News Stories
Two boaters reported missing and the subject of a U.S. Coast Guard search have been safely located, the Coast Guard said in a press release Friday.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday's outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.
EDENTON — Citing inflation and rising material costs, officials now say the new John A. Holmes High School will cost $75 million — $25 million more than the project’s construction budget agreed to by Chowan and school officials last fall.
Pasquotank commissioners approved a $52.9 million general fund budget for next year that reduces the county’s property tax rate by 15 cents and gives county employees a 3% pay raise.
An experienced community arts professional has been hired as the new executive director of Arts of the Albemarle.
Elizabeth City is one of three North Carolina cities tapped for a “Music City” pilot program designed to help municipalities develop a music-based economy.
Local Events
Lennie Rosenbluth passed away last week. If you don’t know who that is, you’re not alone but I’m here to tell you why he mattered to so many of us.
When Rachel Balkovec was a fourth grader in Omaha, Nebraska, she announced that she wanted to be the first female to do something. She wanted to make an impact on the world.
EDENTON — The Edenton Steamers won their fourth straight with another high-scoring victory, this time over the Greenbrier Knights, 13-4. This is the third time in four games the Steamers have scored double-digit runs. The win now puts the Steamers in a tie for second place in the Premier Col…
For 53 baseball games this spring, Camden-native Drew Copeland played college ball at Mid-Atlantic Christian with teammates like Jalyn Lee, Caleb Whitley, Alex Miller, Josiah Collado and Wyatt Owens.
EDENTON — The Edenton Steamers beat the Clayton Clovers at Historic Hicks Field, 3-2. It’s the Clams third straight win, and their third three-game win streak of the season.
A handful of northeast North Carolina’s top high school baseball players had the chance to team up and compete against other areas of the state over the last week.
Opinion
Reading the column by Holly Audette in the June 11-13 expanded edition of The Daily Advance, I was struck by her critical stance toward her neighbors and fellow Americans. Although she invited readers to fact-check what she wrote, I could not discern any facts, statistics, or cited reference…
Per a new report from Gallup, the percentage of Americans now saying they believe in God is the lowest since they first started doing the survey.
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the word balance. We refer to a well-balanced life as one with equilibrium between work, family and recreation. A well-balanced diet includes a proper mix of the food groups. In government we talk about the balance of power, indicating that the three branches — legislative, executive and judicial — have checks and balances so that no one branch becomes too dominant. Balance is a good thing.
A judge has asked federal prosecutors whether they will seek the death penalty against the white man accused in the killing of 10 Black people in Buffalo, NY, on May 14.
“It is said that if you are not a part of a solution then you must be a big part of the problem.”
On Tuesday, two columnists in your paper strongly advocated for laws which would restrict our 2nd Amendment right to “keep and bear arms.” This shows a remarkable lack of knowledge about our founding fathers’ distrust of government and the importance of the citizenry to protect themselves an…
Features
The following students were named to the A and A/B Honor Rolls at Camden Intermediate School, Camden Middle School, Camden Early College and Camden County High School for the final nine-week period of the 2021-22 school year.
Elizabeth City Habitat for Humanity has received a $15,000 grant from Sentara Cares for its new home repair program for low-income senior homeowners in Pasquotank County.
All is lost. The Israelites have been conquered, humiliated and forced to be servants for the people of Persia, and this isn’t the first group that has overtaken them.
We’ve heard that “no man is an island,” which is an excerpt from the poem, “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” by John Donne, a 17th century English writer, poet and clergyman.
Elizabeth City State University student Tracey Dotse remembers receiving a number of rejection notices when she first started applying for internships.
“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness. ... For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions, for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the sam…
State AP Stories
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court gave Republican legislative leaders in North Carolina a win Thursday in a fight over the state's latest photo identification voting law.
HOPEWELL, Va. (AP) — All four inmates who escaped a minimum-security prison satellite camp in Virginia over the weekend are now back in custody, the U.S. Marshals Service and Federal Bureau of Prisons announced Wednesday.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 but is continuing to work from home while experiencing mild symptoms.
ONSLOW, N.C. (AP) — Carter Jones was watching YouTube videos on bees when he brought up the idea of making honey to his father, Randall Jones.
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Researchers from the University of Colorado are studying the Great Smoky Mountains' synchronous fireflies to determine whether understanding the way they communicate could help with developing robot communication.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Around North Carolina’s state legislature this month, the most compelling conversations revolve around the identical Osborne triplets, who are always together, work for the same state senator, sometimes answer in unison and often can be distinguished only by the pattern …
HOPEWELL, Va. (AP) — Four inmates escaped from a federal prison's satellite camp in Virginia, officials announced Saturday morning.
Chuck and Terry Nowiski lived in their country-style farmhouse with a wrap-around porch for 36 years before it flooded. After hurricanes Matthew and Florence, they said “yes” to the state's offer to buy their place and tear it down.
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National & World AP Stories
Stocks racked up more gains on Wall Street Friday, as the S&P 500 had its best day in two years and just its second winning week in the last 12 to provide a bit of relief from the market's brutal sell-off this year.
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — A year ago in the middle of the night, a 12-story oceanfront condo building in Surfside, Florida, came down with a thunderous roar, leaving a giant pile of rubble and claiming 98 lives — one of the deadliest structure collapses in U.S. history.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman who called 911 to report a possible sexual assault in the alley behind her home is scheduled to be released from prison next week, months after his murder conviction was overturned and he was resentenc…
Religious Americans are deeply divided in their views on abortion, and reactions from faith leaders ranged from elation to anger after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that made abortion legal nationwide.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision allowing states to ban abortion stirred alarm Friday among LGBTQ advocates, who feared that the ruling could someday allow a rollback of legal protections for gay relationships, including the right for same-sex couples to marry.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion. The ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states, although the timing of those laws taking effect varies.
GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — Tents, food and medical supplies rolled into the mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan where thousands were left homeless or injured by this week’s powerful earthquake, which state media said killed 1,150 people. A new aftershock Friday took five more lives and …
Juul on Friday asked a federal court to block a government order to stop selling its electronic cigarettes.
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