State Briefs: Residents of a northeastern North Carolina county should step up efforts to counter a proposed Navy landing field, according to the county manager.

State Briefs: A congressman has asked the Navy to drop a North Carolina site from consideration for a proposed military landing field because of local opposition.

The Navy said Wednesday that it will continue to pursue plans to build a practice landing field for its jet fighters by preparing environmental impact statements for five possible sites in two states.

State Briefs: Several dozen Gates County residents told Gov. Mike Easley they don't want a Navy jet practice landing field.

It shaped up like a classic David-and-Goliath battle -- a coalition of Eastern North Carolina farmers, housewives, small-town politicians and bird lovers versus the forces of the U.S. Navy, the sprawling Virginia Beach metropolis and powerful Virginia politicians.

Navy looking for practice flight site.

The U.S. Navy is dropping plans to build a jetway for aircraft pilots to practice landings in Washington County, focusing instead on two potential sites in northeastern North Carolina and three in Virginia.

A North Carolina congressman said the U.S. House has eliminated the Navy's authority to build a jet practice landing field in Washington County.

State Briefs: U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole and Gov. Mike Easley are setting aside a dispute over a proposed jet landing field in North Carolina to ensure that any Navy project has local support.

After the governor singled out the senator about the Navy's plan for an airfield, she faults him.

Gov. Mike Easley singles out the senator and says she is letting down people in Gates and Camden counties who oppose the Navy's plans for a jet landing strip.

Residents of Camden and Gates counties said the Navy's plans to build a practice airfield would damage the rural quality of life in the northeastern corner of the state.