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Tuesday, July 07, 2020
The region's health department is reporting the first COVID-19-related death in Camden County.
A Moyock family was rescued Monday after their boat began taking on water and sinking in Currituck Sound.
The city of Elizabeth City really hasn’t made any progress yet collecting on past-due utility accounts.
Elizabeth City electric customers began receiving new “smart” meters last month as the city begins a six-month project to replace all 13,000 residential and commercial meters.
HERTFORD — The director of the Edenton Historical Commission has left the agency to become the new executive director at the Albemarle Commission.
Some local recreation entities are accepting registrations for summer and/or fall athletic programs.
EDENTON — The Edenton Steamers picked up their third loss of the 2020 season and third consecutive loss to the Tidewater Drillers 15-7 on Thursday night at Historic Hicks Field.
Conference USA released the Old Dominion men’s and women’s basketball league play schedules on Tuesday afternoon.
If I had predicted a year ago that Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck would retire, that the best receiver in the NFL, Antonio Brown would be out of football, and that a relatively unknown LSU quarterback named Joe Burrow would be the No. 1 pick in the college draft, you all would ha…
EDENTON — The Edenton Steamers lost to the Old Dominion Hitters 14-8 Tuesday night at Hicks Field.
The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has selected the Chowan University men’s and women’s swimming teams for Scholar All-American honors.
Opinion
Tuesday, July 07, 2020
President Donald Trump was asked in May by a reporter: "Do you wish you had done anything differently concerning the coronavirus?" "No," was his answer. At the time, there had been nearly 100,000 deaths and more than 1.5 million cases of COVID-19 in our country. (There are now nearly 130,000…
Asked by a reporter that given his age, 77 years, if he’d been tested for any mental decline, the presumptive Democratic nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, responded by declaring, “I can hardly wait to compare my cognitive capability to the cognitive capability of the man I’m running against.”
If you are among the minority of North Carolinians who haven’t supported the expansion of parental choice in education over the past two decades — in the form of charter schools, open enrollment among district schools, and aid to private-school students who have special needs or modest household incomes — the challenge of COVID-19 presents you with an excellent opportunity to reconsider your position.
As the insanity from the left continues with its push to defund and abolish the police, it’s time for every sane American to stand up for our men and women in blue.
Sunday, July 05, 2020
In July 1864, Confederate forces led by General Jubal Early attacked Fort Stevens and Fort DeRussy on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. Union forces drove them away after two days of skirmishes, but the battle threw a scare into the capital city and constituted a high point in the Confederacy's Shenandoah Valley campaigns.
The events of recent weeks — beginning with the tragic police murders of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks and culminating in the most diverse coalition of protesters for equal justice that this nation has ever seen — have opened color-blind eyes and tone-deaf ears. Congress must seize this moment to address systemic racism in America.
Features
Sunday, July 05, 2020
Many of you are probably looking for family friendly activities to do during this time.
The board of advisers of the Currituck-Dare Community Foundation is currently accepting grant applications from nonprofits serving needs in the local community.
Irene Ward recently retired from the Pasquotank County Library after 40 years.
Friday, July 03, 2020
Editor’s note: This is a recent sermon delivered by the Rev. Marc O’Neal, pastor at Camden United Methodist Church, Trinity United Methodist Church-South Mills, and Sharon United Methodist Church-South Mills.
In the world of science there is no more prestigious institution than Cambridge University’s Cavendish Laboratory. It is home to more than two centuries of Nobel Prize-winning research, including the discovery of the structure of DNA. Inscribed over its entrance of this institution are these…
When the Rev. Benny Oakes and his wife and four daughters sit around the dinner table each evening, they, like many other families during the COVID-19 pandemic, use the time to reflect on the day.
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