Local Government

• Lenoir County school board confronts budget messaging after financial stability questions surface
• State releases flood action plan with 113 projects for Neuse River Basin, 29 flagged as high priority
• New Era in Kinston: Mayor Kareem Moore and Council Members Sworn In After Months of Election Tension
• When Will Raleigh Match the Urgency Eastern NC Is Living With? What the Budget Standoff Cost Schools, Workers, and Storm Recovery
• Craven County Holds the Line on Property Taxes in New Budget — How New Bern-Area Residents Fare in FY 2026–27
• Eastern NC in the Race: How Goldsboro, Kinston, and New Bern Can Claim Their Share of State Infrastructure Dollars Before August Deadline
• Governor Stein Signs State Budget and Health Care Affordability Commission Into Law — What It Means Down the Neuse
• State Budget Lands on Governor Stein's Desk: What Eastern NC Workers, Teachers and Schools Stand to Gain
• How Is the NC State Veterans Home in Kinston Caring for Those Who Served? A Look at the Latest Federal Data
• Lenoir County Commissioners Reschedule July Meeting — What's on the Agenda for Kinston?
• Eastern NC Schools Face Immediate Reckoning as DEI Ban Takes Effect
• CarolinaEast Drops Two Major Medicare Advantage Plans: What New Bern-Area Seniors Need to Know Before July 1