Anita Waters Deaver, 80, peacefully completed her earthly time and entered her eternal home on Sunday, September 20, 2026. A graveside service to remember Anita’s life will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, September 25, 2026, at Oak Ridge Memorial Park, with Pastor Steve Dixon officiating. The family will receive friends following the service.

Michael Antonio Weston was arrested on September 23, 2026, for failing to comply with North Carolina sex offender registration requirements.

Aviation expansion and expected retirements could create about 1,000 job openings across Lenoir and Craven counties over the next three to four years, state Sen. Bob Brinson said Wednesday during a legislative breakfast focused on preparing eastern North Carolina for growth.

Starting today a coastal low will impact ENC and the nearby marine areas through the end of the week. 

Lenoir County commissioners supported a $52 million grant application to replace Woodington Middle School, approved a campground with a protective berm requirement and raised county transit fares during their meeting Monday, Sept. 21.

On September 22, 2026, at approximately 9:37 p.m., Kinston Police Department C-Squad officers responded to a disturbance near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Fields Street.

The Distinguished Young Women of Lenoir County program proudly presents Campbell Price, Distinguished Young Woman of Lenoir County for 2026, in its annual program which will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, September 26, 2026  in the Performing Arts Center on the campus of Kinston High School. Price attends the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Campbell is the daughter of  Neal and Jill Price.

The Lenoir County Board of Commissioners and Kinston City Council will hold a special joint meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, to discuss matters related to the Down East Bird Dawgs.

Governor Josh Stein announced the following appointments to the District Court and Superior Court:  Robert Gilmore to the Superior Court for Judicial District 5, serving Duplin, Jones, Onslow, and Sampson counties. Gilmore is filling the vacancy created after the Honorable Henry Stevens retired. 

For Jazmyne Pearson, becoming a nurse was more than a career goal. It was a dream she pursued through years of hard work, personal challenges, and sacrifice, with the support of Lenoir Community College’s Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) program helping her along the way.

A coastal low that will impact ENC and the nearby marine areas mid to late week. 

Greene County school board members clashed Sept. 21 over student achievement, leadership accountability and whether Superintendent Rodney McNeill should travel to Argentina for training, with the discussion widening to concerns about race and election-year politics.

The records for Sept. 7-13 include restaurants, school cafeterias, a grocery produce department and a lodging establishment. Inspectors documented issues involving food temperatures, storage, sanitation and equipment maintenance. Several violations were corrected during inspections.

Apply at the Kinston Housing Authority Central Office located at 608 N Queen Street, Kinston from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm Monday through Thursday or call the Human Resources Department at 252.523.1195 ext. 221 for an application.

Artificial intelligence is not coming. It is here, and most of us are still thinking too small about what that means or are so afraid of its potentially negative consequences that we fail to move at all.