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HERTFORD — A Currituck County man has been charged with driving while impaired following a fatal head-on collision in Perquimans County on Monday.
Sentara Albemarle Health Center officials say the hospital is in compliance with federal regulations written to improve price transparency for patients, despite a report released last week showing it's not compliant with one key regulation.
The leader of the local NAACP chapter, speaking at the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March and Unity Service Monday afternoon, warned that voting rights in the country are under attack.
CAMDEN — Starting Tuesday, Camden County school students and staff will have the option not to wear a mask, but only if the quarantine rate at their school doesn’t rise above 10%.
Despite the pandemic, North Carolina has seen a record number of new businesses created in the past year.
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The world is saying it’s goodbyes to Betty White, John Madden and Dan Reeves, but I’d like to use this space to tell you about another accomplished individual we just lost. His name is Sam Jones, he’s from right here in North Carolina and his story is an incredible one.
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands — Elizabeth City State University’s men’s basketball team didn’t have to do anything Sunday — except show up — to claim the trophy for winning the inaugural YES U.S. Virgin Islands Basketball Classic tournament.
I cannot believe it’s almost 2022.
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WILLIAMSTON — Camden High School’s varsity boys basketball team relied on solid defense, clutch free throws and three players in double figures to defeat Riverside 50-44 and win the Wash House Laundromat Christmas Classic at Riverside High School Tuesday.
WILLIAMSTON — Camden’s varsity boys basketball team made nine 3-pointers but needed four big free throws in the final 15.7 seconds to seal a 56-52 victory over SouthWest Edgecombe in the first round of the annual Wash House Invitational Christmas Tournament Monday night at Riverside High School.
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Americans know that something is up.
Nearly everything Sen. Elizabeth Warren tweeted about Elon Musk was wrong. Scratch the word “nearly.” Everything was wrong.
If you want to understand Joe Biden’s emerging political strategy, just listen to Mike Rounds.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Georgia Tuesday to push their party’s bill to federalize U.S. election procedures on terms favorable to Democrats. “We are going right to the belly of the beast, or ground zero, for voter suppression, voter subversion and obstruction,” senior White House official Cedric Richmond told Politico.
From July 2020 to July 2021, there was a net inflow of 637,729 Americans into these top-five destination states: Florida, Texas, Arizona, North Carolina, and South Carolina. During the same period, there was a net outflow of 918,443 Americans from these top-five exporter states: California, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Louisiana.
They buried Eugene Louis Lankford Jr. Christmas week last month.
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As we start fresh in a new year most people start with new year’s resolutions. The most common are health-related ones like eating healthier, exercising more, losing weight, or even quitting a habit like smoking.
“I will sing of lovingkindness and justice, to You, O Lord, I will sing praises. I will give heed to the blameless way.” — Psalm 101: 1-2
The Albemarle is filled with architectural treasures, though they are often overlooked and forgotten. In every one of our counties there are places of wonder, if you just give them a chance.
In 1 Corinthians 12:27-31, Paul the apostle makes a statement. He states that we are members individually in the body of Christ.
I have spent most of my life wanting to be great.
The Dominion Energy Foundation has awarded the College of The Albemarle Foundation a $10,000 grant to expand the college’s offerings in science, technology, math and engineering, and to offer its STEM outreach programs in additional counties.
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Biltmore United Methodist Church of Asheville, North Carolina, is for sale.
GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Gaston County pets in need of shelter against harsh wintertime weather can now get some help.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Two witnesses told police that a man shot by an off-duty North Carolina deputy jumped onto the hood of the deputy's truck, videos released Friday show.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina congressman said an effort by voters to block his candidacy by citing a constitutional amendment preventing insurrectionists from serving will fail and is part of a scheme to target “America First patriots” who backed former President Donald Trump.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A judge on Thursday granted a request from the police chief of a North Carolina city to release body camera video recorded in the aftermath of the shooting death of a Black man by an off-duty sheriff's deputy.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The legal fight over North Carolina's redistricting plans shifted quickly to the state Supreme Court the day after trial judges refused to throw out the new maps. By Wednesday, nearly half of the justices had been asked by lawyers to stay out of upcoming deliberations be…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Roy Cooper gave former North Carolina Chief Justice Cheri Beasley his full-throated endorsement for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, attempting to secure a smoother path for her to become the Democrats' nominee to wrest a seat held by a Republican since 2005.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judicial panel refused Tuesday to throw out redistricting maps drawn by the Republican-controlled General Assembly, rejecting arguments that the lines were illegal because they were politically stacked for the GOP.
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DALLAS (AP) — The tight-knit congregation at a Texas synagogue where four people were held hostage by an armed captor during a 10-hour standoff over the weekend traces its roots back to a gathering organized over 20 years ago by a handful of families who were new to the area.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Funeral services were held Monday for nine children and three adults who died in a Philadelphia fire five days into the new year, the deadliest blaze in the city in more than a century.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin has surrendered his cellphone to authorities as part of the investigation into a fatal shooting on a New Mexico film set last fall, a law enforcement official said.
ATLANTA (AP) — Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr., delivering jobs and justice and protecting "the sacred right to vote, a right from which all other rights flow,” President Joe Biden said Monday.
GENEVA (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday that his country will send an additional 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine to other countries, calling for global cooperation to tackle the pandemic and other challenges while urging other powers to discard a "Cold-War mentality” — a v…
COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — U.S. and British authorities Monday continued an investigation into the weekend standoff at a Texas synagogue that ended with an armed British national dead and a rabbi crediting past security training for getting him and three members of his congregation out safely.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suspected drone attack claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeting a key oil facility in Abu Dhabi killed three people on Monday and sparked a separate fire at Abu Dhabi's international airport.
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic returned home Monday after being thwarted from defending his Australian Open title only to face a new predicament: He could be barred from the French Open this year, too, if he’s still not vaccinated against COVID-19.
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