Lauren Howard

2 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Lauren Howard

The usually vibrant campus of Elizabeth City State University in eastern North Carolina was quiet Wednesday. Isaiah Caldwell, 24, a visitor from Albany, New York, was killed, and six others - including three students - were wounded at Yard Fest, the final event of the weeklong Viking Fest at the historically Black university in Elizabeth City.

4 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Lauren Howard

Following a necropsy last week, scientists said the young humpback whale that washed up in Corolla on the Outer Banks on April 10 suffered from blunt force trauma and that was the likely cause of death. The marine mammal stranding team and North Carolina Aquarium staff found its organs significantly decomposed, and they discovered fractured vertebrae and previous fishery scars from a previous entanglement.

1 month ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Lauren Howard

DARE COUNTY, N.C. - East Carolina University researchers, partnered with the Dare Community Housing Task Force, hosted a series of six open houses to gather community feedback about the county's biggest housing challenges.

Nov 27, 2024 | aza.org | Lauren Howard |Dipl ACZM

Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus Thirty-two Asian elephants and nine African elephants have died from elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) in North America, and more than 200 elephants have died from EEHV across 12 Asian elephant range countries. The individual losses are heartbreaking, and the impact on our elephant populations is not yet fully understood.

Jul 2, 2024 | mynews13.com | Lauren Howard

RALEIGH, N.C. — A new seafood market in Raleigh is trying to provide fresh seafood for the Triangle. Ryan Spekman is the co-owner of Locals Seafood along with Lin Peterson. They focus on selling fresh locally sourced seafood from the North Carolina coast.