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Tuesday, August 11, 2020
CAMDEN — It’s not known when a washed-out portion of Old Swamp Road in Camden County will reopen, says an official with the N.C. Department of Transportation.
City Council voted 4-3 Monday night to name Elizabeth City police Chief Eddie Buffaloe as the city’s interim city manager.
Monday, August 10, 2020
A heat index of nearly 100F made conditions more difficult for firefighters battling a structure fire at a vacant house in Elizabeth City, Monday.
Fewer North Carolinians have filled out a U.S. Census form this year than did 10 years ago, and Census officials believe the COVID-19 pandemic may be to blame.
City utility customers can again pay their electricity and water bill at City Hall.
NORFOLK, Va. — Old Dominion is canceling its fall sports season because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Great individuals and great basketball players.
Will Rogers had a saying, “Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.”
Dixieland Speedway announced on Wednesday it has suspended racing competition because of state restrictions related to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The NCHSAA provided the following statement from association commissioner Que Tucker to NCHSAA Member Schools Thursday morning in response to North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s press conference on Wednesday.
The American Athletic Conference Board of Directors has announced the conference’s plan and timeline for the start of athletics competition for the Fall 2020 season.
Opinion
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
To hobble the U.S. Postal Service under the guise of “treating it like a business” is to undermine public confidence in yet another vital American institution at exactly the time when confidence is most needed, as much of the nation prepares to vote by mail in the Nov. 3 election.
No American president until Donald Trump suggested the presidential election could be postponed, or that its outcome could be fraudulent. But he has no authority to delay the election, so why did he say it?
Excluding people based on their race, sex or other characteristics doesn’t just keep those individuals from pursuing their dreams. And it doesn’t just violate moral principles of human dignity and equality. It does great harm to others.
This week, the Democratic nominee for president, Joe Biden, will choose a vice presidential nominee. Biden has already committed to picking a woman among a field of about six to eight candidates.
As I lay for nine days in the hospital with COVID-19, far sicker than ever in my life, I found myself more worried and concerned about our country’s lack of leadership and what it’s doing to our people of the United States than about myself.
As I lay for nine days in the hospital with COVID-19, far sicker than ever in my life, I found myself more worried and concerned about our country’s lack of leadership and what it’s doing to our people of the United States than about myself.
Features
Sunday, August 09, 2020
Hats, gloves, coats. Old telephones and typewriters. Vintage furniture. Even a fake leg.
It is undeniable the many ways this current pandemic continues to change our world. The recent disruptions to our daily routines, once seemingly unalterable, have caused many of us to have to adapt to a new “normal.” The uncertainty of our long-term prospects and the necessity to curb and, u…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jennifer Durham, a science teacher at River Road Middle School in Elizabeth City, was one of nine middle school teachers from eight states selected to participate in the National STEM Scholar Program.
Friday, August 07, 2020
The following are upcoming activities at the Camden Center of Active Adults:
Editor’s note: The following is a recent sermon delivered by the Rev. Daniel Mark Cenci of Christ Episcopal Church. It is reprinted here with the author’s permission.
“These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
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