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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Pasquotank plans to give the owner of the Confederate monument at the county courthouse one more chance to say where it would like the statue to be moved.
Volunteer fire departments could get used to visits by state Fire Marshal Mike Causey.
Monday, October 19, 2020
Albemarle Regional Health Services is reporting four more COVID-19-related deaths in the region, including the first three at a Bertie County nursing home.
Camden Sheriff
Students returning to J.C. Sawyer Elementary School Monday morning for the first time since March seemed excited about finally being back in the classroom.
Elizabeth City police are seeking a suspect in the homicide of a 20-year-old local man on Sunday.
Even in the face of a worldwide pandemic, the senior bowlers of the Albemarle area were not denied an opportunity to compete for state level bragging rights and took advantage of a rather unique state games event to claim more state games hardware.
The North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association released the brackets for its volleyball state playoff tournaments.
The chatterbait is a lure that had been developing a lot over the past few years but it is basically a cross between a spinnerbait and a jig.
To this day, I remember the comment.
Pungo Christian Academy defeated the Albemarle School volleyball team 25-20, 25-15, 25-13 in the Tarheel Independent Conference high school varsity tournament championship match Thursday evening at Albemarle School.
For the second consecutive year, Pinehurst Resort will host both the Boys and Girls High School Golf National Invitational in 2021.
Opinion
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
The person who manages most of state government’s financial assets — the $107 billion pension fund for state and local employees, for starters — is not an appointee of the governor. The voters of North Carolina elect a state treasurer every four years.
Over the past decade, there’s been a growing militarization of hate groups that call themselves “militias.” These are people driven largely by white-extremists views. Many policy experts believe these people are very distraught about the growing demographic diversity of the United States.
The story about the $15 million check in N.C. Education Lottery proceeds from state Superintendent of Schools Mark Johnson to Edenton-Chowan Schools officials for the new John A. Holmes High School is cause for celebration.
Sunday, October 18, 2020
President Trump has failed America on the most pressing issues facing our country and its people.
Every day, some new poll is published showing Democratic challenger Joe Biden with a big lead over President Donald Trump. Some Trump supporters ignore the news because some of the polls were wrong in 2016. They shouldn’t. The polls are real, and there is no doubt Trump is facing a serious challenge. But those polls don’t tell the whole story. Recently, we have seen a number of indicators to suggest not that the polls are completely wrong, but that the race might change in its final days.
The leaders of the General Assembly are crowing that North Carolina is in better financial shape than New York City and want to be praised for their stewardship of state revenues and fiscal management. Say what? Maybe a “Bronx cheer” would be more like it.
Features
Sunday, October 18, 2020
The following is a condensed version of a recent sermon delivered by the Rev. Carroll Bundy, pastor at New Hope United Methodist Church.
Wendy Bunch Casper waited two and a half years and traveled more than 1,400 miles to meet Fitz.
Saturday, October 17, 2020
McBride movie night
Arts of the Albemarle’s The Center has reopened its McGuire Theater just in time for this year’s Manhattan Short Film Festival.
“If we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins He is faithful and righteous to fo…
“If we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins He is faithful and righteous to fo…
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