Eastern NC News

A new Fresnel lens will be fabricated for the beacon. Window ornaments and ironwork will also be restored.

The private, family-owned chain store and gas station is set to build eight stores next year in several areas of North Carolina including Wayne, Nash and Wilson Counties.

Six towns in Dare County have filed a lawsuit to block part of the state budget bill that bans them from regulating a new state-funded affordable housing project led by political donors.

The Rocky Mount Police Department is working with Secure the Call, a nonprofit that distributes cell phones to people in need, such as seniors and victims of domestic violence.

The plant in North Carolina makes critical supplies for U.S. hospitals. Pfizer said in a statement Monday that a majority of manufacturing lines at the Rocky Mount facility are back up and running.

One of the most famous speeches in world was given by Martin Luther King Jr. 60 years ago at the Civil Rights March on Washington. But did you know King first gave part of his "I Have a Dream" speech months earlier, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina?

The Coast Guard sent two boats and a helicopter. The Coast Guard says one person was pinned under the airboat and may have suffered a chest and head injury.

Pfizer says all employees were accounted for after Wednesday's storm. It also says it is still assessing damage.

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer confirmed that the large manufacturing complex was damaged by a twister that touched down near Rocky Mount.

More members of the state commission that oversees local government audits are raising concerns about Elizabeth City's finances.

Celebrated Pit Master Ed Mitchell and his son Ryan have published their first cookbook that also tells the story of their family in Wilson, North Carolina and how the African American enslaved way of cooking 'whole hog' stands today.

President Joe Biden was in North Carolina Friday, making stops in Rocky Mount and at the newly-named Fort Liberty in Fayetteville.