Jury selection delays cap ital murder trial start
Opening arguments set for Monday in the capital murder trial of Michael Ray Skeels 30 Newport. He admits probable identity in the killing of Elbert Stokes 60 Goldsboro a retired Air Force colonel described as a good Samaritan. DA seeks first degree murder and death penalty as jury selection runs five days and the trial could last two more weeks.
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Michael Ray Skeels
Skeels
Newport
Elbert Rosevelt
Sam” Stokes
Goldsboro
Stokes
Research reserve schedules coastal issues workshop
The North Carolina Estuarine Research Reserve will hold a coastal issues workshop from 1 to 6 p.m. on August 8 and 9. The first day covers point and nonpoint source pollution. the second day focuses on marine fisheries resources and management. Teachers may earn one renewal credit. registration closes August 1. For details contact the reserve at P O Box 1040 Beaufort NC 28516 or call 1 919 728 6273.
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North Carolina Estuarine
Coastal residents worry over development and pollution
A NOAA survey shows people fear coastal overdevelopment and pollution though many live near the coast and vacation there. Residents cite trash, dead fish, dirtier waters, and erosion as rising problems while urging better beach practices and public access waste reduction.
Jones County budget hearings and public meetings this week
Public schedule shows FY 1995 96 budget public hearing by the Jones County Board of Commissioners Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the civic center. Also on the docket are jail meal bids water rates Rock Creek subdivision roads a public hearing on closing a portion of B Street and a zoning amendment hearing.
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Jones County Board of Commissioners
Rock Creek
B Street
Trent Woods Grants 850K to Rehab Pembroke Homes
Trent Woods passes an 850000 CDBG grant to New Bern to rehabilitate 27 Pembroke homes on McKinley, New Bern, Sycamore, and Stimpson streets. New Bern matches 100000, Trent Woods 75000, with New Bern repaying the same amount. Administration funds total 95200.
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New Bern
CDBG
Trent Woods
Pembroke
Leroy Price
Miller Street
Trent
Price
Mayo
McKinley
Sycamore Avenues
Stimpson Street
Trent Woods Times
Pembroke Homes
Pamlico aims to lure private prison with state help
Pamlico County officials push for a 500 bed private prison to boost taxes and jobs. A $45 million facility could yield about $300,000 in yearly taxes and up to 200 jobs if the General Assembly approves private prisons, with a tentative 120 acre site near Mill Pond Road and Bay City Highway.
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Bayboro
Pamlico County
General Assembly
Phil Prescott
Board of Commissioners
Prescott
Senate
Mill Pond Road
Bay City Highway
Chris Watson
Pamlico
Watson
Beverly Perdue
D-Craven
North Carolina
Fayetteville
Elizabeth City
Len Phillips
North Carolina Department of Corrections
Phillips
Vanceboro
Oriental
Bay River Metropolitan Sewerage District
Bay River Board
Ten charged in training abuses at Camp Lejeune
A military police officer becomes the tenth charged in a harsh interrogation drill described by Marines as going too far. Gunnery Sgt. Phillip A. Santiago, 39, from North Highlands California, faces a failure to obey a lawful order charge for not stopping abuses. He could be discharged and face up to six months in prison if convicted. Marines reported being tethered naked to trees, threatened with rape, fondled, faces pushed into mud, cuffed, and kicked in the ribs during the exercise intended to simulate captivity.
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Camp Lejeune
Phillip A. Santiago
North Highlands
Calif
Military Code of Justice
Santiago
Richard Shaw
Nighttime trawling ban aimed at weakfish groups in debate
North Carolina fishermen split over a federal bid to ban weakfish fishing in federal waters from Maine to Florida. Hearings begin in July, with NC officials warning crews may shift to state waters north of Cape Hatteras amid strong industry opposition and cries of overreach.
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Wilmington
North Carolina
Maine
Florida
National Marine Fisheries Service
Jerry Schill
N.C. Fisheries Association
Cape Hatteras
Louis Daniel
Hatteras
N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission
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W. David McFadyen Jr
McFadyen
Beaufort
Washington
Jeffrey R. Benoit
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
Benoit
NOAA
Coastal Guardian
Grant
Charlie Peek
Sun Journal
Dwayne Owens
Jacksonville
Craven County Fairgrounds
Fraternal Order of Police
The
Blue Knights
Perdue
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