Swiss eye defense equipment procurements

Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan announced that the team is changing its name back to what it should have always been -- the Hornets. I grew up in Salisbury, N.C. about 45 minutes north of the Queen City. I grew up a huge Lakers fan, and still ...

New Bern is considering several major capital projects in the future that, if approved, could take a year to several years to complete. During a work session Tuesday night, while aldermen deliberated the proposed $36.8 million general fund that is ...

New Bern aldermen will hold a work session at 6 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall to discuss the proposed 2013-14 city budget. The public will have an opportunity to comment at the end of the meeting. Mike Epperson, city manager, and his management team ...

The board of CarolinaEast Medical Center in New Bern has provided Havelock with 10 more automatic external defibrillators. Diane Miller, Havelock grants manager and spokeswoman, said the devices would be placed in police cruisers and city buildings.

It was as if New Bern was playing a college soccer team. Green Hope is ranked No. 1 in the nation, has lost just one game in two years, and has five seniors set to play major Division I soccer. The New Bern Bears, the third seed from the Mideastern ...

A resolution by the city to join the New Bern Housing Authority in applying for a Choice Neighborhood Planning Grant was opposed Tuesday night by one alderman, Victor Taylor. The Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant through Housing and Urban ...

Bargain hunting by New Bern's finance director and a decision by aldermen to follow his suggestion to refinance some debts will end up giving the city a net savings of about $1.5 million. Keith Fiaschetti, finance director, told aldermen last week ...

The third annual Alzheimer's Walk is today, beginning at Union Point Park in New Bern. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the walk begins an hour later from the park's stage area. Organizers said about 200 people participated last year and the goal ...

A Swiss man wanted over the theft of 4.85 million francs (about 150 million baht) from a bank in the Swiss capital Bern in March was captured in Hua Hin on Thursday, the Department of Special Investigation said. The man was identified as Gerber ...