News Stories
Sunday, August 09, 2020
SOUTH MILLS — A solar energy developer is eyeing a possible 10-megawatt solar project in the South Mills area of Camden County.
Pasquotank County’s manager plans to recommend the county’s Confederate monument be moved from the courthouse to a private site.
When Encore Theatre Company’s membership received an email from the group’s leadership in March, Elizabeth City’s only community theater group literally had arrived at an existential moment.
Elizabeth City State University presented students moving into campus housing this week with a “Viking Compass” kit that includes items to ensure their safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
COLUMBIA — The state prison system moved several inmates back into the closed Tyrrell Prison Work Farm in Columbia last week. But it’s not clear what impact the move will have on the county that depends on sales of water to the prison for a significant portion of its annual revenue.
A trustee at Elizabeth City State University has been named an at-large delegate for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden at the 2020 National Democratic Convention scheduled for Aug. 17-20 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Great individuals and great basketball players.
Will Rogers had a saying, “Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.”
Dixieland Speedway announced on Wednesday it has suspended racing competition because of state restrictions related to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The NCHSAA provided the following statement from association commissioner Que Tucker to NCHSAA Member Schools Thursday morning in response to North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s press conference on Wednesday.
The American Athletic Conference Board of Directors has announced the conference’s plan and timeline for the start of athletics competition for the Fall 2020 season.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — An Edenton Steamers player earned the Tidewater Collegiate Summer Baseball League’s highest individual award for the 2020 season.
Opinion
Sunday, August 09, 2020
In Aurora climate change is not decades away. It is here, now, and it has flooded my church twice in the last decade. As a minister at St. Paul AME Zion Church and a former marine biologist, I see firsthand the effects of climate change on God’s human and marine creation. I also see the immediate need for resilient policies and institutions that will protect these people and places that I, and my Creator, care for so deeply.
There are three presidential debates scheduled before the Nov. 3 election. The first will be on Sept. 29 at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The second will be on Oct. 15 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida. And the third will be on Oct. 22 at Belmont University in Nashville.
“Congress flails as coronavirus ravages the nation and the economy stalls.”
Why would you not want to see a presidential debate? A debate where you can see how a candidate thinks on their feet and how they handle themselves in a potentially stressful environment.
Friday, August 07, 2020
There’s a little uncertainty about the ceremony for renominating President Trump during the Republican National Convention in Charlotte later this month. On Saturday, a GOP spokeswoman said it would be conducted in private, without members of the press present. She cited the coronavirus as the reason.
Peter Hans officially became president of the UNC University System on Monday. One of his first official acts was to send a message to the employees of our state-supported universities. We thought it significant enough to share with you.
Features
Sunday, August 09, 2020
Hats, gloves, coats. Old telephones and typewriters. Vintage furniture. Even a fake leg.
It is undeniable the many ways this current pandemic continues to change our world. The recent disruptions to our daily routines, once seemingly unalterable, have caused many of us to have to adapt to a new “normal.” The uncertainty of our long-term prospects and the necessity to curb and, u…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jennifer Durham, a science teacher at River Road Middle School in Elizabeth City, was one of nine middle school teachers from eight states selected to participate in the National STEM Scholar Program.
Friday, August 07, 2020
The following are upcoming activities at the Camden Center of Active Adults:
Editor’s note: The following is a recent sermon delivered by the Rev. Daniel Mark Cenci of Christ Episcopal Church. It is reprinted here with the author’s permission.
“These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
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