The town of around 31,000 people in east North Carolina was founded in 1710, making it the second oldest town in the state.

Tonight in New Bern – closed streets and open businesses brought dozens into a “window” of holiday cheerThe annual downtown tradition gives business owners and ...

In the 1991 book, “Edge Cities, Life on the New Frontier,” Joel Garreau argued the shopping center replaced the downtown as the city center. As a passionate advocate for downtown, I acknowledge that ...

NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — The award-winning fall festival MumFest is returning to historic Downtown New Bern this weekend. Restaurant dining, artisans, food trucks, vendors, live music, amusement rides, ...

NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — Downtown parking options in New Bern continue to diminish, causing problems for both downtown businesses and city employees. Earlier this year, a parking committee was tasked ...

A portion of the downtown New Bern historic district had it's speed limit changed during Tuesday night's New Ben Board of Aldermen meeting. The Riverside Historic Neighborhood Association recently ...

NEW BERN, N.C. (WTVD) -- Hurricane Florence was a mammoth storm nearly 500 miles wide, and the small city of New Bern might have been its unofficial ground zero. Six months later, the historic ...

Whether you’ve finished your Christmas shopping, are just getting started or are somewhere in between, you may have noticed ...

The Beary Merry Christmas window display kicked off Friday night in New Bern, hosted by the Swiss Bear. The live window ...

Downtown New Bern was full of life as the Christmas parade rolled through town Saturday Morning.Santa and Mrs. Claus, the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - The North Carolina Department of Transportation is asking for public input on plans to build and extend several proposed trail and greenway projects throughout the state, ...

The streets of downtown New Bern are a little quieter this week as the community mourns the loss of one of its most cherished ...