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Thursday, January 21, 2021
Construction on a proposed new downtown apartment project could start earlier than planned.
A number local residents expressed hope Wednesday that the inauguration of Joe Biden as the United States’ 46th president would be a step toward national unity and progress.
New City Manager Montre Freeman told members of the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank County Economic Development Commission Wednesday that he is thankful to be home.
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Freshman Kiana Browne said she appreciates the health precautions Elizabeth City State University officials are taking as students return to campus this week amid a continuing rise in COVID-19 infections.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Jaedon Willis of Chowan and Andrew Gardner of Lees-McRae collected the Conference Carolinas men’s basketball weekly honors.
HERTFORD — It was a volleyball match worthy of a regional final.
Three nights per week, local bowlers enter the doors of Albemarle Lanes with one thing on their minds; rolling that elusive 300 game.
CROATAN — The Currituck County and First Flight cross country teams competed in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 2A East Regional Saturday at Croatan High School.
A determined "band of sisters," the Perquimans County High School volleyball team, has kept their focus through all the distractions that have occurred during the 2020-21 campaign, and achieved a remarkable season.
In the winter when you want to catch a largemouth you have a handful of lures you always go to.
Opinion
Thursday, January 21, 2021
It was the summer of 1987 when I first stepped inside the United States Capitol to work instead of visit.
The unquestioned allegiance to Donald Trump by many in the nation’s evangelical movement has been one of the most astonishing and damaging consequences of his presidency.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
His name may be a nod to the Founding Father and fourth president, but Rep. Madison Cawthorn is no James Madison.
As an old speechwriter, I’m a close reader of political speeches. Especially important speeches, like Gov. Roy Cooper’s inaugural address.
As the new Biden-Harris administration assumes power, the most basic American freedom of speech and expression is under unprecedented threat.
In an earlier letter to the editor, I posed the question: What will we have in a Biden–Harris administration?
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Thursday, January 21, 2021
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Museum of the Albemarle’s collection contains more than 35,000 dimensional artifacts. These range in size from a 29-foot shad boat to clay beads about a quarter-inch in diameter. In most cases they belonged to people who lived in the region from 12,000 B.C.E. to 2000 A.D. We have an extensiv…
Twenty Elizabeth City State University students will have an opportunity to apply for summer 2021 internships thanks to State Employees’ Credit Union’s decision to renew its $100,000 grant to the university.
The following is a condensed version of a sermon delivered last Sunday by the Rev. Carroll Bundy, pastor of New Hope United Methodist Church.
The Christian faith is based on God’s promises that good will prevail, justice will be served, and evil will be overcome. That is all well and good, but our problem is that we have not yet seen that happen.
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fail for it had been founded on the rock.” — Matthe…
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MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) — Insteel Industries Inc. (IIIN) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $8.1 million.
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina minister and civil rights leader holds a major role in the traditional prayer service held in conjunction with the inauguration of the new president.
HICKORY, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Marshals Service has offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrests of two suspects accused of fatally shooting a North Carolina woman last week.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the North Carolina Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A single Powerball ticket sold in Maryland is the winner of an estimated $731.1 million jackpot, the first to get the top prize in months.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Twin suicide bombings ripped through a busy market in the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens, officials said.
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 21, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The leadership of DHS announced that today the exit of One Oracle (Growth Fund) and Modern ITX (Early-Stage Fund), DHS announces the second exit in its Early-Stage II Fund with the venture of Limelight ING. This venture is an important …
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 21, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Garden Light LED announces their Micro Series fixtures designed to project powerful light from a small source in areas like stairs and steps, discrete overhangs, handrails, trees, potted plants, water features, and garden landscapes. Availab…
GENEVA (AP) — The United States will resume funding for the World Health Organization and join its consortium aimed at sharing coronavirus vaccines fairly around the globe, President Joe Biden’s top adviser on the pandemic said Thursday, renewing support for an agency that the Trump administ…
BERLIN (AP) — World leaders breathed an audible sigh of relief that the United States under President Joe Biden is rejoining the global effort to curb climate change, a cause that his predecessor had shunned.
PUNE, India (AP) — A fire broke out Thursday at a building under construction at Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, but production of COVID-19 vaccine will not be affected, the company said.
GENEVA (AP) — The Biden administration has taken quick steps to keep the United States in the World Health Organization and reinforce financial and staffing support for it — part of his ambition to launch a full-throttle effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in partnership with the world.
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