VA expands benefits for Agent Orange related cancers
The VA publishes new Federal Register rules to extend disability payments to veterans with multiple myeloma and respiratory cancers linked to Agent Orange exposure. The rules follow a National Academy of Sciences study and add Hodgkin's disease and porphyria cutanea tarda to the entitlement list, with survivor claims also covered. Contact VA regional offices at 800 827 1000 for details.
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Power Squadron salutes poster winners with cruise
The Cape Lookout Power Squadron in Havelock will honor poster winners for Safe Boating Week with a Neuse River cruise and luncheon on Wednesday. The event departs Union Point at 10 a.m. and a noon ceremony will be held at the Sheraton Grand hotel. Winners include Heather Carlson and Aaron Sparrow in sixth grade, Ginny Pendleton, Amy French, Jessica Birdson and Chris Wahl in seventh grade, and Billy Dill, Kent Smith and Donnell Parker in eighth grade.
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Kent Smith
Donnell Parker
Congress mulls end to Upton Jones beachfront aid program
A congressional panel move to cut funding would scrap the Upton Jones program within the federally subsidized flood insurance plan. Since 1988 it paid 11.2 million on over 200 North Carolina claims to move or demolish erosion threatened oceanfront homes.
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Craven CC Faces Third Salary Suit Over Pay Gaps
Donna Webb Durham, Craven Community College's only female industrial technology instructor, files a federal salary discrimination suit alleging pay inequities favoring men. She seeks back pay and equity, citing her qualifications and tenure since 1986. Other female instructors previously sued, claiming a male biology teacher earned about double.
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Havelock hosts belt check amid storm and ticket push
A roadside Click It or Ticket checkpoint in Havelock Craven County attracted 1,600 scheduled checks statewide and drew a back up as a thunderstorm paused enforcement. Col. Robert Barefoot noted 16 tickets issued in the first hour while campaign data credits 45 lives saved and 320 serious injuries avoided since September.
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Conspiracy trial moved to Craven County for murder plot
The trial of Jack Alan Edwards, 49, Merritt, for conspiring to kill his mother in law, Mary Banks, will be heard in Craven County after a judge granted a venue change due to pretrial publicity. Co-defendant Jeffrey Price faces similar charges. The Pamlico News coverage prompted the move. reporter Sally Winfrey was subpoenaed but shielded her sources.
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Craven
Wilmington Hosts National Conference on Coastal Management
Wilmington will commemorate the 20th anniversary of North Carolina’s Coastal Area Management Act by hosting a national conference on coastal management issues and innovations September 7 to 9. The event will address environmental access and coastal protection as part of the coast celebration.
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