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Elizabeth City officials are exploring bringing an off-line waste station at the city’s wastewater treatment facility back into service as a way to expand the city’s sewer capacity.
Local fuel retailers were expecting shipments of gasoline Thursday — but some cautioned it could still take a day or so before gas supplies are closer to normal in the wake of this week’s temporary disruption of Colonial Pipeline’s operations.
We appreciate District Attorney Andrew Womble’s declaration several times now that he’s “ready, willing and able” to do his job seeking justice in Andrew Brown Jr.’s shooting death by Pasquotank sheriff’s deputies.
WASHINGTON — In a move to send the country back toward pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday eased indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allowing them to safely stop wearing masks inside in most places.
As gas stations across our region experience shortages it has made delivery of the printed edition uncertain. If you do not receive your physical paper please view the e-edition at dailyadvance.com. If you need help setting up your online access please call customer care at 252.329.9505 or e…
It appears City Council wants to cut City Manager Montre Freeman’s proposed 10-cent property tax rate hike in half.
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Dixieland Speedway will officially begin the 2021-racing season tonight at 8 p.m.
Two pairs of Eagles are in Cary in pursuit of a state tennis championship.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Mid-Atlantic Christian’s John Baker completed play at the United States Collegiate Athletic Association Men’s Golf National Invitational tournament Tuesday.
PINEHURST — Katherine Schuster was not denied her fourth NCHSAA Individual State Women’s Golf Championship, collecting the trophy for the fourth straight year thanks to a 2-under 70 at Pinehurst No. 8 in the 1A/2A Women’s Golf State Championship.
CAMDEN — The Camden County Bruins defeated the Bear Grass Charter School Bears Tuesday night in Camden by the score of 5-1 to win the North Carolina High School Association East Regional Championship of the Class 1A state softball playoffs.
BARCO — Currituck almost did it again.
Opinion
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that births in the USA reached another historic low in 2020.
Sometimes the lines of authority get blurred, especially in government. North Carolina has a current example involving the General Assembly and the State Board of Elections.
I don’t remember a gas shortage during the Trump presidency but we have one now with President Joe Biden being in office only 100 days.
Have you ever wondered what happens to flat-earthers?
A bevy of bills before the state legislature seeks to improve how state and local agencies assist people struggling with mental health crises and related issues. They’re both promising and overdue.
My name is LaToya Parker, and I would like The Daily Advance to submit a noted correction on a letter written by Robert Powell entitled, “In encounters with police, don’t resist arrest.”
Features
After careers as a lab technician and water plant operator in North Carolina’s Piedmont region and then as a missionary to Ghana, West Africa, Wanda Hughes was ready for something different.
Elizabeth City State University’s public radio station WRVS 89.9 FM plans to boost its local news coverage and programming thanks to a $220,000 grant from the U.S. Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
A story on the Perquimans Art League’s new photo essay on Albemarle senior athletes in the Lifestyles section of our weekend edition included the wrong contact information for senior citizens who wish to participate. To make an appointment to have your photo taken, call Harbor Images at 252-…
I love the Bible story of the Prodigal Son in which the father totally forgives an ungrateful son who had taken his inheritance early, left home, and squandered it all on rowdy living, ending up so desperate that in order to survive, he fed pigs — the ultimate disgrace for a Jew.
A plain and small white church built in 1853 was one of the biggest things that had ever happened in Washington County at the time its doors first opened and the Rehoboth Methodist Church still stands pretty much as it did 168 years ago.
Emma Montero, a rising senior at Northeastern High School, has been selected to attend the 2021 North Carolina Governor’s School.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Charles Avery had barely started marching when police arrested him, forced him into a police vehicle and took him to jail for participating in landmark civil rights protests that helped change the nation in 1963. He spent days in custody and then lived decades haunted…
A graphic calling the East Coast fuel supply crunch “Biden’s Gas Crisis.” A tweet speculating that gas stations running dry was an “INSIDE JOB.” A meme depicting the president and vice president cheering about the “Green New Deal” in front of a snaking line at a fuel station.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest fuel pipeline is flowing again after the company that runs it was hit by a gang of hackers. But long lines remain at gas stations throughout the Southeast. That's because drivers are buying more gasoline than they need, draining supplies at filling stat…
A graphic calling the East Coast fuel supply crunch “Biden’s Gas Crisis.” A tweet speculating that gas stations running dry was an “INSIDE JOB.” A meme depicting the president and vice president cheering about the “Green New Deal” in front of a snaking line at a fuel station.
CLEMMONS, N.C. (AP) — Motorists found gas pumps shrouded in plastic bags at tapped-out service stations across more than a dozen U.S. states Thursday while the operator of the nation's largest gasoline pipeline reported making “substantial progress” in resolving the computer hack-induced shu…
NEW YORK (AP) — A man suspected of shooting three bystanders in New York’s Times Square was arrested Wednesday in Florida, four days after the gunfire wounded people including a 4-year-old girl out toy shopping in the tourist haven known as "the “Crossroads of the World.”
CLEMMONS, N.C. (AP) — The nation's largest fuel pipeline restarted operations Wednesday, days after it was forced to shut down by a gang of hackers.
BOSTON (AP) — An outside audit three years ago of the major East Coast pipeline company hit by a cyberattack found “atrocious” information management practices and “a patchwork of poorly connected and secured systems,” its author told The Associated Press.
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TOKYO — Japan is further expanding a coronavirus state of emergency to three additional areas ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
The escalation of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is dismaying American Muslims and Jews who’ve been working to build bridges between their communities and are now struggling to quell fear and anger in their own circles.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians grabbed their children and belongings and fled neighborhoods on the outskirts of Gaza City on Friday as Israel unleashed a heavy barrage of artillery fire and airstrikes, killing a family of 6 in their home. Israel said it was clearing a network of m…
NAXOS, Greece (AP) — In her kitchen, Kyriaki Kapri has enough food to feed an army. Piles of squid for frying, lemons to be quartered, thumb-thick potato wedges to make oregano-sprinkled French fries, and seafood for the dishes famous on the Greek island of Naxos.
TOKYO (AP) — An online petition with more than 350,000 signatures calling for the Tokyo Games to be canceled was submitted Friday to local organizers, the International Olympic Committee and others.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Charles Avery had barely started marching when police arrested him, forced him into a police vehicle and took him to jail for participating in landmark civil rights protests that helped change the nation in 1963. He spent days in custody and then lived decades haunted…
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the stepped-up fighting between Israel and militant Hamas rulers (all times local):
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Protests over George Floyd's killing at the hands of Minneapolis police were raging across the country last June when a Democratic lawmaker took to the floor of the Pennsylvania Senate to argue for greater protections against racial discrimination.
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