YMCA officials last week cited what’s happening in South Boston, Virginia, as an example of the kind of community support they hope to garner in Elizabeth City for the YMCA at the Pines.

The North Carolina Potato Festival — downtown Elizabeth City's signature event — is less than a month away, and it's poised to once again offer a jam-packed weekend of family fun.

Pasquotank County commissioners have agreed to revisit a proposed ban on hunters allowing their dogs to roam on private property without written permission from the landowner.

A panel established to encourage excellence in the Elizabeth City State University Education Department plans a thoroughgoing assessment of the university’s teacher education program.

Next weekend, Jeffery Hall — the self-named “E City Runner” — hopes to both complete his first marathon and raise at least $1,000 in the fight against childhood cancer and pediatric diseases.

Five of the 26 candidates seeking to be the next representative from the 3rd Congressional District have residences outside the district that includes all or parts of 17 counties in eastern North Carolina.

A new agriculture report shows most Albemarle counties experienced declines in soybean and corn sales that mirrored declines statewide from 2012 to 2017.

Certain nonviolent drug offenders could get lesser or no prison time, under new legislation proposed by state Sen. Bob Steinburg, R-Chowan.

Steinburg and two other Republican senators filed the North Carolina First Step Act, or Senate Bill 404, late last month, which is now moving through…

College of The Albemarle has established a presidential search committee that includes representatives of the four counties that are home to a COA campus.

The search committee is needed because COA President Robert Wynegar has resigned and said he plans to depart by June 30. The COA Board of…