Registration is now open for archery, pottery, adult painting and a police and fire camp in … Read more
A Rocky Mount man is in critical condition at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville after … Read more
Two men from the Dallas-Fort Worth area are behind bars, each under a $25 million bond, afte… Read more
The Nashville Town Council unanimously voted at its Tuesday night meeting not to renew its c… Read more
A man and a woman, both with prior records, are behind bars on charges of trafficking in her… Read more
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Rocky Mount Little League is the host of the North Carolina District 4 Little League Basebal… Read more
The name Bill Brodrick probably wasn’t terribly familiar to many NASCAR fans from 1969 throu… Read more
Lennie Rosenbluth passed away last week. If you don’t know who that is, you’re not alone, bu… Read more
The No. 8-ranked North Carolina Wesleyan University men’s tennis program received three of t… Read more
Everywhere I go these days, someone will stop me and ask about my sports team allegiances. Read more
The Tarboro River Bandits (10-2, 4-1) split a doubleheader with long-time rival Wake Forest … Read more
Have you been following the court case Biden v. Texas? It’s not in the headlines every day, but court filings in the case are giving us the best picture yet of what the Biden administration is doing on the U.S.-Mexico border. And the news is very, very bad. Read more
J. Michael Luttig is an orthodox conservative and loyal Republican, appointed to the federal bench by President Bush 41 and often mentioned as a possible Supreme Court nominee. So when he appeared before the Congressional committee investigating the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, his words of warning carried extra weight. Read more
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The debate over gun restrictions bothers me for two seemingly contradictory reasons. Read more
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday made a decision of rare importance, concerning not a pandemic illness but the country’s leading cause of preventable death: smoking. It is crucial the White House stick up for what would be the FDA’s most assertive antismoking policy ever — one that will inevitably meet severe resistance. Read more
As far as I’m concerned, Joe Biden is a national hero: the savior of our democracy, and as decent a man as has ever occupied the Oval Office. They ought to put up his statue on courthouse squares across America. Read more
Each year, the Nash Community College Nursing program honors an outstanding Associate Degree… Read more
The IRS has just issued new standard mileage rates as of July 1 for vehicle use for business… Read more
During the second week of June, nine students from Rocky Mount High School’s Air Force Junio… Read more
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Summer is in full swing at Braswell Memorial Library. Read more
N.C. Wesleyan University recently welcomed its new Provost, Joseph “Joe” Lane. Read more
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Churches across the U.S. are tackling the big question of how to address homelessness in their communities with a small solution: tiny homes.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — After debuting last summer, the dinosaurs at Sweet Valley Ranch are ready to wake from their slumbers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court gave Republican legislative leaders in North Carolina a win Thursday in a fight over the state's latest photo identification voting law.
HOPEWELL, Va. (AP) — All four inmates who escaped a minimum-security prison satellite camp in Virginia over the weekend are now back in custody, the U.S. Marshals Service and Federal Bureau of Prisons announced Wednesday.
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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares advanced Monday after Wall Street ended a rare winning week, capped by a 3.1% gain on Friday for the benchmark S&P 500. U.S. futures and oil prices also were higher.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Twenty years after Israel decided to build its controversial separation barrier, the network of walls, fences and closed military roads remains in place, even as any partition of the land appears more remote than ever.
TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese government warned of possible power shortages Monday in the Tokyo region, asking people to conserve energy as the country endures an unusually intense heat wave.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon could not find the words. Gabriel Landeskog cracked a smile and a joke.