In the small city of New Bern, N.C., where lanterns illuminate regal, red-bricked streets, residents are used to the drudgery of storm prep, picking up sandbags and battery packs at Mitchell Hardware, feeling gloomy about another round of severe weather along the state’s hurricane-weary coastline.

But this week, Karen Pike, an employee at the store, noticed that residents in the city of about 31,000 were preparing for a storm with a pep in their step. Snow, perhaps a lot of it, was heading toward the beaches of the Carolinas, and customers needed their sleds. Perhaps a shovel, too.

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/49015484

A Drug Deal

Buyer - You got the coke?

Dealer - Is Pepsi okay?

Looks like it’ll be at Union Point Park this time…

Hayes recommends private-well owners within a few miles of the base get their water tested and install NSF-certified filters if PFAS exceed 4 ppt. “But the cost shouldn’t fall on homeowners,” he added. “The military and EPA should make sure every family near these bases has safe water.”

You're signed up for NO KINGS Bridgeton & New Bern.

Saturday, Jun 14, 2025 9am - 3pm EDT

Vernon Blades Park,
200 W Academy St
Bridgeton, NC, 28519

(Same time and place as the BlueberryFestival)

IN AMERICA, WE DON’T DO KINGS

They’ve defied our courts, deported Americans, disappeared people off the streets, attacked our civil rights, and slashed our services. The corruption has gone too. far. No thrones. No crowns. No kings.

On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else.

No Kings is a nationwide day of defiance. From city blocks to small towns, from courthouse steps to community parks, we’re taking action to reject authoritarianism—and show the world what democracy really looks like.

We’re not gathering to feed his ego. We’re building a movement that leaves him behind.

The flag doesn’t belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to us. We’re not watching history happen. We’re making it.

On June 14th, we’re showing up everywhere he isn’t—to say no thrones, no crowns, no kings.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16984145

TL;DR: Inshore commercial shrimp trawling is devastating our marine fisheries by causing by-catch (untargeted marine animals trapped and killed in the nets) at a rate of 4 to 1 by weight.

North Carolina is the only state that still allows inshore shrimp trawling.

Here’s what the North Carolina Wildlife Federation has to say on the topic. It bugs me that they’re framing it as the loss of recreational flounder fishing being the primary consequence, but I suppose whatever brings more attention to the issue is a good thing.

The NC Wildlife Commission is holding a meeting Tonight at 7:00pm at the New Bern Community College

• It’s worth noting that the linked article is to WCTI which is a Sinclair station.

They’re adding two new direct flight options, Orlando and Hartford, with flights starting at $49.

I'm a programmer and I'm having a hard time programming alone, does anyone need help with programming? I'm thinking if I help you I can motivate myself to do some programming 😂 or maybe there are some programmers out there who wanna