A group tasked with improving downtown safety is recommending a list of new measures ranging from paid nighttime parking to the placement of porta-johns to address frequent public urination.

The city’s Uptown Safety Taskforce presented the recommendations during a workshop meeting of the…

Work to rehabilitate two sections of Arlington Boulevard will begin to impact motorists in Greenville next week, the city announced.  

Crews will begin the work on the eastbound lanes between Hooker Road and Evans Street first, and closures in that section are scheduled to last until late…

Greenville’s mayor joked that starting in 2020 the city should erect signs at its entrances asking people to pardon the construction that will be underway on local roads.

However, the investment the state Department of Transportation is making to widen 14th and Evans streets and Allen, Fire…

Ayden-Grifton senior Mason Ross wrapped up a successful career for the Chargers this season. As a state qualifier in wrestling and the A-G everyday shortstop in baseball, Ross committed to continue his baseball career at Methodist University last Thursday. Preps beat writer Jake Keator spoke with…

D.H. Conley’s baseball and softball teams both fell into a 1-0 hole Tuesday night in the beginning of their respective 3-A East Regional Finals three-game series.

Both teams must fend off elimination in Game Two tonight in hopes of forcing a decisive third game. The winner of the series moves…

With its record-breaking pitching ace on the mound, East Carolina’s baseball team got back on track Wednesday at the American Athletic Conference tournament to set up an off day.

Top-seeded ECU cruised in an elimination game on Wednesday afternoon, defeating No. 5 seed Houston 13-2 to…

BYH AAA. Two weeks ago I called for help, I had a flat tire, I am disabled. I was told that I am not allowed to call AAA any more. My membership had been canceled after 17 years. The reason given was I used the service too much. This year I have called four times because I needed help, I was not…

Presidential contenders are in a battle to out give one another. Sen. Elizabeth Warren proposes a whopping $50,000 per student college loan forgiveness. Sen. Bernie Sanders proposes free health care for all Americans plus illegal aliens. Most Democratic presidential candidates promise free stuff…

Sounds like the current crop of Democrat presidential hopefuls is aiming to bring the rich folk down to our level. We will all be poor together. You will get free college and a low-paid government position upon graduation. The janitor will make the same as the surgeon.

With all the money ECU sports…

Summer is almost here and that means many local restaurants and eateries will be featuring new products that pay homage to the hot summer months. They will not only cool us off with fun summer drinks and help us unwind, but help you enjoy a relaxing meal with fresh veggies, seafood and other summer…

Q: You write about eating more dark leafy greens. I don’t know what you mean. Don’t tell me to look it up on the web. I don’t use a computer. HF, Farmville

A: I of course, like all the nutrition experts, encourage you to eat more vegetables. The MIND diet, a science-based diet to…

The Legacy Motown Revue is set to play the third Concert on the Common at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Greenville Toyota Amphitheater on the Town Common, 105 E. First St.

The two-hour show is the among five free events offered by Inner Banks Media with cooperation from Greenville Recreation and…

Elizabeth City native De’Shawn Charles Winslow’s debut novel, “In West Mills” might be the blackest novel set in North Carolina this year, maybe ever.

This book is all about African Americans living and struggling in eastern North Carolina from about 1940 to 1987.…

I love foreign languages and travel, I love alpine skiing and I love interesting local color. So when I had a chance to take a four-week paid sabbatical from work some years ago, I spent more than a year researching the perfect destination that could scratch all those itches simultaneously. Ruthie…

Mom was our navigator, and her GPS was a 1966 book of maps that needed no correction for millionths of seconds.

In those days, the Global Positioning System was a military secret, so when she planned a 14,000-mile summer trip, she was on her own with pencils and a few brochures. In January she…