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Latest "beaufort" stories
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Sailors, Marines are helping clean up wreckage of crashed F-35 jet
Hundreds of people from various agencies are helping recover what’s left of the aircraft and clean up the area where a Marine F-35 jet crashed Sept. 17.
Wood from Blackbeard’s flagship has become ‘very precious’
Storms, strong currents and shipworms have destroyed all but a few remaining pieces of the famed Queen Anne's Revenge, which capsized 300 years ago.
By Jeff Hampton, The Virginian-Pilot
Blackbeard the pirate goes on ‘trial’ in NC courtroom
A cast of political and legal adversaries met in a Beaufort County courtroom Friday to argue the guilt or innocence of the notorious pirate Blackbeard, 300 years after he was killed in a battle in the waters off North Carolina’s Ocracoke Island.
By Martha Quillin, The (Charlotte, N.C.) News & Observer via AP
Identical twins earn aviator ‘wings of gold’ together
The twins both pinned on their 'wings of gold' last week at NAS Meridian.
By Jon Simkins