Archive - May 5, 2008

This week was one for the history books in our area as residents and local officials welcomed the USS North Carolina for its commissioning. It was standing room only as more than 6,000 people packed the port.

The state Board of Elections reports there are more than 5.8 million registered voters in North Carolina. By Saturday more than 400,000 of them had already voted early or mailed in an absentee ballot. For those of you planning on voting tomorrow, there is some last-minute information you need to know.

Many of us love a good oyster, but the more we eat - the more we take away from the oyster reefs.

Inmates at the Pender Correctional Institution are praying for more room to worship.

Do you know who the candidates for Lt. Governor are? NewsChannel 3's Kevin Wuzzardo takes a tongue-in-cheek look at who is running.

It was an emotional day Sunday at the battleship North Carolina as former crew members gathered to remember the ship's veterans who died this year.

She is now officially the USS North Carolina. A crowd laden with veterans looked on as the flags that had flown that morning on the Battleship North Carolina were hoisted aboard the sub.