Environmental audit bill may die in state Senate
State Rep. John Nichols says a Senate committee may still hear his audit bill though the action deadline passed. The Judiciary Committee met without taking up the measure that would allow companies to run confidential environmental audits while still reporting violations to the government to gain immunity from penalties. If not heard, the bill would await the next legislative session.
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John Nichols
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Jones sheriff seizes 20 marijuana plants near Trenton
The Jones County Sheriff's Office removed 20 marijuana plants about 1 1/2 feet high from two vacant yards six miles north of Trenton near Horton Chapel on NC 58. Deputy Roger Smith said they had monitored the site for some time and are unsure who owns the land as the case remains under investigation.
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Reynolds Mason
Trenton
Horton Chapel
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Officer and child injuries in dual two-vehicle wrecks
A New Bern police officer, Charles George Katsekes, 43, and five people suffered minor injuries in two separate wrecks Thursday. Katsekes’ 1988 Ford was rear ended by Penny Bass Hill’s 1989 Ford at Clardon Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue as he turned on a red light. Katsekes had broken bones and was treated then released. Damage totaled about 1,000 to the police car and 2,500 to Hill’s car. Earlier, a bus carrying 40 children and Craven County staff was rear ended on US 70 East near James City by Joyce Knox Spock’s 1989 Dodge, causing minor injuries to three children and one adult. damage was about 4,200 to Spock’s car and 100 to the bus.
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New Bern
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Craven County Recreation Department
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Ernil
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James City
Gary Fox
State Highway Patrol
Craven Regional Medical Center
Fox
Spock
1996 Fishing Licenses Go On Sale July 1
New 1996 commercial licenses go on sale July 1. The 1995 license stays valid until midnight July 21. Marine Patrol will issue citations after that date for missing licenses. To obtain a current license, present copies of NC boat registration or US Customs documentation, photo ID, and notarized bill of sale with hull LD number or NC registration.
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Thunderstorm Adds Woes To Local Farmers
A Thursday evening line of storms battered Craven Pamlico and Jones counties. pea and dime sized hail reported in New Bern while Craven Regional Airport logged 1.09 inches of rain and some areas up to 2.25 inches. Farmers fear tobacco crop damage will extend recovery with reports of drowning and root suffocation. prior rains already causing 10 to 15 percent tobacco loss and 5 percent cotton loss, corn least affected at about 2 percent. Fields saturated and at risk of drowning.
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Pamlico
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New Bern
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Pamlico Cooperative Extension Service
Fred May
Minton Small
Jones
Small
Blue mold threat hits Craven County tobacco crops
Craven County tobacco reports blue mold linked to wet conditions after Tropical Storm Allison. Ridomil can control the fungus but costs about 100 per acre. some fields remain unprotected. Damage from rains reaches 20 to 25 percent, with blue mold also reported in other North Carolina counties.
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Piedmont
Coastal Plain
Deep South
Allison
North Carolina
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Lenoir
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Robeson
Wake Counties
Tom Melton
North Carolina State
Associated Press
Saint Pater: Bruce Godfrey’s Father’s Day Column
Bruce Godfrey writes Saint Pater a weekly Father’s Day column from Janeiro. He jokes about the Dad stereotype, shares family memories, and notes how fatherhood changes as sons become dads. He recalls sons rebuking him with the same lines he used years ago and muses on the column’s humor and insight.
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