News Stories
Monday, October 26, 2020
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A graduate of Elizabeth City State University who's managed the town of Enfield the past two years has been named Elizabeth City's new city manager.
More than $100,000 has been raised to assist the Coast Guard family that lost three loved ones in an early-morning fire in Buxton early Friday. A total of four people died in the fire.
COROLLA — Currituck Fire-EMS personnel recently put their ocean rescue training to use helping a distressed swimmer return safely to shore.
Elizabeth City Police
Pasquotank Sheriff
HERTFORD — A Virginia Beach man was killed and his passenger injured after their vehicle left the roadway and drove into a large ditch in Perquimans County Saturday night. Jeffrey Neal Jr., 38, died in the accident reported at the intersection of Lake Road and Chapanoke Road around 8:49 p.m.…
BELHAVEN — The Pungo Christian Academy volleyball team defeated Albemarle School 25-6, 25-18, 25-14 Friday night in the quarterfinal round of the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association Class 1A state playoffs at Pungo Christian Academy.
This striper season has started off a little slow with only a few anglers showing off their catches but for the locals we all know there is more fish out there than Facebook would make us believe.
Although Joey Wendle spent one season as a member of the Edenton Steamers, he made an impact with those he met.
The Currituck County High School baseball program is set to host a golf classic to raise funds for the baseball program, Friday, Nov. 6 at Eagle Creek Golf Course in Moyock.
CHARLOTTE — The NJCAA Board of Regents met Thursday to discuss NJCAA student-athlete eligibility for the 2020-21 academic year.
CHARLOTTE — The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), the nation’s oldest historically black athletic conference, has partnered with Cxmmunity, an Atlanta-based nonprofit dedicated to increasing minority participation in the esports and video game industries.
Opinion
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Former president Calvin Coolidge once noted that if Americans first thought of the federal government when they think of the term “government,” that it would harm the fabric of our Republic. Yet, the first thought of most citizens is the federal government when they think of elections or government in general. This too is revealed in the ballot box.
With a little over a week left until Election Day and millions of North Carolina voters having already cast their ballots, the power and importance of voting early has never been more clear.
Republican and conservative journalists and politicos need to avoid a trap when discussing the Hunter Biden laptop story. The trap might be called the “can’t prove untrue” maneuver that we saw from Democrats and their allies in the media when discussing the Steele dossier during the Trump-Russia investigation.
We live in a very dangerous time, when America and countries around the globe are facing illness and death from a worldwide viral pandemic.
Karl Rove, an influential Republican strategist, wrote in The Wall Street Journal that President Trump’s political prospects are “more dire” than they were four years ago. “In such a bizarre year, anything is possible. But possible doesn’t mean likely. As insurance, Republicans better fight like hell to keep the Senate.”
Saturday, October 24, 2020
I support the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Their platform is grounded in science, is forward looking, and prepared to address global warming, the existential threat of our time.
Features
Sunday, October 25, 2020
It’s said if you can remember the ‘60s, you may not have lived through them.
Editor’s note: The following is a condensed version of a sermon delivered on Sept. 11 by the Rev. C Renee Edwards, pastor of Mt. Hermon and Woodland United Methodist churches.
For Kirsten Durren, receiving a state award from the N.C. Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services for hiring the disabled was an honor, but it’s not why her business hires workers placed through the agency.
Saturday, October 24, 2020
The following is the schedule of activities for the Camden Center for Active Adults this week:
Digging up the past has opened the door to 14,000 years of history in North Carolina and allowed the N.C. Office of State Archaeology to identify more than 50,000 historical sites across the state.
A 75-year-old retiree is not the first image that comes to mind when you hear the words “state record holder” and “athlete” in the same sentence.
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