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A community activist recently pleaded for City Manager Rochelle Small-Toney to reconsider he… Read more
A man arrived at Nash UNC Health Care suffering from gunshot wounds this weekend not long af… Read more
A documentary that premieres today takes viewers on a grassroots organization’s 40-year camp… Read more
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Vidant Edgecombe Hospital is accepting letters of intent for the Community Benefit Grants Program. Read more
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The season is only three games old, but the Rocky Mount High School girls basketball team ha… Read more
The Big East 2A/3A Conference has announced its all-conference football team for the 2021 se… Read more
The N.C. Wesleyan College men’s basketball team fell 79-51 on the road at Lynchburg Universi… Read more
Success is its own expectation for the Tarboro High School football team. Read more
The N.C. Wesleyan College women’s basketball team rolled to a conference road win over Salem… Read more
Despite a rustic and slow start for Rocky Mount High girls’ basketball team, the Gryphons wo… Read more
The Kyle Rittenhouse verdicts have confirmed my absolute faith in our system of justice, whi… Read more
When a Civitas Institute poll came out showing Governor Roy Cooper’s approval rating two points underwater, Republicans rejoiced. They had been predicting an imminent decline in Cooper’s public support essentially from the day he took office, and here was confirmation — albeit five years and a successful reelection campaign later — that their foe on Blount Street had seen his chickens return to the roost. Read more
The state of Washington has it. California has it. Michigan has it. Oklahoma has it. Nebraska has it. Arizona has it. Florida, New Hampshire, and Idaho have a version of it. Read more
From the dumb messaging of “defund the police” to fear-mongering over critical race theory, extreme ideas and rhetoric from the left and right have become, for too many, litmus tests of loyalty. If one party is for it, everyone in that party must be for it; if the party is against it, everyone in the party must be against it. This rigid loyalty is obliterating the common ground where compromises achieve progress. Read more
While you’re giving thanks this week, take a moment to express your gratitude to the generous folks who are helping to receive and resettle Afghan refugees. They represent the very best of the American spirit: good-hearted and open-minded, a spirit that might flicker and fade in Washington, D.C., but that flourishes in communities across the country. Read more
This country had really taken a turn for the worse under corrupt and authoritarian leadership. Read more
N.C. Wesleyan College recently welcomed Joselyn Blount to its Office of Adult Studies team. Read more
The Downtown Enfield Restoration and Preservation Association is sponsoring the eighth Chris… Read more
The pandemic changed the holiday retail environment last year with many Rocky Mount business… Read more
Edgecombe Community College recently announced its Student Ambassadors for 2021-22 Read more
It’s officially the holiday season, and we can’t forget the importance of recycling. Read more
James “Jay” Sullivan has been named vice president of instruction and chief academic officer… Read more
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PILOT MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) — Fire crews in North Carolina are working to control a fire in Pilot Mountain State Park that has already burned hundreds of acres.
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — University of Maine researchers are trying to produce potatoes that can better withstand warming temperatures as the climate changes.
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The Dayton Board of Zoning Appeals has approved the city’s request to demolish a 129-year-old historic building that once was the site of the Wright brothers’ first bike shop.
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Three people were shot and wounded Friday during an apparent fight between two groups at a North Carolina mall crowded with shoppers on the day after Thanksgiving, the police chief said.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The omicron variant was already in the Netherlands when South Africa alerted the World Health Organization about it last week, Dutch health authorities said Tuesday, adding to fear and confusion over the new version of the coronavirus in a weary world hoping it had left the w…
NEW YORK (AP) — Maggie Gyllenhaal's Elena Ferrante adaptation “The Lost Daughter" won four Gotham Awards including best feature film at the 31st Gotham Awards, the annual New York independent film celebration that serves as a boozy kickoff to Oscar season.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran struck a hard line Tuesday after just one day of restarted talks in Vienna over its tattered nuclear deal, suggesting everything discussed in previous rounds of diplomacy could be renegotiated.
