen NFL players, many of them local guys, out signing autographs before their celebrity basketball game in the evening, and free football camp Saturday at Washington High School.

Updated: 11:30 PM The meeting between the Beaufort County Commissioners, Washington City Council and the sheriff to talk about the electrical problems that have had the jail closed since June 8th lasted twelve minutes.

Updated: 8:14 PM Johnathan Frazier of Bath is charged with a felony count of making a false bomb report.

Updated: 11:16 PM Residents in one County are going to want to brace for a 9-mile detour that's starting Monday.

Updated: 7:52 PM Strong winds from Tropical Storm Andrea have made ferry travel between Ocracoke and both Cedar Island and Swan Quarter too dangerous, so the afternoon trips on those routes have been cancelled.

Updated: 8:55 PM Rainy and windy conditions from Tropical Storm Andrea are impacting events for the 30th anniversary celebration of the Washington Summer Festival this weekend along Stewart Parkway in Washington.

Updated: 8:56 PM Beaufort County Sheriff Alan Jordan says when it comes to the commissioners letting Hood Richardson dictate the future of the jail, "They need to step up and quit letting the nut run the nut house. They need to step up and let their voice be heard."

Updated: 8:32 PM North Carolina's first television station built from the ground up for HD began broadcasting local newscasts today.

Updated: 8:30 PM A Beaufort County woman has been charged with going 85 in a 55 m.p.h. zone after her SUV plowed into a family's home late Tuesday night.

Updated: 11:49 PM Some major budget cuts are on the way for one county in the east and with 4 weeks until the budget is due, more could still be made.

Updated: 12:02 AM Deputies arrested a Washington man after they found marijuana in a diaper bag during a traffic stop in Belhaven.

Updated: 7:58 PM Police say they have a shooting suspect now behind bars, facing multiple charges.

Updated: 11:27 AM 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.

Updated: 11:47 PM We had flooding in several spots across eastern carolina Wednesday night, and it proved to be a pretty big obstacle for some drivers.

Updated: 8:06 AM Nancy LaBarge from Northside High School in Beaufort County is the WITN Teacher of the Week for May 22, 2013.

Updated: 7:54 PM Deputies said a surveillance operation ended with two arrests and the seizure of 641 grams of marijuana.

Updated: 1:29 PM Deputies and officers are currently looking for an armed robbery suspect after a dollar store was robbed.

Updated: 7:02 PM The crash has closed down Taylor Road in Beaufort as crews work to stop the leaking gas.

Updated: 8:55 PM The state has okayed one hurdle for a proposed rock quarry in Beaufort County, despite concern from local residents about possible pollution.

Updated: 8:55 PM 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.

Updated: 8:09 PM An Eastern Carolina teen faces nearly 50 charges in connection with several car and home break-ins.

Updated: 1:02 PM 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.

Updated: 11:52 PM 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.

Updated: 9:46 PM Washington senior pitcher Rebekah Langston is our newest WITN Pepsi Player Of The Week.