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FEATURE PHOTOS: Hats off to the graduates

• Graduates toss their caps in celebration after the Albemarle School’s graduation ceremony Friday evening.

  • ECSU: 8 arrests made in uninvestigated crimes

    Police have made eight arrests in connection with a backlog of uninvestigated criminal complaints at Elizabeth City State University, campus officials said in a statement Friday.

  • Panel recommends pay increase for city workers

    After sparing city employees from having to contribute to their health insurance premiums, City Council next week will consider giving them a pay raise.

  • Camden schools to spend $1M saving jobs

    CAMDEN — In what Camden officials say is a “one-time-only” move, the county school district plans to draw nearly $1 million from its bank account to save teaching and other jobs for the coming year.

  • Olson to get $15K pay hike

    City Council approved a $15,000 raise this week for City Manager Rich Olson after Mayor Joe Peel said Olson was considering leaving Elizabeth City for another, better-paying job.

  • Becton named interim ECSU chancellor

    Former state appeals court judge Charles Becton will be the interim chancellor of Elizabeth City State University, University of North Carolina President Tom Ross announced Friday.

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Capt. Hastings is going out on top

The commanding officer of the Coast Guard’s Aviation Technical Training Center will be both relinquishing command and retiring from the Coast Guard next month.“It’s kind of like going out on top,” Capt.

N.C. House, Senate plans differ on sales taxes

RALEIGH — N.C. House Republicans offered their own tax overhaul plan Thursday that would reduce personal and corporate income rates like their Senate counterparts but reveals stark differences over the scope of sales tax.

  • N.C. House passes abortion restrictions at deadline

    RALEIGH — North Carolina representatives passed hotly debated new abortion restrictions, including a measure to prohibit insurers joining a future health care exchange from providing abortion coverage, as they pressed against a Thursday deadline to keep bills alive through the end of the session in 2014.

  • Edwards reactivates law license

    RALEIGH — Former presidential contender John Edwards has reactivated his license to practice law and is setting out on the speaking circuit.

  • N.C. Senate approves two major environmental repeals

    RALEIGH — The North Carolina Senate passed two major environmental rollbacks Wednesday ahead of a deadline over objections from Democratic lawmakers.

  • State lawmakers near 'crossover' deadline

    RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly worked Wednesday through dozens of bills — both commonplace and contentious legislation — before a self-imposed cutoff designed to whittle down the topics they can consider through 2014.

  • N.C. NAACP plans to protest again at legislature

    RALEIGH — The North Carolina NAACP plans to risk arrests at the General Assembly with its third consecutive week of protests.

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