News Stories
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
No timeline or process has yet been established for naming the next superintendent of the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools after Superintendent Catherine Edmonds departs March 1.
A five-block area that includes Elizabeth City’s last remaining concentration of waterfront industrial buildings could become the city’s seventh National Historic District.
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
A Carteret County man has been charged in connection with a fatal traffic collision in Pasquotank County last week in which two Gates County women later died.
For the second time since October, a member of the Camden Board of Elections has been removed from office for making public statements either in support or opposition to political candidates.
A former Pasquotank county commissioner is making a push to get a park named in memory of his late father back open after it was closed last year after being damaged by several storms.
There may be skepticism about COVID vaccines some places in America, but the Albemarle isn’t one of them.
The North Carolina Volleyball Coaches Association released the players who were selected to the all-Region high school teams on Monday.
Every year people all over the world notify the authorities of sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, UFO’s as we like to refer to them.
Currituck County, First Flight, Northeastern and Pasquotank County high schools competed in the Northeastern Coastal Conference swimming championship meet Saturday at Albemarle Family YMCA in Elizabeth City.
The Mid-Atlantic Christian men's basketball team defeated Blue Lights College 101-92 in overtime Saturday afternoon to remain undefeated on the season.
The Currituck County High School boys’ basketball team defeated Pasquotank County 49-45 Friday night at Pasquotank County High School.
KERNERSVILLE — Currituck County and First Flight had athletes compete in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 2A cross country state championship meet Friday afternoon.
Opinion
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Almost 11 months to the day after Sen. Richard Burr made a series of controversial stock transactions raising questions of potential inappropriate use of insider information — and hours before Donald Trump’s term as president was ending — the FBI said it was closing an investigation into the matter without any charges.
Almost 11 months to the day after Sen. Richard Burr made a series of controversial stock transactions raising questions of potential inappropriate use of insider information — and hours before Donald Trump’s term as president was ending — the FBI said it was closing an investigation into the matter without any charges.
Voice of America can’t have it both ways.
Voice of America can’t have it both ways.
Actor Ben Affleck once explained why he found it difficult to watch Republican actors on screen. “It’s ... hard,” explained Affleck, “to get people to suspend disbelief. ... When I watch a guy I know is a big Republican, part of me thinks, I probably wouldn’t like this person if I met him, or we would have different opinions. That (expletive) fogs the mind when you should be paying attention and be swept into the illusion.”
Actor Ben Affleck once explained why he found it difficult to watch Republican actors on screen. “It’s ... hard,” explained Affleck, “to get people to suspend disbelief. ... When I watch a guy I know is a big Republican, part of me thinks, I probably wouldn’t like this person if I met him, or we would have different opinions. That (expletive) fogs the mind when you should be paying attention and be swept into the illusion.”
Features
Saturday, January 23, 2021
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for…
Editor’s note: The following is a condensed version of a recent sermon by Towne South Church of Christ Lead Minister Brad Giffin.
“First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.” — I Timothy 2:1-2.
A word used a lot by Christians is “repentance,” but I wonder what that really means to us.
Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools officials have transferred a significant portion of state coronavirus relief funds to pay for chromebooks, iPads, classroom supplies and other costs associated with educating students amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new Museum of the Albemarle exhibit pays homage to an occupation that played a key role in the history of northeastern North Carolina.
State AP Stories
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly is returning to Raleigh two weeks after meeting briefly to elect chamber leaders for the next two years.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the North Carolina Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the North Carolina Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the North Carolina Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
ATLANTA (AP) — The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were:
FULTONDALE, Ala. (AP) — A terrifying nighttime tornado that blasted through suburban Birmingham, trapping entire families in the remnants of shattered homes and killing a teenager sheltering in his basement, left a trail of destruction Tuesday that stunned even longtime residents used to Ala…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Belk, the North Carolina-based department store chain which has catered to generations of shoppers for nearly 190 years, announced Tuesday that it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has overpaid tens of millions of dollars in jobless benefits since the COVID-19 pandemic to people who don’t actually qualify for them or who have committed fraud, the state’s unemployment program director told legislators on Tuesday.
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National & World AP Stories
BRUSSELS (AP) — AstraZeneca has pulled out of meeting with the European Union to discuss delayed vaccine commitments to the bloc, an EU official said.
Answering growing frustration over vaccine shortages, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. is ramping up deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks and expects to provide enough doses to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer or early fall.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An Illinois teen accused of killing two people during unrest in Wisconsin and the teen's mom were fixated on social media comments about them in the hours after his August arrest, newly released police video shows.
MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of Russian parliament on Wednesday quickly approved the extension of the last remaining nuclear arms control pact days before it’s due to expire.
Stocks are mixed in Europe and Asia as markets focus on the Federal Reserve policy meeting that ends Wednesday.
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted Wednesday with a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 1,600 meters (5,250 feet) down its slopes.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Tova Friedman hid among corpses at Auschwitz amid the chaos of the extermination camp's final days.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States says all soldiers from Eritrea should leave Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region “immediately.”
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