WILMINGTON, North Carolina, May 3 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Michael F. Easley Jr., issued the following news release: Johnathan Aquavious Heath, a/k/a "Booty," age 43, of Goldsboro was sentenced to 252 months in prison for his leadership role in a drug trafficking organization bringing significant quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine, crack, heroin, and fentanyl in the Goldsboro area. "There are serious consequences for those that are trafficking danger  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 3 -- The U.S. Army Special Operations Command issued the following news: By Christopher E. Howard, USASOC History Office Twenty years ago, on March 20, 2003, a U.S.-led coalition launched Operation Iraqi Freedom to remove Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from power. This was the second major military operation of the war on terrorism, following Operation Enduring Freedom, the successful unconventional warfare campaign in Afghanistan. However, unlike OEF, Army Spec  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will hold meetings to update private landowners and the general public on the Red Wolf Recovery Program, including revitalized recovery efforts for the species, the status of recovery efforts in the eastern North Carolina Red Wolf Population area, and future planning efforts for the recovery of the species. With interest in the Red Wolf   more