City Manager Rich Olson is proposing almost $800,000 in raises for Elizabeth City employees next budget year, arguing that amount is needed to offer competitive salaries and fill vital positions.

Elizabeth City has found and fixed waterline leaks losing the city almost 1.6 million gallons of water a month, and a city official says even more leaks may be found in the weeks to come.

State of­fi­cials tasked with fight­ing cli­mate change suggested Tues­day North Carolina is making early progress in meeting Gov. Roy Cooper’s goals to re­duce green­house gases and pro­mote en­ergy ef­fi­ciency.

CAMDEN — A number of Camden County residents who frequent the county’s senior center say they like its facilities, programs and staff.

EDENTON — Edenton police have issued an arrest warrant for a suspect in last week’s stabbing death that they’re describing as “extremely dangerous.”

The N.C. Department of Transportation has closed two area roads — one in Pasquotank County, the other in Camden County — to complete maintenance work.

GREENSBORO — The second of two suspects charged in connection with the shooting death of an Edenton man in Bertie County last month has been arrested in Greensboro.

Most area counties support returning control of the annual school calendar to local school boards.

EDENTON — It was a party organizers are hoping will be remembered a long time, maybe as long as the local architecture it was held to help preserve.

In a step toward making Elizabeth City better for pedestrians, the city has won a state grant to figure out where the city needs more sidewalks and other improvements.