News Stories
Tuesday, December 01, 2020
County Manager Sparty Hammett recently took a stroll on the public boardwalk behind College of The Albemarle and was impressed with the number of people using it.
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Artistic bike racks will soon be sprouting up around downtown Elizabeth City.
City Council has tabled a city staff proposal to spend up to $47,765 assisting a local nonprofit operate a “White Flag” sheltering program for the homeless this winter.
Monday, November 30, 2020
An employee at Pasquotank County High School recently tested positive for COVID-19, Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools officials said Sunday.
Albemarle Lanes recently held a series of tournaments for the complete range of bowlers, including youth, seniors, recreational bowlers and league bowlers of all abilities.
IRVING, Texas — East Carolina junior Holton Ahlers has been named American Athletic Conference Offensive Player-of-the-Week according to an announcement by the league office Monday morning.
When I am fishing the creeks in the fall one of my favorite targets are docks.
The Perquimans County High School volleyball team continues its success as a program early in the 2020-21 campaign, despite navigating a unique season.
When I am fishing the creeks in the fall one of my favorite targets are docks.
BARCO — The Currituck County High School volleyball team defeated Camden County 25-19, 18-25, 25-19, 25-21 Tuesday night at Currituck County High School.
Opinion
Tuesday, December 01, 2020
At first glance, it is a daunting imbalance. In the 2020 election, President Donald Trump won 2,497 counties across the United States. President-elect Joe Biden won 477.
If the Republican Party were only the party of white men, it would never win an election.
In the White House on Nov. 26, President Trump held a press event where he cast doubt on the validity of the 2020 election and lashed out at a reporter.
Deep down inside, does even the most radical liberal really think Joe Biden won the presidential election? Of course not. Even they know better.
Monday, November 30, 2020
I was really impressed with the Sept. 4 article by Tom Campbell, creator and host of NC SPIN. The heading was “It’s time to reckon with racism.” Tom stated that North Carolina and our nation have a crisis more critical than the pandemic. It is a moral crisis — the crisis of racism. I add that it is systemic racism that is deeply rooted in eastern North Carolina and our state, where there are many who still feel that black lives don’t matter.
Sunday, November 29, 2020
A Greenville man I know recently learned his local pharmacy was no longer ‘in network,’ and that he’d have to choose a new one. He was steered to a limited list of mostly big-box chain pharmacies, which would be a huge change for this man, who has several complex medical conditions and is thus very invested in his close relationship with his local independent pharmacist.
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Sunday, November 29, 2020
Editor’s note: The following is a condensed version of a sermon recently delivered by the Rev. C. Renee Edwards, pastor of Mt. Hermon and Woodland United Methodist churches.
In Elizabeth City, near the intersection of Ehringhaus and Road streets, there is an old house that is quite familiar to most locals, if only for its striking appearance: an imposing symmetrical structure made fantastic by the presence of one of the most delightful porches in Pasquotank Coun…
EDENTON — Edenton Cares recently was notified that its “Neighbor to Neighbor” initiative earned the local group a Small Town America Civic Volunteer Award.
Saturday, November 28, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic prevented local artisans from showing and selling their craftwork at the Albemarle Craftsman’s Fair last month. But cancellation of the annual crafts show didn’t leave craftsmen and women without a place to sell their work.
Eighteen College of The Albemarle students were inducted into the Nu Nu Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society during a virtual ceremony Monday, Nov. 16.
HERTFORD — The Northeastern Workforce Development Board recently presented three posters of #Worklocal Initiative graduates to Perquimans County High School Superintendent Tanya Turner to highlight the program.
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