Warrington to buy WTKF FM station in Beaufort
staff reports say talk radio manager Casey Warrington plans to purchase WTKF FM 107.3 and keep operations stable while FCC approves the license transfer. Down East Radio Communications owners McClure and McCune signed a letter of intent to sell to Atlantic Ridge Telecasters, a firm Warrington owns. The 25,000 watt station is Beaufort based with studios on US 70 near Newport and in Beaufort, offering news sports and talk.
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WTKF
Casey Warrington
Down East Radio Communications
Joseph McClure
Fred McCune
Beaufort
Atlantic Ridge Telecasters Inc
Warrington
US 70
Newport
Naval mental health pact links bases with private hospital
Naval hospitals at Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point join Bryan Marr Hospital in Jacksonville under the Eastern Carolina Coordinated Care program. CHAMPUS beneficiaries will receive 25 to 30 percent discounts on inpatient and outpatient mental health services, with family deductibles from 150 to 300 dollars. The agreement covers adult and child psychiatric care and substance abuse services, within CHAMPUS caps on certain services.
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Area Naval Hospitals
Bryan Marr
Jacksonville
Naval Hospitals
Camp Lejeune
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Uniformed Services
Champus
Eastern Carolina
VA resumes granite headstones for veterans burial
The Veterans Affairs department will again offer granite headstones to veterans buried in private or state cemeteries after a 47 year gap. Marble headstones remain available. families with unmarked graves can request granite markers. Call 1 800 827 1000 for details at the Winston-Salem VA office.
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Veterans Affairs Department
Jerry W. Bowen
National Cemetery System
Veterans Affairs Office
Winston-Salem
Cherry Point to open welcome center for new arrivals
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station will establish a welcome center within 30 days to assist NADEP and military personnel and families arriving by 1999. The center will offer maps brochures and videos about base basics and local communities and will operate 24 hours a day outside the main gate.
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Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
En Eee Advisory Committee
CDAC
Cherry Point
Phyllis Ford
Carteret County
Pass and ID
Air Station
Pamlico pay plan mistake sparks pay review session
Pamlico County commissioners face scrutiny over a flawed pay plan that left new hires paid more than some veterans. A work session set for Oct 10 will review salaries and the plan, amid concerns raised by Social Services staff about pay inequities and limited funding for raises.
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Bayboro
Pamlico County
Board of Commissioners
Johnnie Tripp
Department of Social Services
Sandra Hawkins
Hawkins
Carolyn Kennedy
Frances Stein
Stein
Tripp
Doug Brinson
Pamlico
New Bern debates affordable housing along Lawson Creek
Aldermen push planners to revisit a 1991 plan by Neuse COG official David Turrentine to build 30 affordable homes along Walt Bellamy Drive near the floodplain. Costs rise with site prep and nine foot elevations, requiring city subsidies of about 13,886 per home to hit a 60,000 price target.
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New Bern
Lawson Creek
Barbara Lee
Greg Mayo
City Board
Mayo
Walt Bellamy Drive
Trent Court
New Bern Towers
Forest Park
Twin Rivers Ymca
Lee
Walt Bellamy
N.C. Housing Finance Agency
David Turrentine
Neuse Cog
JTPA
Turrentine
Z. Smith Reynolds
COG
Craven County Superior Court
City Hall
From car trunks to adult toys evidence stacks up in lockers
New Bern and Pamlico County police and sheriff officials describe the growth and odd items in local evidence lockers. Items range from photographs and women’s clothing to firearms, a trunk from a Mercedes case, and a two-foot wooden spike club. Lockers use 180 day retention with auction for unclaimed items. bicycles are kept longer due to volume.
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Mike Rice
New Bern
W. David McFadyen Jr
McFadyen
Bob Lyon
Pamlico County
David Bratten
Havelock Public Safety
Bratten
Rice
Craven County
C.W
Pete” Bland
Bland
State Bureau of Investigation
Greenville
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Naval
Steve Green
NADEP
Pensacola
Alameda
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Sun Journal
Robert Raynor
Mike
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