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More than 100 contestants will be cooking their best pigs for the 43rd annual BBQ Fest on the Neuse May 3 and 4 in downtown Kinston.

Cycle North Carolina will start its “Mountains to Coast” 2023 tour beginning in Banner Elk, N.C. on Oct. 1, and finishing in Emerald Isle seven days later. This is the

The Save Wyse Fork Battlefield Commission says the future Interstate 42 exit near Kinston would destroy the place where the outcome of the four-day battle in 1865 was decided.

The Save Wyse Fork Battlefield Commission says the future Interstate 42 exit near Kinston would destroy the place where the outcome of the four-day battle in 1865 was decided.

Born and raised in Bucyrus, Cheryl Luidhardt has always called Crawford County home. She has also given back through work and community service.

Contestants will be firing up their pig cookers for the 42nd Annual BBQ Fest on the Neuse this Friday and Saturday in Kinston.

Business has been good for craft store Tink & The Frog in downtown Adrian, owner Michelle Beechler says. The shop has its share of regulars as well as out-of-towners.

Gas prices and inflation dont seem to be cutting into travel in the area.

The 40th Annual BBQ Fest on the Neuse may have come and gone, but revenue numbers are still coming in and will not be final until late June.

All indications are that summer tourists will again flock to small towns such as New Bern and Kinston.  With an easing of COVID-19 restrictions, coupled with vaccinations, local restaurants, shops and tourist targets are ready for the best tourist influx in recent years, following two hurricanes and a pandemic.  "There is lots of excitement, because anywhere you read, people in bigger cities and densely-populated areas want to get to somewhere with fewer people, more open space, and that incl...