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 ...

One of the highest honors a citizen of North Carolina can receive — the highest one can receive directly from the governor, in fact — is the Order of the Longleaf Pine. This award is granted ...

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 ...

People like to start fires,” said Robert Scheller, a forestry and environmental resources professor at N.C. State. “We’re ...

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 ...

In eastern North Carolina, fires helped maintain Long Leaf pine forests. In the state’s Piedmont and in Western North Carolina, fires helped oak trees thrive. “What we’re seeing now ...