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CAMDEN — A small crowd gathered in front of the Camden County Courthouse on Friday to remember those who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the United States.
State Sen. Norman Sanderson told members of the Pasquotank Political Action Committee in Elizabeth City Tuesday night that he expects that voters will need to show a photo ID to cast a ballot in this November’s general election.
Nearly a month after the U.S. Coast Guard commissioned a new aviation command, the Elizabeth City unit has a new commanding officer.
BARCO — When COVID-19 shut down the country two years ago, Regan Parker used some of that time to do a little research.
Fishermen who need to complete and return their commercial and for-hire license and permit renewals for next year won’t be able to drop them off at the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries office in Elizabeth City.
Despite it being their first-ever campaigns for public office, two women who won city council seats in last week’s Elizabeth City election say they weren’t really surprised they did so well.
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On Friday afternoon, due to rain, it was announced Game 2 of the 1A NCHSAA Eastern Regional Championship Series between Perquimans baseball and Bear Grass Charter was rescheduled for Saturday afternoon.
I don’t watch many shows. I watch movies, I watch games and I play games, but unless it’s “The West Wing” or something my 10-year-old wants to see, I’m not watching an episode of “television.”
HERTFORD — Tuesday night was Game 1 of the 1A NCHSAA East Regional Championship Series, so it was fitting that it was the first time this postseason that the Perquimans baseball team really felt some sort of pressure.
Some things should never happen. You don’t spit into the wind, tug on Superman’s cape, or fool around with Mother Nature. Most of all, you should never insult a living legend, the “Houdini of the Hardwood” Bob Cousy.
HERTFORD — Four years ago, Perquimans County High School had never had a girls’ soccer program.
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I am not a liberal.
Memorial Day is, first and foremost, a sacred day on which all Americans should solemnly contemplate the cost of our freedoms. Millions gave their all so that we can enjoy these freedoms.
What were the two most used new words in the news last week?
Warren Buffett famously said, “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.” What the Oracle of Omaha meant was that when markets are booming, people who take unwise risks can still do OK. When conditions go south, those who invested or borrowed recklessly often find themselves exposed to financial trouble.
The Senate passed a $40 billion emergency aid package for Ukraine last week, but with a small group of isolationist Republicans loudly criticizing the spending and the war entering a new and complicated phase, continued bipartisan support is not guaranteed.
In the days after Russia attacked Ukraine, there was a lot of talk among Republicans that Vladimir Putin would not have invaded had Donald Trump still been president. Trump was so difficult to predict, so impulsive, so impetuous, the thinking went, that Putin would not have risked a massive U.S. response under Trump.
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“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget none of His benefits. ... He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.” — Psalm 102: 2,10
When one thinks of North Carolina agricultural products, the first commodity that comes to mind is tobacco. But that’s not the case in the northeastern part of the state. Here, the Irish potato rules.
Having lived in Key West for over two decades, I have a special place in my cinematic affections for the movie “Top Gun.” Not that any of the classic jet-jockey film took place on this southernmost island, but because its co-star Kelly McGillis lived here for years.
As an educator, Kim Robinson had always enjoyed doing creative things. So after retiring in June 2021 after 32 years in the classroom, most of them at Grandy Primary School in Camden, she decided to start a new jewelry-making business.
Memorial Day is here again, and may all of us pause to remember and honor those have who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country.
Twenty-four graduates of College of The Albemarle’s Associate Degree Nursing program received their pins at COA’s 49th annual pinning ceremony May 10.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — On a patch of grass outside the fence that surrounds the community garden at Fred Alexander Park, a cherry tree is dying and Reggie Singleton knows why.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A decade ago, Pat McCrory was king in North Carolina's Republican Party. The former Charlotte mayor became the first GOP governor in two decades when he won in 2012 by 11 percentage points.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein left a Raleigh hospital on Wednesday after being treated earlier this week for what he called a “minor stroke.”
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina government's most powerful Republican elected official threw his weight fully behind Medicaid expansion Wednesday, raising the stakes for an issue lingering in state politics for a decade that could result in hundreds of thousands of low-income adults gett…
The families of four people — including three teens — who died in a February plane crash off the North Carolina coast are suing the companies that owned the plane and employed the pilot, who also died. The suit claims the pilot failed to properly fly the single-engine plane in weather condit…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein said Tuesday he is recovering from a "minor stroke" that prompted doctors to remove a small blood clot.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee is investigating allegations that Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn had a conflict of interest in a cryptocurrency he promoted and engaged in an improper relationship with a member of his staff, the panel said Monday.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Senate Republicans are strongly considering legislation that would expand Medicaid coverage to hundreds of thousands of additional low-income adults. Such legislation would mark a key step in an extraordinary turnabout by GOP members in the chamber set aga…
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KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia asserted Saturday that its troops and separatist fighters had captured a key railway junction in eastern Ukraine, the second small city to fall to Moscow's forces this week as they fought to seize all of the country's contested Donbas region.
Something weird is up with La Nina, the natural but potent weather event linked to more drought and wildfires in the western United States and more Atlantic hurricanes. It’s becoming the nation’s unwanted weather guest and meteorologists said the West’s megadrought won’t go away until La Nina does.
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — The growing offshore wind industry is often touted as a boon for job creation, but who will do the work?
A scientific analysis commissioned by the FBI shortly before agents went digging for buried treasure suggested that a huge quantity of gold was below the surface, according to newly released government documents and photos that deepen the mystery of the 2018 excavation in remote western Penn…
PARIS (AP) — Mohamed Benhalima looks wary and frightened as he is led off a plane at Algiers airport, handcuffed with a security officer’s arm wrapped around him. A team from Algeria’s Rapid Intervention Force then puts him in their vehicle and whisks him to an unknown destination.
STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Europe’s frantic search for alternatives to Russian energy has dramatically increased the demand — and price — for Norway's oil and gas.
PARIS (AP) — It’s the end of an era for the famed Lido cabaret on Paris’ Champs-Elysees.
BEIJING (AP) — On a balmy Sunday night, residents of an upscale Shanghai compound took to the streets to decry lockdown restrictions imposed by their community. By the following morning, they were free to leave.
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