Communities in Pitt and surrounding counties received a share in $127 million in statewide loans and grants to help pay for critical drinking water and wastewater projects, Gov. Roy Cooper announced.

The grants and loans come from sources including the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan…

ELIZABETH CITY — A man charged with felony accessory is suspected of helping his daughter cover up a near-fatal assault on her boyfriend, police say. 

Clarence Ray Bundy Jr., 46, and his daughter, Hannah Renee Bundy, 21, both of the 1100 block of Lynch’s Corner Road in Elizabeth…

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The news stories and photos from a Berrien County, Georgia, puppy mill are half past maddening: In recent days, authorities have removed more than 700 dogs from the wretched facility. Rescuers reported that the dogs had been living in tiny crates stacked one atop another. Many of…

East Carolina baseball’s game versus UNC Wilmington scheduled for Wednesday in Greenville was postponed to April 23 because of inclement weather.

No. 14 ECU (15-6) also does not have a midweek game next week, leaving the Pirates to focus on their American Athletic Conference series against…

Plenty of East Carolina football fans were disappointed when defensive standout Nate Harvey was not granted an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA over the weekend, but offensive lineman Branden Pena did receive a medical hardship waiver, and he already has proven to be valuable during the…

A couple of things often overlooked during a baseball no-hitter or perfect game can be: What happens with the ball after the final out and also the catcher’s role in the rare feat.

East Carolina’s Jake Kuchmaner, who threw a perfect game Sunday at Maryland in retiring all 27 Terrapins…

If the ECU chancellor search would follow the guidelines that Calvin Mercer outlined in his letter to the editor published Wednesday, I believe the outcome would be a highly qualified new leader and an enhanced national reputation for ECU.

This assessment is based on my involvement in numerous…

My name is Kennedy Tate, I am in 11th grade and I am a Boy Scout with Troop 30 at Jarvis. I am writing this letter to express my concerns about the Green New Deal proposal. I do believe in the preservation and conservation of the Earth. However, the GND does this in an ineffectual and costly manner.…

According to CNN Business, "Facebook, YouTube and Twitter struggle to deal with New Zealand shooting video."

"Deal with" is code for "censor on demand by governments and activist organizations who oppose public access to information that hasn't first been thoroughly vetted for conformity to their…

GREENSBORO — State judicial officials say a North Carolina judge has been suspended with pay, although no official reason has been given.

Sharon Gladwell of the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts said in an email that Chief Justice Cheri Beasley ordered a temporary suspension of…

When Andrew Gould began designing a sanctuary for Holy Ascension Orthodox Church in Charleston, South Carolina, he started by creating an imaginary backstory for the parish.

Instead of beginning with a circle of Orthodox families and converts in 1996, the art historian and architect imagined that a…

Cool, clean salads may not seem appropriate for March, when the weather wobbles between the tentative spring rays of sunshine and the stubborn gray remnants of winter. But maybe that's why this salad is perfectly timed.

You can apply the cliches "less is more" and "what you see is what you get,…

Seven months ago, I wrote a column about discovering a serious vitamin deficiency that was at least one apparent cause of significant changes in my mood and behavior.

When I wrote it, I had just been sent home after three awful weeks in the hospital, and I figured the worst was behind me.…

"Did tonight's meal kit get delivered yet?"

I'm trying to recall how many times I heard my mother say those words.

Oh, yeah, never. It's hard to believe that there was a time not so long ago when you had to go to a restaurant or to a friend's house to eat something you didn't make yourself in your…

One of the great joys of having siblings is living with the knowledge that they will never forget anything you ever have said.

Wait did I say, one of the great joys? I meant one of my biggest worries.

Sometimes it is actually quite fun to recall famous family quotes. My sister Nancy and I spent…