Pitt County’s Republican Party should submit its choice to replace Glen Webb on the Board of Commissioners sometime this week, the organization’s chairman said on Tuesday.

The Pitt GOP’s executive committee was scheduled to interview a third applicant on Tuesday, said Gary Weaver,…

Today

Blood drive

The American Red Cross will host an ECU Kinesiology Dept. Challenge Blood Drive at ECU Student Health Services, 1000 E. Fifth St. from noon to 6 p.m. Blood donors are needed. Walk-ins welcome; appointments recommended. Visit www.redcrossblood.org.

Weekly bingo

American Legion Post…

In a culture where sexual violence against women sometimes is normalized or trivialized, men can play a significant role in changing that way of thinking and behaving, according to panelists at an East Carolina University event last week.

Making that change is what the T.E.A.M. students at ECU had…

Farmville Central’s boys basketball team had no issues advancing to the Eastern Plains 2-A Conference tournament final after defeating North Pitt, 89-39, on Wednesday night in Farmville. It was the second time the two sides had met in five days, with FC taking previous meeting last Saturday,…

Jahmois Barnhill was a staple for the D.H. Conley boys basketball team this season before suffering a season-ending hand injury. Despite his injury, he can still be seen in the gym during practices and on the bench during games cheering on his team. Barnhill spoke with preps beat writer Jake Keator…

BUIES CREEK — Many of the Major League Baseball scouts who arrived to Jim Perry Stadium early and packed the seats behind home plate to key on starting pitching were not around to see a wild ninth inning Wednesday night.

They missed No. 11 East Carolina hit two clutch home runs in the…

Bless your heart, Mother Nature, for all the daffodils, tulips and robins appearing to let us know spring is just around the corner!

Bless your heart, Tom Coulson and Beth Ward. Thank you for recognizing the city's power grab on economic development and putting an end to it.

Calvin Mercer, I hope…

President Donald Trump likes to say that he hires only the best people and that his White House operates like a well-oiled machine.

But a steady stream of insider accounts flowing out of the West Wing suggests there’s more madness than method to the president and his administration.

The most…

Want to live a healthy life lasting 500 years — or longer? That possibility, the increasing role of artificial intelligence (e.g., battlefield robotics, self-driving cars, and — yes —supposedly emotionally sensitive companionship dolls), genetic engineering and tissue generation…

I love living in the south and eastern North Carolina. I also love that within thirty minutes, I can be walking on the idyllic boardwalk overlooking the Pamlico River in the charming town of Little Washington. Most weekends, many of us seek adventure on the roads or on the river, so just hop…

Q: Can you share information about the new Pitt County Food Finder? KC, Greenville

A: I was delighted to learn about this new product from the Pitt County Farm and Food Council. Radhika Kothadia, Brody Medical student, checked out their new APP an this is what she wants you to know.

Right before…

The pulse of the universe beats in the air of Pluto.

Pluto, the famous dwarf planet in our Solar System, is cold, extremely cold, year round. It is especially cold during its 124-year long winter, when it is so frigid that its wan atmosphere freezes to the icy surface. Then, in summer, the ice…

One of the surest signs of middle age is a Facebook feed full of friends detailing their medical ailments.

Just this week, I counted not one, not two, but three pals who were undergoing knee replacement surgery. One proudly posted a post-op X-ray showing what looked like a spring in her leg.…

I told the physical therapist that she had a motivated patient. And sure enough, I covered enough ground to end our weekly visits after just three.

On the scale for reasons to be in a physical therapy clinic waiting room, a hurt finger ranks low. Something about sitting there wearing an ace bandage…

You're from out of town going 65 mph down the highway heading west, and you want to catch another highway going north. What do you think the exit sign should say in 3-foot-tall letters?

A) Gophertown

B) Exit 42

C) Gov. Tiddwilly Memorial Highway

D) Pinewood Mall

Quick, you've got nanoseconds to…