Three candidates in the past two days announced their intentions to launch election campaigns. Read more
Candidate filing for the 2022 elections will begin next week. Read more
North Carolina’s No. 2 elected statewide official Thursday evening urged a large gathering a… Read more
A 29-year-old man is charged with attempted first-degree murder in connection with a man hav… Read more
“It’s cold outside. Put your coat on!” How many children have grumbled at the sound of those words? Read more
The Impact Center at Word Tabernacle Church will sponsor a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open … Read more
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- Local drug dealer sentenced to federal prison
- Gunshot victim arrives at hospital after police respond to shooting
- New assisted living facility nears opening in Tarboro
- Man involved in I-95 chase, crash has extensive record, other cases still pending
- Man shot in Berkshire residential area
- Man found shot in Southeast Rocky Mount
- Lawmakers approve legislation inspired by city audit
- Police charge two in fatal Thanksgiving shooting
- Longtime city clerk to take early retirement
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The Tarboro High School football team is returning to the state championship game for the fi… Read more
There will not be a shot clock for high school basketball in North Carolina for the foreseea… Read more
Tarboro High School’s football team has won three state championships in the past four seaso… Read more
The Rocky Mount boys used a big scoring edge in jumps to claim first place in the Franklinto… Read more
The N.C. Wesleyan College women’s basketball team showed their muscle in defeating East Divi… Read more
Cold shooting, turnovers and no answer for Deontay Joseph proved to be the downfall of the N… Read more
Well, the liberals have achieved another milestone, and a quite monumental one, I might add. Read more
Two tiresome realities about being president of the United States: First, everybody blames you for things over which you have little or no control, such as the worldwide price of oil and international shipping schedules. Should there be too few electronic geegaws on store shelves to pacify American teenagers this Christmas, it will be Joe Biden’s fault. Read more
Cruel as this may sound, I’m having a hard time cringing at the internet trolls now going after noisy right-wingers who propagandized against the coronavirus vaccine and then succumbed to the deadly disease. Read more
When then-Congressman Jim Martin ran for governor in 1984, he sought to combine Reagan-era thinking about free markets with the practical approach to government he’d learned two decades earlier as commission chairman of North Carolina’s most-populous county, Mecklenburg. Read more
Consider this: President Trump is the one that initiated the process to having a vaccine tod… Read more
The Supreme Court is deliberating on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Read more
Edgecombe Community College was recently named a semifinalist for the prestigious 2023 Aspen… Read more
The Nash County Public Schools social worker team recently organized and sponsored a distric… Read more
Nolan Bailey, 16, said he chose to enroll in the Career and College Promise program at Nash … Read more
The Turning Point Workforce Development Board has approved local implementation of a health … 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
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PILOT MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) — A wildfire at Pilot Mountain State Park has burned 1,100 acres (445 hectares) and was about 80% contained Thursday, according to the North Carolina Forest Service.
Federal prosecutors said Thursday that a North Carolina woman deserves a prison sentence for bringing her 14-year-old child into the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed on Thursday legislation that would bar officials from counting mail-in absentee ballots received after Election Day, even if their envelopes were postmarked on or before that date.
The Marine Corps demolition specialist was worried — about America, and about the civil war he feared would follow the presidential election.
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National & World AP Stories
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Most Americans know about atrocities endured by Native Americans after the arrival of European settlers: wars, disease, stolen land. But they aren’t always taught the extent of the indiscriminate killings.
LUMAJANG, Indonesia (AP) — The highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java spewed thick columns of ash, searing gas and lava down its slopes in a sudden eruption triggered by heavy rains on Saturday. At least one villager died from burns and dozens were hospitalized.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Pope Francis warned Saturday that the “easy answers” of populism and authoritarianism are threatening democracy in Europe and called for fresh dedication to promoting the common good rather than narrow, nationalist interests.
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A judge imposed a combined $1 million bond Saturday for the parents of the Michigan teen charged with killing four students at Oxford High School, hours after police said they were caught hiding in a Detroit commercial building.
