A sign of change is now visible at one of the area’s chief medical facilities.
Eastern Pines Fire-Rescue welcomed the public Sunday for an open house at a new state of the art facility, which leaders past and present said is a proactive step as new homes and business populate southeastern Pitt County.
More than two years after schools shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, thousands of Pitt County students need summer instruction to help them catch up, officials said Monday.
Early voting for this year’s midterm and Greenville municipal elections drew more people than the 2018 midterm but fewer than the 2020 primaries.
Following are the contested local races and candidates that will appear on the May 17 ballots in Pitt County. Polls are open 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. countywide. Following is a list of local races on the ballot.
Umbrella Market: The Uptown Greenville Umbrella Market is held from 5-8 p.m. Wednesdays at Five Points Plaza at the corner of Fifth and Evans streets. The open-air market features a farmers market-style array of goods and hand-crafted items, along with musical entertainment, food and beer. Visit uptowngreenville.com.
The Saturday morning theft of an AR-15 rifle and $600 in electronics from an East 10th Street residence is under investigation by the Greenville Police Department.
A Chinese tire maker expected to bring 800 or more jobs to Edgecombe County has discontinued its project at large industrial site and conveyed the 400-acre property back to the county.
The Service League of Greenville has pledged a $2 million endowment to sustain programs and services within ECU Health Medical Center. This matches the organization’s gift to the Vidant Cancer Center capital campaign in 2015.
In November President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law. The bill includes $550 billion in new funding to, among other things, rebuild roads and bridges.
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The NCHSAA East Regionals were held over the weekend for all four classes as the area saw athletes compete in the 2A, 3A and 4A meets.
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After two rounds of play in the NCHSAA playoffs, four area teams continue their postseason journeys tonight.
The East Carolina baseball team’s relentless march through the American Athletic Conference continued on Sunday with a 6-2 win over South Florida.
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Joey Berini doesn’t want to play any guessing games and he sure doesn’t like to wait.
Yet another strong year for the girls’ basketball team was the highlight of the girls’ winter sports season at South Central.
The last decade has seen several strong seasons on the hardwood for South Central’s boys’ basketball team, and this past winter was no different.
How are we going to use the results of the May 17 primary to measure Donald Trump’s influence over the North Carolina Republican Party?
By 1840, when John Motley Morehead took office as governor of North Carolina, the illiteracy rate for white North Carolinians was 26%. Based on national studies, we can infer that the illiteracy rate for enslaved Black residents could not have been lower than 95%. The state did not have a si…
Before the onset of COVID-19 in early 2020, patients who preferred to obtain medical services through video chats or phone calls were unlikely to be reimbursed for those expenses. Medicare, for example, covered telehealth visits only for patients in remote rural areas and only if they journe…
We are seeing the culmination of a 50-year push to stack the court with ideologues with a common agenda, a Trojan horse that will come back to bite those who enabled it by voting for the Republicans who would do anything and everything, including delegitimize themselves, steal elections, and…
With gas prices rising faster than our salaries, isn't it time that our local leaders do all that they can to reduce our dependence on Putin's fueling around with international inflation? With all of this pandemic recovery money we are awash in, why not invest in an infrastructure that promo…
BYH to the ECU fans in left field at the Duke baseball game that rudely heckled the Duke player after making a terrific effort to hang on to a fly ball that went over the fence. Show some respect and class. It was a great game between two good programs.
The Service League of Greenville has pledged a $2 million endowment to sustain programs and services within ECU Health Medical Center. This matches the organization’s gift to the Vidant Cancer Center capital campaign in 2015.
D.H. Conley High School students recently received honors at the DECA International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
Emery Davis summarized the character of his friend and adventure accomplice succinctly: “Charles Alford was never just about Charles Alford.”
Hey BooBoo, keep an eye on your picnic baskets. The N.C Wildlife Resources Commission has reported seeing a spike in black bear reports this spring.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn faces seven challengers Tuesday in North Carolina's Republican primary, an early test of whether voters will grant the pro-Donald Trump firebrand another term despite his personal and political stumbles.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's winning streak in U.S. Senate primaries is on the line Tuesday as voters in five states cast their ballots in midterm elections.
WILSON, N.C. (AP) — Wilson County’s only commercial hemp grower says if medical marijuana becomes legal in North Carolina, he will be a good candidate to grow it with the knowledge he has gained.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — This year's retirements of two veteran Democratic congressmen in North Carolina have opened the way for robust primaries within their party as Democrats, Republicans or both hold contests Tuesday in all but one of the state's 14 U.S. House districts.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Four pairs of Republican incumbents face off Tuesday in the North Carolina General Assembly primaries, their confrontations the result of redistricting in rural areas that have lagged other parts of the state in population growth.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking the first steps to release $45 billion to ensure that every U.S. resident has access to high-speed internet by roughly 2028, inviting governors and other leaders on Friday to start the application process.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn's prominent role as the youngest pro-Donald Trump agitator in Congress can rub people on the right and the left the wrong way in his North Carolina district.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Erin Houchin braced for the worst when a mysterious group started buying television ads last month in her highly competitive southern Indiana congressional race.
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CANNES, France (AP) — After a canceled 2020 edition and a scaled back gathering last year, the Cannes Film Festival kicked off Tuesday with an eye turned to Russia's war in Ukraine and a video message from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Mariupol appeared on the verge of falling to the Russians on Tuesday as Ukraine moved to abandon the steel plant where hundreds of its fighters had held out for months under relentless bombardment in the last bastion of resistance in the devastated city.
DALLAS (AP) — The girlfriend of a man arrested in Dallas Tuesday in a shooting that wounded three women in a hair salon in the city's Koreatown told police he had been admitted to health facilities because he was having delusions about Asian Americans, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
CONKLIN, N.Y. (AP) — In the waning days of Payton Gendron’s COVID-19-altered senior year at Susquehanna Valley High School, he logged on to a virtual learning program in economics class that asked: “What do you plan to do when you retire?”
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday as investors review an encouraging report on retail sales and a mixed batch of earnings updates from several big retailers.
NEW YORK (AP) — The foundation started by organizers of the Black Lives Matter movement is still worth tens of millions of dollars, after spending more than $37 million on grants, real estate, consultants, and other expenses, according to tax documents filed with the IRS.
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and its allies lost their parliamentary majority, final elections results showed Tuesday, while more than a dozen independent newcomers gained seats. The outcome signaled a shift in a country devastated by an ongoing financial meltdown and soa…
U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection as infections once again creep upward.
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