Eight people received stiff sentences in U.S. District Court after a partnership between law… Read more
Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone was quick to make clear that punishment in U.S. District Cou… Read more
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A local day care center operator will be spearheading a social marketing campaign about chil… Read more
Vaccination rates in Edgecombe County are among the lowest in the state, but a new incentive… Read more
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High school sports are on track to begin in a couple days. Read more
For eight innings on Wednesday night, Tarboro’s River Bandits trailed Fuquay-Varina’s Twins … Read more
With the conclusion of the Piedmont Collegiate League’s regular season on Wednesday night, p… Read more
The coaching staffs for the North Carolina Coaches Association East-West football game and t… Read more
The Rocky Mount Rockets found plenty of success during the recent club national championships. Read more
Tarboro’s River Bandits swept a doubleheader with Greenbrier on Sunday night to clinch the P… Read more
The arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines brought great hope in the battle against the deadly pandemic that has affected our way of life for nearly a year and a half. Now, more than seven months into the largest vaccination effort in history, the data and science is clear: the vaccines are effective, but only if people get their “dose of hope.” Read more
Over the years, presidents have leaned on their predecessors for help in the White House. Lyndon Johnson, for example, asked Harry Truman for assistance to win approval of Medicare. More often, however, they have kept their distance. Read more
Let’s say there’s an outbreak of deadly parvovirus in your neighborhood. Your beloved golden retriever Red, however, goes into a full-scale panic attack at the sight or smell of a veterinarian. You know the disease is highly communicable and potentially fatal. Read more
President Joe Biden recently passed his six-month mark in the White House. It might end up being the high-water mark of his presidency. Read more
This is becoming another summer that didn’t quite happen. It follows the bum summer of 2020, which was canceled by COVID-19. Read more
I’m not even sure what the other party is called these days. Read more
Rock the Mount is a traditional celebration at N.C. Wesleyan College held each fall to welco… Read more
For 43 years, members of the Phillips/Bricks Alumni Association have met during the Memorial… Read more
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire Saturday, after President Joe Biden's administration extended the date by a month. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool k…
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — After her work as a substitute teacher in New York City dried up, Ameena Ahmed got a welcome $4,200 boost last summer in federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday decided to reverse course from guidance he issued last week and will now urge all K-12 public school students and staff to be masked, even if they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's health department will require workers, volunteers and others at 14 state-run health care facilities to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Sept. 30 unless they qualify for a medical or religious exemption, according to a memo.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state’s highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to federal health data released Saturday, as its theme park resorts again started asking visitors to wear masks indoors.
ISTANBUL (AP) — Panicked tourists in Turkey hurried to the seashore to wait for rescue boats Saturday after being told to evacuate some hotels in the Aegean Sea resort of Bodrum due to the dangers posed by nearby wildfires, Turkish media reported.
BERLIN (AP) — China and India have missed a U.N. deadline to submit fresh plans for cutting their greenhouse gas emissions in time for the global body to include their pledges in a report for governments at this year's global climate summit, officials said Saturday.
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada state employees who aren’t fully vaccinated for COVID-19 must take weekly virus tests starting Aug. 15.
