The Walgreens pharmacy at Sunset Avenue and Buck Leonard Boulevard in the northwestern part … Read morePolice seek suspect in robbery of Walgreens at Sunset and Buck Leonard
“Fantastic Little Paintings” by artist Bob Ross is set to adorn the walls of The Mims and Gr… Read moreDates announced for Bob Ross exhibit at Dunn Center
Rosa Pittman of Rocky Mount took a chance on a $10 Fast Play ticket on Thanksgiving Day and … Read moreArea woman wins lottery jackpot
Nash Community College and the Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a meetin… Read moreArea officials discuss workforce development
A man with a prior record is jailed in connection with the fatal shootings of a woman and a … Read morePolice charge suspect in double homicide
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The song “You Need A Ride to Raleigh” by the 1970s rock band Nantucket blared out of the pre… Read moreYOU NEED A RIDE TO RALEIGH? Tarboro, Northern Nash advance to state title games
Jalil Everette and Chandler Mitchum made North East Carolina Prep School (NECP) baseball his… Read moreNECP baseball duo inks college pacts
If you know your NASCAR history you’ll find these trivia questions ridiculously easy. If you… Read morePonder this NASCAR trivia
Rocky Mount High School’s varsity basketball teams emerged with a nonconference sweep over H… Read morePrep Basketball: Gryphons sweep Hertford County; RMA splits
The Rocky Mount High School boys and the Southern Nash High School girls were the overall te… Read moreINTO THE POOL: RM Boys, Southern Nash girls win opening swim meet
One matchup features a pair of 14-0 teams who will battle it out in a heavyweight clash of t… Read morePrep Football: Knights, Vikings host Eastern Regionals
What is sure to be one of the weirder moments of the 2024 presidential campaign has just taken place before the campaign is even fully underway. Read moreByron York: Trump got played in Mar-a-Lago dinner
For the next few weeks, Washington faces a brief, and important, window of opportunity. Suspended in time between an election that’s just over and another that’s already starting, the lame duck session of Congress has a critical question to answer. Read moreSteven Roberts: Maybe a lame duck can quack
Good-bye, Dr. Fauci. You did your job while under attack from the worst sort of people. Read moreFroma Harrop: Fauci proved no good deed goes unpunished
Back when my wife and I moved to the country, many of our citified friends were alarmed. One well-meaning fellow even questioned if I’d be safe out in rural Perry County, Arkansas, given my political apostasy. (Trump won 75% of the 2020 vote there.) Read moreGene Lyons: This 'city mouse' misses the country
I want to believe that Ukrainians in time will push the Russians out of their country. We have a prime example of a nation that did just that back in the 1980s, Afghanistan. I see Ukraine being able to do the same. Read moreGary Franks: Is it time for U.S. to throw in towel for Ukraine?
I love being in the presence of smart, articulate and visionary folks, even on a rainy, unseasonably cool mid-November evening. A large crowd gathered at Wait Chapel on the campus of Wake Forest University for their acclaimed Face-to-Face lecture series. The featured speaker was noted author and NY Times foreign affairs columnist Tom Friedman. Read moreTom Campbell: Friedman's talking points make you think
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N.C. Wesleyan University’s Sigma Alpha Pi chapter of the National Society of Leadership &… Read moreN.C. Wesleyan students inducted into leadership society
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Students in Nash Community College’s Physical Therapist Assistant Club are giving back to th… Read moreNCC student club contributes to community
Edgecombe Community College and East Carolina University have joined forces to provide ECC n… Read moreECC, ECU launch new nursing program
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Two power substations in a North Carolina county were damaged by gunfire in what is being investigated as a criminal act. A spokesman for Duke Energy said at a news conference with local officials on Sunday that the damage caused the night before could take days to repair. Power was out for roughly 37,000 customers Sunday. In response, officials announced a state of emergency that included a curfew from 9 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday. County schools will be closed Monday. Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields says authorities have not determined a motivation.
The Supreme Court is about to confront a new elections case that could dramatically alter voting in 2024 and beyond. A Republican-led challenge is asking the justices for a novel ruling that could significantly increase the power of state lawmakers over elections for Congress and the presidency. The court is hearing arguments Wednesday in a case from highly competitive North Carolina, where Republican efforts to draw congressional districts heavily in their favor were blocked by a Democratic majority on the state Supreme Court. The question for the justices is whether the U.S. Constitution’s provision giving state legislatures the power to make the rules about the “times, places and manner” of congressional elections cuts state courts out of the process.
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — There are six days to go before Thanksgiving, so Josh Pettit’s Mooresville home isn’t yet adorned with a single Christmas decoration. But it sure looks like Santa’s been here recently.
The nation’s largest public utility is recommending replacing an aging coal burning power plant with natural gas, ignoring calls for the Tennessee Valley Authority to speed its transition to renewable energy. TVA on Friday announced the completion of its environmental impact statement for replacing the Cumberland Fossil Plant near Cumberland City, Tennessee. TVA says in a news release that solar and battery storage would be more costly and time-consuming than gas. The recommendation still needs the approval of TVA President and CEO Jeff Lyash. He has previously spoken in favor of gas. The announcement drew immediate backlash from groups that include the Center for Biological Diversity, which calls the plan “reckless.”
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China is easing some of the world’s most stringent anti-COVID controls and authorities say new variants are weaker. But they have yet to say when they might end a "zero-COVID“ strategy that confines millions of people to their homes and set off protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign. Commuters in Beijing and at least 16 other cities are allowed to board buses and subways without a virus test in the previous 48 hours for the first time in months. The government announced plans to vaccinate millions of elderly people. That spurred hopes for quick reopening of the country. But health experts and economists warn it will be mid-2023 and possibly 2024 before “zero COVID” ends.
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The leader of the United Arab Emirates made a surprise visit on Monday to Qatar as it is hosting the World Cup — his first since leading a yearslong four-nation boycott of Doha over a political dispute that poisoned regional relations.
Sudan’s ruling generals and the main pro-democracy group have signed a framework deal meant to take the country to its next elections but key dissenters have stayed out of the agreement. It pledges to establish a new, civilian-led transitional government and offers a path forward in the wake of Sudan’s stalled transition to democracy following the October 2021 coup. The deal — the first of at least two planned accords — was signed by Sudan’s two top generals and the largest pro-democracy group, Forces of Freedom and Change, in Khartoum on Monday. But several of Sudan’s key dissenters have boycotted the deal, including Sudan’s grassroots pro-democracy network, which has continually refused to negotiate with the ruling generals.
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Nelly Korda and Lexi Thompson are representing the LPGA Tour this week in the QBE Shootout. Next year, they will have plenty of company.
