Wednesday, March 03, 2021
A city councilman said he is “mystified by the level of innuendo” that seems to cast a shado… Read more
A 17-year-old Tarboro male is being held in the Pitt County Juvenile Detention Facility on c… Read more
Edgecombe County’s Board of Commissioners needed less than 45 minutes to zip through a light… Read more
Friends and co-workers of Scott Phillips, whose body was discovered Friday near Grimesland, … Read more
School district administrators on Monday updated the Nash County Board of Education about th… Read more
A Tarboro building that has been vacant for the better part of four decades has been sold. Read more
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Tuesday, March 02, 2021
Rocky Mount is home to the top basketball players in the Big East Conference. And both play … Read more
Thursday, February 25, 2021
The Rocky Mount High and Nash Central football teams looked like they hadn’t played football… Read more
An odd fall sports season without football occupying Friday nights came and went. Now, in a … Read more
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
The Rocky Mount High boys’ basketball team could host at least two playoff games this week a… Read more
Friday, February 19, 2021
Lance Norris is a state champion again. Read more
Thursday, February 18, 2021
When the NCAA ruled last year that all winter and spring athletes would retain a year of eli… Read more
Wednesday, March 03, 2021
Some of you people need to get off the “Stuck on Stupid Train.” It has passed your stop, so … Read more
Tuesday, March 02, 2021
It appears that a lot of liberal and activist pundits, both local and national, are tore out… Read more
Too many North Carolinians lack access to the medical services they need. One possible response, as we have heard incessantly for more than a decade, would be to expand Medicaid under the terms of the Affordable Health Act, with most of the expense to be borne by the (already heavily indebted) federal government. Read more
A national reporter recently wrote a flattering article about Gov. Roy Cooper, but seemed flummoxed by Cooper’s political success. Read more
“You don’t have to be a genius to succeed in politics,” the late Robert F. Kennedy once told a friend of mine. “But you do have to be able to count.” Read more
Sunday, February 28, 2021
We’ve seen a lot of lies regarding the results of the presidential election. Read more
Kendall Edgar wanted to do something to help animals in local shelters. Read more
Interviews can be intimidating, but your first day on the job can sometimes seem even more d… Read more
Illegal dumping is defined as the disposal of waste in an unpermitted area, and it has becom… Read more
Nash Community College is seeking stakeholder input during its regular strategic planning process. Read more
Brandon P. Fleming will be N.C. Wesleyan College’s Spring 2021 Commencement speaker. Read more
Edgecombe Community College recently announced its Student Ambassadors for 2020-21: Read more
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State AP Stories
NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) — A Virginia man has reeled in a 9½ foot bluefin tuna off the coast of North Carolina.
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers:
SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) — An investigation of K-9 training is underway after video showed a North Carolina officer lifting a dog by a leash and slamming the animal into the side of a police vehicle, officials said.
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Despite closing for more than a month because of COVID-19, Great Smoky Mountains National Park experienced its second busiest year on record last year.
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National & World AP Stories
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Wednesday she has launched an investigation into alleged crimes in the Palestinian territories, plunging the court into the midst of one of the most fraught conflicts of the past half century.
Stocks were mostly lower in early trading as another tick up in bond yields gave investors pause. Wall Street continues to look to Washington, where economic data, comments out of the Federal Reserve and President Joe Biden's stimulus package remain front and center.
BAGHDAD (AP) — At least 10 rockets slammed into a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops in western Iraq on Wednesday, military officials said. It was not known if there were any casualties, but the Iraqi military said there were no significant losses.
NEW YORK (AP) — More than one-third of U.S. nonprofits are in jeopardy of closing within two years because of the financial harm inflicted by the viral pandemic, according to a study being released Wednesday by the philanthropy research group Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy.