A round-up of all things Perquimans County.
Saturday, January 23, 2021
National News
King came by his voracious but no-frills manner honestly.
Thursday, January 21, 2021
A round-up of all things Perquimans County.
Because state officials never agreed to North Carolina’s biennium budget for 2019-21, millions of dollars earmarked for Elizabeth City State University are now gone, state Sen. Bob Steinburg says.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Hertford Town Council
Hertford Mayor Earnell Brown offered a statement to counter accusations made against her during a recent Town Council meeting.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Breaking News
HERTFORD — Seventy-five Hertford residents were able to return to their homes Monday evening roughly four hours after being evacuated because of a natural gas leak.
Saturday, January 16, 2021
I-87 News
Financial shortfalls have forced the N.C. Department of Transportation to delay construction on many parts of the proposed 213-mile Interstate 87 project from Raleigh to Virginia, a move that will push back the $1 billion project by several years.
COVID-19 Updated
Following guidance from state health officials, Albemarle Regional Health Services planned to expand COVID vaccinations to persons 65 and older starting Monday, the agency said Friday.
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Perquimans High School
Perquimans County Schools Foundation announces the availability of the 2021 Roy and Sobelia Winslow International Travel Grant for PCHS Students/Graduates.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Hertford Town Council
Hertford Town Councilman Quentin Jackson announced Monday that he has filed a lawsuit against Mayor Earnell Brown and that he seeks a public hearing to censure her.
Friday, January 08, 2021
HERTFORD — Almost 50 years after the Perquimans County Restoration Association began the restoration of the oldest brickhouse in the state, two contributors to a new book on the property say the organization is still learning about the site.
Interested citizens of Hertford and Perquimans County are invited to a public input site (see below) and public meetings where the consultants and your elected representatives and staff will listen to the concerns and goals of citizens for improving and expanding housing, creating jobs, expa…
EDENTON – NC Senator Bob Steinburg (R-Chowan) was appointed to serve on the following committees by Senate President President Pro Tem Phil Berger, effective immediately and throughout the 2021-22 biennium:
Thursday, January 07, 2021
GREENVILLE — Northeastern North Carolina's congressional delegation condemned protesters who fought with police and breached the Capitol building on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump for the first time acknowledged his defeat in the Nov. 3 election and announced there would be an “orderly transition on January 20th” after Congress concluded the electoral vote count early Thursday certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
Local law enforcement agents had a busy year investigating incidents of gun violence reported in Hertford and Perquimans County during 2020.
Congressman Greg Murphy, R-3rd District, voted to object to certifying the Electoral College vote.
Wallace Nelson, Chairman of the Perquimans County Board of Commissioners and a member of the Albemarle Regional Health Services Board of Directors, received the Covid-19 vaccine from the Vidant Bertie Hospital Occupational Health Nurse, Debbie Bragg, on December 29.
Wednesday, January 06, 2021
Forty-three years ago this week Hertford’s normalcy and calmness were suddenly interrupted at 7:55 AM on Tuesday, January 10, 1978, with an explosion at Winslow Oil Company.
Congressman Greg Murphy, R-3rd District, joined 37 of his Republican colleagues today (Wednesday) in releasing the following statement ahead of the Electoral College vote:
