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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NCDOT will host a drop-in session on Tuesday to share map designs and discuss impacts on local commutes. State engineers will display intersection designs and explain how construction will affect local business access. -
Attorney General Jeff Jackson said the 6.8 percent residential bill increase over the next two years is too high for families. -
Meteorologists from the National Weather Service agree that El Niño heavily favors above-average precipitation for the Carolinas, providing a boost to local drought relief but raising the risk of localized flooding if storms hit too close together. -
With maximum sustained winds holding near 45 miles per hour, forecasters expect Cristobal to be short-lived, weakening rapidly as it moves over cooler waters. -
The enforcement push follows the flattening of a protected sand dune and an increase in destruction fines to $10,000. -
In a national lawsuit, parents claimed taking acetaminophen during pregnancy caused their children to develop autism or ADHD. A higher appeals court recently issued a major ruling on how strictly trial judges must vet medical experts and scientific data before a jury is allowed to hear it. Now, federal lawyers have formally flagged that case for the Camp Lejeune judges, hoping to tighten restrictions on what science is allowed at trial. -
More than 1,500 commercial vessels are currently stranded and idling in regional waters during peak marine growth season. Scientists, including ECU biology professor Dr. April Blakeslee, said these ships' hulls are rapidly being colonized by invasive bacteria, algae, and barnacles. When shipping trade resumes, these heavily fouled vessels will carry hitchhiking species to ports worldwide. -
While Wake County remains the main epicenter, the infection numbers are crawling eastward, with six confirmed cases in Pitt County, four in Craven, two in Onslow, and one in Carteret County. -
The goal is to document the creek's current health before the Martin Marietta Materials Vanceboro quarry begins operations. The mining company plans to discharge up to 12 million gallons of freshwater per day into the creek. -
Because sea turtle gender is determined by sand temperature, warming climates are causing a dangerous surge in female hatchlings and creating lethal heat for embryos.
