Morehead City

Coast Guard searches for downed plane with 8 aboard

February 14, 2022 Associated Press

MOREHEAD CITY — Crews are searching the ocean off North Carolina on Monday after finding a debris field where a small plane carrying eight people went down a day earlier, the Coast Guard said. Watchstanders […]

North Carolina Ports executive director retiring, chief operating officer to take position

June 25, 2020 North State Journal Staff

WILMINGTON – North Carolina State Ports Authority executive director Paul Cozza is retiring from his post. The announcement was made during the North Carolina Ports Board of Directors regularly scheduled June meeting. Cozza will continue […]

100 in 100: Carteret County’s Mindy Ballou Fitzpatrick, a surfing and basketball star

April 8, 2020 Brett Friedlander

North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]

Former NC State, Saints linebacker Vaughan Johnson dead at 57

December 14, 2019 Cory Lavalette

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Saints say former Pro Bowl linebacker Vaughan Johnson, who was a member of the club’s vaunted “Dome Patrol” linebacker corps, has died at age 57. Johnson was born in […]

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Ship runs aground near area that could have WWII ordnance

December 13, 2019 The Associated Press

MOREHEAD CITY — A fishing vessel has run aground along the North Carolina coast near an area that potentially has military ordnance from World War II. The U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement that […]

Honey Hush holds on for Big Rock win

June 20, 2018 Cory Lavalette

The crew of the Honey Hush landed the first 500-pound fish of the 2018 Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, but missed out on the Winner-Take-All bonus worth more than half a million dollars because the […]

Port of Wilmington gets a new skyline

April 11, 2018 North State Journal Staff

WILMINGTON – Last week, residents along the Cape Fear River in Wilmington watched as two massive cranes were erected in Wilmington Port. Seventeen boats from federal, state and local agencies helped safely guide the ship […]