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PRE news brief: suspected drowning at ENC beach, murder-suicide investigation, and pilot ejects at MCAS Cherry Point

Republican lawmakers say it could take until mid-August to pass a state budget for the fiscal year that began this month.

Republican state lawmakers have introduced a bill with a long list of controversial education provisions.

One person is dead in a suspected drowning at an eastern North Carolina beach.

Two Carteret County men are dead and the incident is being investigated as a murder-suicide.

A man was seriously injured when he was hit by a North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper on a dark highway Tuesday night.

A civilian pilot ejected from a jet Wednesday afternoon as it was taking off from Cherry Point.

A federal jury on Wednesday convicted a local man charged with teaching someone how to make bombs at his home in Duplin County.

An animal welfare organization has again ranked North Carolina animal shelters among the deadliest in the country.

An eastern North Carolina beachfront community has limited the hours that people can use a Shibumi Shade of any other cabana or tent at the city’s beaches.

Annette is an award-winning journalist based in Eastern North Carolina. Her career includes professional stops across the Midwest, Pacific Northwest, and Southeast, recently culminating in a 2026 Region 8 Edward R. Murrow Award for Small Market Radio Best News Series for her work on the Camp Lejeune Justice Act Series. Guided by a passion for human-interest storytelling, she focuses on narratives that touch hearts and connect communities. A mother of four and grandmother of two, Annette enjoys reading and creating epic Halloween costumes in her spare time. If you have a story idea to share, please reach out by email to westona@cravencc.edu.