CAMDEN — A Camden County official described as the person who held the county government together in recent years is leaving to take a job with Virginia’s Isle of Wight County.

Stephanie Humphries, who has overseen Camden’s finances for four years and twice served as interim…

CURRITUCK — The Currituck Republican nominated by her party’s executive committee to replace Bobby Hanig on the county Board of Commissioners is hoping the remaining six board members will agree with the panel’s recommendation and appoint her to fill the vacancy.

HERTFORD — Hert­ford of­fi­cials say they will refuse to pay a bill from Perquimans County for 911 ser­vices un­til they get an ac­count­ing of what the charges are for.

CAMDEN — The Cam­den County Sher­iff’s Of­fice is ex­plor­ing pos­si­ble criminal charges against a man who claims he was sleep­ing when he fired a bul­let into an occupied apart­ment above his.

SOUTH MILLS — Participants in the First Day Hike at Dismal Swamp State Park Tuesday got a glimpse of the state’s largest persimmon tree — a registered N.C. Champion Big Tree growing on the banks of the Dismal Swamp Canal.

CAMDEN — A black bear had to be euthanized after being struck by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 17 north of South Mills, Thursday night. 

CAMDEN — 2018 has been quite a year for the Camden County Heritage Museum.

HERTFORD — The same search firm that helped bring Matthew Cheeseman to Perquimans County three years ago as superintendent of schools will now be conducting the search for his successor.

HERTFORD — Town of Hertford utility customers who got a bill this month for 41 days of usage, instead of the typical 30 or 31, will have a little extra time to pay it before they’re subject to having their power cut off.

During a special meeting on Friday that began with controversy,…

SOUTH MILLS — The long-awaited Camden Plantation mixed-use development at the northern end of Camden County is finally on the cusp of site development and construction.

Ken Merner of Virginia Beach, Virginia-based Boyd Homes said this week the goal is to start development in the spring,…