In the small town of Pollocksville in Jones County, Jay Bender has served as the Mayor for 42 years. On Tuesday night, Mayor ...

Jay Bender has served as mayor for over 40 years in the town of Pollocksville.On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, he came to Town Hall ...

Amidst a comeback for the red-cockaded woodpecker — the South’s not-always-welcome neighbor — a new legal status and ...

The glow of a wildfire is a terrifying sight, but for our forests that fire might not be such a bad thing, since “most of our landscapes need fire,” according to Dr. Robert ...

Environmentalists use crypto technology to trace South Carolina grown wood supply chain data from trees to sawmills to ...

Mayor Bender is now the recipient of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. People who know him ... He wants what is best for Eastern North Carolina.” Whether it was hurricane flood recovery or ...

The boys and girls track state meets return to North Carolina A&T’s Marcus T. Johnson Track, with the 1A and 3A competitions ...

The burn is a part of Orton’s management plan to improve forest health and restore longleaf pine habitat. The Wood Brothers are set to perform at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater this summer. Pender ...

William Timmons, who represents Greenville and Spartanburg in Congress, weighed in on X, formerly known as Twitter. "Tariffs ...

The Green Swamp Preserve, managed by The Nature Conservancy, protects one of the most significant longleaf pine ecosystems remaining in North Carolina. Lake Waccamaw State Park, another Carolina Bay ...