WASHINGTON — Lloyd J. Austin, a West Point graduate who rose to the Army’s elite ranks and marched through racial barriers in a 41-year career, won Senate confirmation Friday to become the nation’s first black secretary of defense.
The following deeds were recorded with the Pitt County Register of Deeds from Nov. 26-Dec. 2. Each $2 in revenue stamps is equal to $1,000 in valuation. (No fee required.)
The following new corporations in Pitt and neighboring counties filed Dec. 21-25 with the N.C. Secretary of State’s office:
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FARMVILLE — Connie Moore Corey has been named the Realtor of the Year by the Coastal Plains Association of Realtors, and she received the North Carolina Realtor Service Award.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide additional assistance through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), expanding eligibility for some agricultural producers and commodities as well as updating payments to compensate …
Commendations to the health providers, law enforcement, military and helpers for such an orchestrated procedure for vaccines for COVID prevention at the Pitt County clinic on Friday. I was very impressed.
A company of care providers and support staff are preparing the Greenville Convention Center for a large-scale COVID-19 vaccination effort expected to serve thousands starting on Monday.
More than 300 years have passed since Blackbeard’s flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, went down along the North Carolina coast, and it has been nearly a quarter century since divers located the remains of the wreckage near Beaufort Inlet. But even today, this pirate ship continues to yield …
Victims of COVID-19 include more than those affected by the virus.
Down to eight scholarship players available to play and without head coach Joe Dooley, East Carolina's basketball team was not able to hang with talented Memphis on Sunday in Minges Coliseum in an 80-53 loss to the Tigers.
There are examples early in Joe Dooley’s career of him missing a few basketball games as an assistant coach to travel and focus on recruiting.
East Carolina’s baseball season will begin with attendance at Clark-LeClair Stadium limited to two family members per each competing student-athlete and coach.
No matter what happens on Saturday, the D.H. Conley volleyball team and its veteran coach will never forget this season.
RALEIGH – It took 50 years and one ounce to break the current state record for a channel catfish, but John Stone, of Pinehurst, now holds the new record after catching a 23-pound, 5-ounce catfish from a private pond in Moore County last September.
East Carolina athletics director Jon Gilbert will not be the next AD at Tennessee, which hired UCF’s Danny White.
Commendations to the health providers, law enforcement, military and helpers for such an orchestrated procedure for vaccines for COVID prevention at the Pitt County clinic on Friday. I was very impressed.
BYH to residents and nonresidents driving through Brook Valley. This is an active neighborhood with no sidewalks and lots of children, walkers and bike riders. When passing these folks please move way over. If there is a car coming in the other direction please wait instead of trying to sque…
President Donald Trump is finally gone — finished and washed up in politics in a single term.
President Trump is now former President Trump. With Joe Biden now President Biden, Democrats control the White House, the House and the Senate. An ambitious agenda lies ahead for the new Democratic administration. And yet there are signs that some Democrats’ obsession with Donald Trump — the…
Spokesmen from Dominion Energy and Smithfield food have touted the program being developed to collect methane gas from swine farm lagoons as an “eco-friendly” alternative to the current practice of releasing methane directly into the atmosphere.
The late year 2020 was a face-off year. 2021 begins likewise. We turned off our faces, tucking them away behind paper and fabric. We have steadily grown grim about the mouth and hide our scowls behind masks. It is, as Herman Melville put it, time to quietly take to the ship. Come, sail away …
Wade McIver Bullock of Greenville received his Eagle Scout Award, the highest honor in Boy Scouting, on Jan. 12.
I don’t remember exactly when I took to living in stretch pants full time.
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Dr. Jim Bryan, who died on January 8 in Chapel Hill at 88, was the kind of caring physician whom author Allan Gurganus is drawn to.
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LENOIR, N.C. (AP) — Chris Rutledge peels an N-95 mask off her tired face, revealing the silhouette it leaves behind. Her name and a tiny heart are drawn on the face covering in black marker so her patients know who she is.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Sanford native, Jessica B. Smith, used her love for writing to create a script for her first movie, “Elle Rose,” a romantic comedy inspired by the ones she loved growing up.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the North Carolina Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s governor has signed a revenue-sharing agreement with the Catawba Indian Nation that clears the way for Las Vegas-style gaming to be offered at a planned resort in Kings Mountain, officials said.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia is lagging behind when it comes to tracking COVID-19 vaccinations by race and ethnicity compared to other states, according to public health data.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the North Carolina Lottery's "Pick 4 Day" game were:
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Eritrean soldiers' pockets clinked with stolen jewelry. Warily, Zenebu watched them try on dresses and other clothing looted from homes in a town in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities on Monday extradited a woman wanted on 74 charges of child sex abuse in Australia, following a six-year legal battle that had strained relations between the two governments.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's crowded in the back of the ambulance.
LENOIR, N.C. (AP) — Chris Rutledge peels an N-95 mask off her tired face, revealing the silhouette it leaves behind. Her name and a tiny heart are drawn on the face covering in black marker so her patients know who she is.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese state media have played up questions about Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine and whether it could be lethal to the very old. A government spokesperson suggests the coronavirus could have emerged from a U.S. military lab.
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — She fired up her laptop to scour the internet for bits from right-wing websites and conspiratorial YouTube channels.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he has tested positive for COVID-19, an announcement that comes as his country registers the highest levels of infections and deaths to date.
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