Author: Kenneth Fine

Kenneth Fine is an award-winning journalist who resides in Eastern North Carolina. His early work covering the military saw him travel to New York on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and Afghanistan in 2009 to cover the Global War on Terror. More recently, he co-authored an investigative series that earned national acclaim and was republished in The Guardian and Saveur Magazine. Fine has received dozens of honors from the North Carolina Press Association since 2005, but his most prestigious awards include the 2018 Phil D. Reed Environmental Writing Award, a 2018 Society of Environmental Journalists award, a 2018 Society for Professional Journalists Green Eyeshade Award, and a 2018 Society for Features Journalism award. You can reach him at kfine@newoldnorth.com

August 24, 2025 No Responses

Mount Olive airport operator extended fuel credit to “white card” holders

Despite a records request submitted by New Old North, Mount Olive officials have been unable to produce invoices and proof of payment for tens of thousands of dollars in fuel charge credits extended by the operator of the Mount Olive Municipal...

August 10, 2025 No Responses

State Auditor reports significant violations in Mount Olive Water Department, at town’s airport

A damning report published Thursday by the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor paints Mount Olive as a, at best, poorly run town marred by shoddy bookkeeping practices, financial mismanagement, negligent employees who might be guilty of embezzlement and...

June 29, 2025 No Responses

Fighting for their lives

A 13-year-old was riding her bicycle when she came across a helpless bird. “It was just a baby,” she said. “It was not quite ready to leave the nest, but it had.” The teenager had always loved animals — and...

April 6, 2025 No Responses

“Let it ride.”

Somebody had to take the first shot — to begin an aerial defense campaign that many have since argued prevented an “escalation” in the Middle East that, in the worst-case scenario, could have seen the destruction of one of the...

January 11, 2025 No Responses

Public Notices — Jan. 12, 2025

July 3, 2024 No Responses

Goldsboro loses a giant

Family. In places like Wayne County, that word means so much more than blood ties and a last name. Here, it’s about bonds. And Tuesday evening, thousands of people in this community lost a brother. I feel fortunate to count...

June 30, 2024 No Responses

“I’m a flippin’ hurricane!”

Editor’s Note: Back in January, Pikeville Mayor Garrett Johnston invited two town residents into his home for what turned into a nearly four-hour conversation. The purpose of the meeting was to convince one of the residents to apply for a...

June 7, 2024 one Response

Another broad-daylight murder rattles Goldsboro

Note: We have been covering Goldsboro’s gun violence crisis in our sister print publication, Wayne Week, since our Debut Edition rolled off the press June 12, 2023. In this weekend’s paper, as part of our anniversary edition, we provided an...

March 28, 2024 No Responses

Guilty

His hands and feet shackled, former Wayne County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit Chief Michael Cox shuffled into a federal courtroom just before 10 Wednesday morning. He looked, briefly, across a nearly-empty gallery — one void of the family members who...

March 25, 2024 No Responses

County track stars battle for bragging rights

Athletes from every high school in Wayne County converged on the University of Mount Olive for the Wayne County Track & Field Championships Monday. For the results, follow New Old North here and on our Facebook and Instagram accounts. The...

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