Updated: 10:36 PM N.C. Transportation Secretary Tony Tata visited New Bern Tuesday to talk about the new plans for roads and highways proposed last month by Governor Pat McCrory. He says he thinks the eastern part of the state has been underserved in the past, but this plan aims to change that.

Updated: 6:28 AM We're gathering details on a crash this morning involving a school bus that thankfully, was not carrying any students.

Updated: 10:40 PM Tidleand EMC's power outage map on its website shows 1593 customers without power in Pamlico County near the town of Oriental.

Updated: 8:28 PM Police said two teens are facing juvenile petitions after filing false police reports about an attempted abduction that never happened.

Updated: 8:10 PM The facility houses the health department, social services and veterans affairs.

Updated: 8:23 PM Both lanes of southbound U.S. 17 in Craven County, just before the Neuse River bridge, were closed because of an accident.

Updated: 11:45 PM Pamlico County deputies are asking for the public’s help locating a runaway juvenile.

Updated: 10:14 PM As we face the start of another hurricane season in just a couple of weeks, some in the east are still rebuilding after hurricane Irene nearly two years ago. A Pamlico County church is looking for some help.

Updated: 8:11 PM Police say they have charged the driver of an SUV that went crashing into a business this morning in New Bern.

Posted: 10:26 PM A group of law inforcement officers are running a relay across our state all to benefit Special Olympics North Carolina.

Updated: 7:33 PM The wreck happened on the westbound lanes coming into New Bern in James City. One lane of the highway right before the railroad crossing is blocked off.

Updated: 10:26 PM A group of students at a New Bern school will have a safer way to walk to school.

Updated: 9:00 AM The New Bern Board of Aldermen met for the first time Tuesday night since the troubles last week involving Mayor Lee Bettis and voted not to even discuss the mayor at this time.

Updated: 7:48 PM Officials said a car hit a gas meter on Monday morning, causing a gas leak.

Updated: 8:10 PM New Bern Police said one man is in custody after an armed robbery where the victim says the weapon was either a BB gun or airsoft gun.

Updated: 5:00 PM The NC Centers for Missing Persons has issued a Silver Alert for a missing man in the east.

Updated: 7:48 PM Here in Eastern Carolina towers at airports in Kinston and New Bern had been slated to close.

Updated: 11:38 PM A man airlifted to the the burn center in Chapel Hill after his home caught fire Friday has died of his injuries.

Updated: 7:49 PM The U.S. Postal Services has reversed course on closing a half dozen Eastern Carolina post offices on Saturdays and Wednesday afternoons.

Updated: 11:51 PM It was a big day for a group of inmates at Craven Correctional as they graduated another class of dogs they train to be adopted by the community.

Updated: 7:52 PM Blockbuster is apparently closing more locations in Eastern Carolina, including both Greenville stores.

Updated: 11:53 PM 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.

Updated: 3:47 PM A group of 20 New Bern women are working hard to keep the history alive so to speak at the Cedar Grove Cemetery as members of the Earl of Craven Questers.

Updated: 7:51 PM Several events are planned across the area to mark the National Day of Prayer.

Updated: 10:02 AM A high school senior in the east is the first ever to be accepted to Harvard University from Pamlico County High School. It's s big deal for the small town of Bayboro.