News Stories
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
WASHINGTON — House Democrats have announced two articles of impeachment charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
WASHINGTON — House Democrats have announced two articles of impeachment charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Fourth Ward City Councilman Johnnie Walton has been elected mayor pro tem after a plan proposed by two other councilors to split the role never materialized.
Wells Fargo will be closing its downtown branch bank in Elizabeth City on March 4, the company confirmed last week.
More than 100 Pasquotank County voters have obtained a voter ID card from the county Board of Elections that they’ll need to show to cast a ballot in the March 3 primary.
Monday, December 09, 2019
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Multiple area swimmers will try to improve their times to qualify to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 1A/2A East Regional and potentially the state meet in late January and February.
RALEIGH — Northeastern High School head football coach Antonio Moore represented the program at the North Carolina High School Athletic Association football state championship media session Monday morning at North Carolina State University’s Carter-Finley Stadium.
Area wrestlers will vie for individual regional and state championships this winter.
CLINTON — All Northeastern High School head football coach Antonio Moore could do was duck for cover.
WINDSOR — The Albemarle School boys’ basketball team defeated Bethel Assembly Christian Academy 68-65 in a non-conference game Monday at Bethel Assembly Christian Academy.
Local Elizabeth City, Carolina United Soccer Clubs U-15 team the Carolina City Blues participated in the 2019 Trident Cup, sponsored by the Virginia Beach City FC.
Opinion
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
For more than a year, the University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors has tried to resolve a problem that didn’t really exist: What should it do with Silent Sam? The Confederate statue with its racist roots had been topped by protesters on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus in August 2018. Agree with the method or not, Silent Sam no longer was a safety hazard or a source of pain and controversy to the school community.
The Democratic presidential race is ultimately a debate about whether to promise America a revolution or a restoration.
LETTER
A gentleman called me today about a letter to the editor I had written. Needless to say he and I think just alike when it comes to politics.
I am amused by the letter, “Why publish so many of writer’s angry letters?” — an obvious reference to one of your frequent contributors who sends angry diatribes to The Daily Advance lambasting “liberals,” who he says have a “mental disorder.”
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Richard Ebeling, professor of economics at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, and my longtime friend and colleague, has written an important article, “Business Ethics and Morality of the Marketplace,” appearing in the American Institute for Economic Research. It’s importance and timeliness is enhanced by so many of America’s youth, led by academic hacks, having fallen prey to the siren song of socialism.
With her announcement that Democrats will move forward and vote on articles of impeachment, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., may have signed a political death warrant for dozens of moderate Democrats elected in Trump districts.
Features
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Elizabeth City Middle School
The Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Board of Education has approved Superintendent Catherine Edmonds’ recommendation to fill three vacant posts with veteran administrators.
Sunday, December 08, 2019
The FFA teams from five high schools and three middle schools in the region recently donated more than 500 pounds of ground pork to Food Bank of the Albemarle.
For the eight consecutive year, Eric Michael Gillett will headline a team of talented performers at this year’s Benjamin House Christmas Benefit.
We know all too well the words, “You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.”
Saturday, December 07, 2019
ALBEMARLE NEIGHBOR
Jim Day says he discovered his passion for fretwork while making shutters for his home more than 20 years ago.