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BY KAREN KISTLER When attending the Lake Norman Shrine Club’s Christmas event, Ben Goins thought it was going to be just like any other; however, this year he received a gift that was quite unexpected. During the special occasion held Dec. 7 at the Heritage House, Goins noted that fellow Shriner Randy Marion got up and went to the podium and then proceeded to call Goins to come and join him. Wondering what was happening, Goins said he went up front and then Marion started reading about the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. Marion said that this “is among the most prestigious ...

MOREHEAD CITY — Friends and family of Carteret County living legend John Tunnell are invited to celebrate his 90th birthday this weekend – COVID-19 style. The family is hosting a drive-by celebration Sunday at Mr. Tunnell’s home in Morehead City. Friends are asked to gather beginning around 2:30 p.m. at the intersection Shepard and 17th streets, lining up on Shepard facing east. At 3 p.m., the parade will drive east on Shepard Street, turning left on 16th Street and pass the Tunnell home in the middle of the block across from Shevans Park. After passing the Tunnell home, parade...

A December to remember for App State’s more than 1,700 graduates More than 1,700 Appalachian State University graduates were conferred degrees during the university’s virtual Fall 2020 Commencement Dec. 11. This photo collage shows a handful of the numerous celebratory commencement photos shared by App State’s Class of 2020 graduates via social media. Photos submitted “You have earned one of the most significant achievements of your lifetime, and you did so under historically challenging circumstances. … We are so very proud of how you persevered and arrived at this momentous occasi...

Credit: Todd Pusser Already possessing more salamander species than any other state in the country with 63, North Carolina has just added one more to make it 64. The aptly named Carolina Sandhills Salamander ( Eurycea arenicola) is found in association with springs, seepages and small blackwater streams of the Sandhills region of North Carolina. The Carolina Sandhills Salamander was previously lumped in as an unusual population of the Southern Two-lined Salamander ( Eurycea cirrigera), but researchers at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences applied next generation sequencing technol...

Already possessing more salamander species than any other state in the country with 63, North Carolina has just added one more to make it 64. The aptly named Carolina Sandhills Salamander (Eurycea arenicola) is found in association with springs, seepages and small blackwater streams of the Sandhills region of North Carolina. The Carolina Sandhills Salamander was previously lumped in as an unusual population of the Southern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea cirrigera), but researchers at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences applied next generation sequencing technology to show that the ne...