Cheryl Burke

Reporter and photographer, covering education, religion and human and animal interest. contact me at [email protected].

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Motorcyclists prepare to ride Saturday in the 9/11 Ride for the Warriors, which started at VFW Post 8986 in Newport. Motorcyclists and vehicle clubs rode throughout the county in memory of those who lost their lives in terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. (Cheryl Burke photo)

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Volunteers load donated school supplies into a bus Friday at Walmart as part of Stuff the Bus. School supplies will be collected through Sunday at Walmart and Staples in Morehead City and distributed to students in need Wednesday at Parkview Baptist Church. (Cheryl Burke photo)

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Carteret Community College graduates file into the Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City for commencement exercises Friday. (Cheryl Burke photo)

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Croatan High School English teacher Sherri Meadows holds the keys to an electric Chevy Blazer she will drive for a year after being named the 2025 Carteret County Public Schools Teacher of the Year during a luncheon Friday at Carolina Home and Garden. (Cheryl Burke photo)

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Teri McAllister of Jacksonville receives the Imposition of Ashes during an Ash Wednesday service Wednesday at All Saints Anglican Church in Newport. Ash Wednesday begins the 40-day season of Lent leading to Easter. (Cheryl Burke photo)

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Retired teacher Bonnie Ferneau reads a Dr. Seuss book to Morehead City Primary School first-graders Wednesday in celebration of Read Across America. (Cheryl Burke photo)

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This blue and gold ribbon, the colors of East Carteret High School, fly Wednesday from a sign at Miss Gina’s Fresh Shrimp in Beaufort, to show support for the school, which lost four students to a plane crash Sunday in Drum Inlet. Four adults also died. (Cheryl Burke photo)

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@useTMX I did take the photo. Will need to check with editor first to grant permission. Sorry for delayed response. Will let you know in morning if still interested.

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This camellia bush is covered with ice Saturday morning after an ice storm hit Eastern North Carolina Friday night and Saturday. (Cheryl Burke photo)

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Ice covers the leaves of this bush in the yard of a Broad Creek resident Friday afternoon as a winter storm impacts Carteret County with freezing rain. (Cheryl Burke photo)

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Thé Carteret County public school system is switching to remote learning Tuesday and Wednesday due to COVID-19 safety precautions. Schools will also be out Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

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The Carteret County Board of Education unanimously approved keeping masks optional in schools during its meeting Tuesday night in the school system’s central office in Beaufort.

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Thé drive-thru live Nativity at First United Methodist Church in Morehead City has been rescheduled from Sunday until 5 to 7 p.m. Monday due to the inclement weather.

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I covered American Cancer Society Relay for Life tonight and lit this luminary in memory of my sister-in-law Bertha, the greatest fighter I knew. Her light still shines. For survivors, keep fighting.

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American flags fly at Katherine Davis Park in Morehead City on Fourth of July as part of Flags for Heroes, sponsored by Morehead City Rotary Club. (Cheryl Burke photo)

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Carteret Community College graduate Tiffany Musser of Newport rides in style as she waits to receive her degree during drive-thru commencement exercises Friday. (Cheryl Burke photo)

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Carteret Community College graduate Justin Hudnell waits with his dog and family to receive his degree during drive-thru commencement exercises Friday. (Cheryl Burke photo)

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Walmart in Morehead City was evacuated at noon Saturday due to a bomb threat. First responders are on scene and people were evacuated to the parking lot of Lowe’s Home Improvement.

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This baby mockingbird takes its first hop out of its nest Saturday morning in the yard of a Broad Creek resident. (Cheryl Burke photo)