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Vidant Edgecombe Hospital is accepting letters of intent for the Community Benefit Grants Program. Read more
Edgecombe County Clerk of Superior Court Carol Allen White recently hosted the 16th Biennium… Read more
The opening of The Bridges of Hendricks Creek, a 64-bed, 24-hour assisted living facility wi… Read more
The longtime keeper of the Rocky Mount City Council’s meeting records is going to be bidding… Read more
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is scheduled to speak at a fundraising dinner for the Nash County Rep… Read more
Donna Clifton knows what it’s like not to receive a lot of Christmas presents while growing up. Read more
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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
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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
The $1 trillion infrastructure bill President Joe Biden signed into law on November 15 attracted the votes of both Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Washington and has attracted praise from many North Carolina leaders, as well — once more illustrating the fact that bad ideas can also be popular ideas. Read more
This country had really taken a turn for the worse under corrupt and authoritarian leadership. Read more
Remember when Joe Biden ran for president in what commentators called the “centrist” lane of the Democratic primaries? The idea was that a “moderate” like Biden, unlike rival Bernie Sanders, would not push radical plans to completely change American society. Read more
Every time I hear somebody say that America’s contemporary political climate is uniquely violent, I wonder, “Where were you during the Nixon years?” Too young to remember the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy? The Chicago police riot at the 1968 Democratic Convention? The killings at Kent State? A “Weatherman” bomb factory detonating in Greenwich Village? Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army? The 1992 Los Angeles riots ... Read more
“This is not who we are.” 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
Nash Community College recently welcomed Nash County’s state legislative delegation for a ca… 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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Lee Elder, who broke down racial barriers as the first Black golfer to play in the Masters and paved the way for Tiger Woods and others to follow, has died at the age of 87.
BRUSSELS (AP) — Taking an act-now-ask-questions-later approach, countries around the world slammed their doors shut again to try to keep the new omicron variant at bay Monday as more cases of the mutant coronavirus emerged and scientists raced to figure out just how dangerous it might be.
CHICAGO (AP) — Two brothers stand at the center of the case that prosecutors will lay before jurors when the trial of Jussie Smollett begins this week.
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey will step down as CEO of the social media platform, the company announced. He will be succeeded by Twitter's current Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal.
