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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
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WASHINGTON — Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that “democracy has prevailed” and summoning American resilience and unity to confront the deeply divided nation’s historic confluence of crises.
New City Manager Montre Freeman told members of the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank County Economic Development Commission Wednesday that he is thankful to be home.
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump pumped his fist and waved as he departed the White House on Marine One Wednesday for the last time as president, leaving behind a legacy of chaos and tumult and a nation bitterly divided.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Jaedon Willis of Chowan and Andrew Gardner of Lees-McRae collected the Conference Carolinas men’s basketball weekly honors.
HERTFORD — It was a volleyball match worthy of a regional final.
Three nights per week, local bowlers enter the doors of Albemarle Lanes with one thing on their minds; rolling that elusive 300 game.
CROATAN — The Currituck County and First Flight cross country teams competed in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 2A East Regional Saturday at Croatan High School.
A determined "band of sisters," the Perquimans County High School volleyball team, has kept their focus through all the distractions that have occurred during the 2020-21 campaign, and achieved a remarkable season.
In the winter when you want to catch a largemouth you have a handful of lures you always go to.
Opinion
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
His name may be a nod to the Founding Father and fourth president, but Rep. Madison Cawthorn is no James Madison.
As the new Biden-Harris administration assumes power, the most basic American freedom of speech and expression is under unprecedented threat.
As an old speechwriter, I’m a close reader of political speeches. Especially important speeches, like Gov. Roy Cooper’s inaugural address.
In an earlier letter to the editor, I posed the question: What will we have in a Biden–Harris administration?
Arnold Schwarznegger, the former GOP governor of California, likened the attack on the Capitol Jan. 6 to the murderous rampage by Nazis during Kristallnacht in 1938. He says, “I grew up in the ruins of a country that suffered the loss of its democracy. Growing up, I was surrounded by broken …
As a pastor in our community, I often ask people what they miss about not being able to gather for worship as we used to before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Features
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Museum of the Albemarle’s collection contains more than 35,000 dimensional artifacts. These range in size from a 29-foot shad boat to clay beads about a quarter-inch in diameter. In most cases they belonged to people who lived in the region from 12,000 B.C.E. to 2000 A.D. We have an extensiv…
Twenty Elizabeth City State University students will have an opportunity to apply for summer 2021 internships thanks to State Employees’ Credit Union’s decision to renew its $100,000 grant to the university.
The following is a condensed version of a sermon delivered last Sunday by the Rev. Carroll Bundy, pastor of New Hope United Methodist Church.
The Christian faith is based on God’s promises that good will prevail, justice will be served, and evil will be overcome. That is all well and good, but our problem is that we have not yet seen that happen.
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fail for it had been founded on the rock.” — Matthe…
Friday, January 15, 2021
After a down year for weddings because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mollie White is looking for nuptials to bounce back in 2021.
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State AP Stories
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the North Carolina Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former North Carolina congressman and state Republican Party leader who lied to FBI agents about a bribery scandal received a pardon from outgoing President Donald Trump in his final hours in office.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the North Carolina Lottery's "Pick 4 Day" game were:
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — These North Carolina lotteries were drawn Wednesday:
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina utility temporarily canceled late fees after finding that its customers were experiencing delays in getting their bills in the mail.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's Department of Public Safety announced on Wednesday it has received about 1,000 doses of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine for inmates and prison staff.
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers:
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Two city councils in North Carolina have unanimously passed ordinances protecting against discrimination for wearing hairstyles such as braids, dreadlocks or afros.
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National & World AP Stories
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares rose Thursday on optimism over the new U.S. administration that earlier set off a rally on Wall Street.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — World leaders welcomed into their ranks the new U.S. President Joe Biden, noting their most pressing problems, including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, require multilateral cooperation, an approach his predecessor Donald Trump ridiculed.
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Cricket Australia has run afoul of the country’s prime minister for refusing to refer to the national holiday in the marketing of three matches on Jan. 26 after a recommendation from its Indigenous advisory committee.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Normally quiet streets around U.S. state capitol buildings have looked more like battlegrounds recently, putting those who live and work there on edge.
BEIJING — China is imposing some of its toughest travel restrictions yet as coronavirus cases surge in several northern provinces ahead of the Lunar New Year.
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Immigrants cheered President Joe Biden's plan to provide a path to U.S. citizenship for about 11 million people without legal status, mixing hope with guarded optimism Wednesday amid a seismic shift in how the American government views and treats them.
TORONTO (AP) — Construction on the long disputed Keystone XL oil pipeline halted Wednesday as incoming U.S. President Joe Biden revoked its permit on his first day in office.
Rare for an inaugural address, President Joe Biden issued a strong repudiation of white supremacy and domestic terrorism seen on the rise under Donald Trump.
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