The IBX Insurance Agency is growing into a new location on U.S. Highway 17 South, in a sign of success for the family-owned and operated business.

If all goes well, IBX will open the doors to its newly-built office building by Thanksgiving, IBX President Gina Wharton said in an interview last week.…

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Adams Publishing Group, LLC, announced this week that it intends to acquire Wisconsin-based Bliss Communications, including two daily newspapers — The Gazette in Janesville and The Eagle Herald in Marinette — and its weekly community newspapers —…

What has wheels, an umbrella and smells awesome?

The answer: Blasters World Famous Hot Dogs cart, owned and operated by George Decker.

Decker opened the mobile hot dog stand earlier this spring. On Friday, he was serving up all beef hot dogs in the parking lot at Mariners’ Wharf. 

His…

Ernest Banks' craft is helping people put their best foot forward – literally – and he's brought that craft back to downtown Elizabeth City.

HERTFORD — The owners of the Crawfish Shack in Perquimans County have won approval to operate their 250-seat, 2,600-square-foot special events venue as a home-based business.

A popular downtown antiques store is closing, but only temporarily.

W. Jason Waughtel has been promoted to senior vice president, regional executive for Southern Bank’s Coastal Region, which includes the Outer Banks region, Edenton and Elizabeth City.

A native of Virginia, Waughtel attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg,…