Annette Weston
News Coordinator/Morning Edition HostAnnette is an award-winning journalist with an extensive career spanning the Midwest, Pacific Northwest, and Southeast. Her investigative storytelling earned a 2026 Region 8 Edward R. Murrow Award for Small Market Radio Best News Series for her coverage of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act Series. Now based in Eastern North Carolina, Annette focuses on sharing impactful, human-interest stories that connect and elevate local communities. Outside of her professional work, she is a mother of four and a grandmother of two who enjoys reading, family time, and crafting elaborate Halloween costumes. If you have a story idea to share, please reach out by email to westona@cravencc.edu.
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Organized alongside the America First Policy Institute, the tour aligns with the administration's broader push to return education decisions back to individual states. -
Attorney General Jeff Jackson says cutting scammers off at the source will stop them from tricking consumers with legitimate numbers. -
Those housing fees alone are adding up to more than $3,000 a day. -
The investigation confirms that thousands of people who unexpectedly received two bills in a single month were not actually double-billed. Instead, city officials were attempting to correct severe meter-reading delays. -
Duplin County Fire shrinks after rapid 600-acre expansion; handover to local crews at Chicken Farm Lane Fire; and Camp Lejeune blaze impacts Swansboro visibility. -
Environmental advocates say saving these marshes is vital because they serve as a natural defense system, drastically reducing local flooding and shoreline erosion during severe storms while supporting the state's commercial fishing industry. -
North Carolina State University Ph.D. candidate Lindsay Curl first spotted the distressed turtle back in April while conducting fieldwork near Harkers Island. -
After his historic NASA mission and a long stint in Washington, Ham spent his final retirement years living among a primate troop at the North Carolina Zoo until his death in 1983. -
Down East bar owners—like the team behind New Bern’s Beer Army Burger Company—wanted to lock in the state's liability for financial losses before spending months calculating individual payouts. -
Food Bank leaders call the budget a vital first step, but warn that recent federal cuts mean more local support will be needed next year.
