Nash Community College and the Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a meetin… Read moreArea officials discuss workforce development
Rosa Pittman of Rocky Mount took a chance on a $10 Fast Play ticket on Thanksgiving Day and … Read moreArea woman wins lottery jackpot
“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
Police could be seen putting crime scene tape up in front of the entrance to the Walgreens p… Read moreRobbery reported at Walgreens at Sunset and Buck Leonard
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
A North Charleston, S.C., man is behind bars after having been caught on Nov. 28 outside a c… Read moreDeputies nab man with stolen rescue vehicle
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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
N.C. Wesleyan University’s Sigma Alpha Pi chapter of the National Society of Leadership &… Read moreN.C. Wesleyan students inducted into leadership society
While the holiday season brings good cheer to most people, it also brings a lot of solid was… Read moreHelp reduce waste during holiday season
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
Authors James Allen Bailey and Margaret Boykin Bailey recently held a book-signing event for… Read moreNew book recounts history of Bailey
With the remaining weeks left in 2022, we’re officially in the final stretch of the year. Read moreTake steps to end 2022 right for new year success
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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.”
Eight years into a U.S. program to control damage from feral pigs, the invasive animals are still a multibillion-dollar plague on farmers, wildlife and the environment. They've been wiped out in 11 of the 41 states where they were reported in 2014 or 2015. And there are fewer in parts of the other 30. But in spite of more than $100 million in federal money, officials estimate there are still 6 million to 9 million hogs gone wild nationwide and in three U.S. territories, doing at least $2.5 billion a year in U.S. damages. Estimates in 2014 were 5 million hogs and $1.5 billion in damages. Experts say the bigger figures are due to better estimates, not increases.
Police in Raleigh, North Carolina, have released body camera video from a shootout with a 15-year-old boy suspected of fatally shooting five people and wounding two more. Police spent several hours searching for the armed suspect after the rampage seven weeks ago. The teen was ultimately found in a shed behind a residential property. The newly released video images show officers surrounding the structure. Multiple shots ring out from the building, and officers return fire. The video also shows Raleigh Police Officer Casey Clark being shot in the right knee and then dragged to safety behind another building.
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Oil prices are down, and demand is lagging. It's a problem for the OPEC+ alliance of oil-producing countries, which is scheduled to decide Sunday how much oil to ship to the global economy. There's a lot of uncertainty about how much oil global commerce is going to need. China is having more trouble with COVID-19 and there are fears of recessions in the U.S. and Europe. On top of that, there's uncertainty over the impact of new Western sanctions on Russian oil over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Analysts say oil ministers from countries including Saudi Arabia and Russia could make a cut or leave things unchanged.
The head of U.S. intelligence says Russia’s war against Ukraine is running at a “reduced tempo” and suggests Ukrainian forces may have the upper hand in coming months. Avril Haines said Russian President Vladimir Putin “is becoming more informed of the challenges that the military faces in Russia.” But she said it's unclear whether he has a “full picture” of the challenges. She said her team expects that both sides will look to refit, resupply, and reconstitute for a possible Ukrainian counter-offensive in the spring. In recent weeks, Russia’s military focus has been on striking Ukrainian infrastructure and pressing an offensive in the east, near the town of Bakhmut.
The World Cup has become a political lightning rod in Qatar. So it comes as no surprise that soccer fans’ sartorial style has sparked controversy. Fans from around the world have refashioned traditional Gulf Arab headdresses and thobes at the first World Cup in the Middle East. Western women have tried out hijabs. England fans have donned crusader costumes. The politically-minded have made statements with rainbow accessories in a country that criminalizes homosexuality. Fan fashion has drawn a range of reactions from locals in the tiny Muslim emirate that has seen nothing remotely like the spectacle of the World Cup before. The outfits have elicited amusement and excitement in some cases. They have brought backlash in other instances.
HONG KONG (AP) — China on Sunday reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic restrictions following increasingly vocal public frustrations.
