Joshua Hardison was sentenced Wednesday morning after pleading guilty Monday to aggravated felony death by vehicle and two counts of felony serious injury by vehicle.

The revitalization of a downtown train depot is chugging along.

Three school districts in the east have been awarded a grant to help get students ready for college.

It was first thought the osprey, stuck on the 170 foot cellular tower, was paralyzed after its wing was lodged in the mesh walkway at the top.

The dangers of these triple digit temperatures are becoming all to real for residents of Eastern Carolina and the health care professionals treating those suffering from heat related illnesses.

The fire that has been burning in the Croatan National Forest since June 16th is now fully contained.

With the heat index reaching 108 degrees in New Bern Friday, crews say cleaning up from last weekend's storms has been a long process.

We now have estimates of what the damage caused by Sunday's severe weather will cost the city of New Bern.

Summer campers are learning lots of lessons at Camp Don Lee in Pamlico County including how to deal with extreme heat.

With these soaring temperatures outside, some people are able to escape the extreme heat by heading to work and the air conditioning. Others are not.

All eyes were to the sky Wednesday night in Washington and New Bern for fireworks displays.

The search for a local mom and her 4-year-son is now over.

Many people who live in Craven County are looking for a place to stay as they repair their homes damaged in Sunday's storm.

Check out a list of events and fireworks planned all across Eastern Carolina for the Fourth of July.

Most of the people who lost power during Sunday's storm do have electricity flowing to their homes again.

According to the Progress Energy website power has now been restored.

The expected date of full containment for the Croatan National Forest fire has been moved back again.

It is no fun to be outside in this heat, let alone to work outdoors, but that's what many are doing.

Fire crews battled near 100°temperatures this afternoon as they fought a house fire in New Bern. It was the third fire in the city since 11:30 a.m.

Multiple fire crews have responded to the fire at the three story brick home, located at the corner of Front Street and Johnson Street.

The call came in around 11:30 a.m. to a home near the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Broad Street.

A man is in critical condition after a wild ride down a street in Craven County.

Reality television has brought the wheeling and dealing of the pawn shop industry into the living rooms of people across the country. But just how true to life is that buy, sell, trade portrayal? We took that question to dealers in the east.

Troopers say a motorcyclist has died after an accident involving a deer.

The National Weather Service has issued its first alert about the approaching heat wave.