The N.C. State Board of Education voted 7-3 on Thursday to approve guiding documents for new social studies standards that emphasize race and gender in teaching U.S. history.
WINTERVILLE — A first-time vote of the people helped the Winterville Chamber of Commerce select its Citizen of the Year and other annual award winners who were recognized this week.
The Pitt County Arts Council, in collaboration with JGLL Research Consulting and Properties, is inviting visual and graphic artists located in eastern North Carolina to create original mural designs for two brick panels at 4096 West Ave. in downtown Ayden.
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A former Greenville city councilwoman urged council members to take a different approach for locating a restaurant and event space on the Town Common.
The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday released images from a June 7 robbery in hopes the public would help identify the suspects.
A group of business, faith and political leaders on Saturday will lead an open event intended to connect men with the resources they need to be better fathers and build a better community.
Pitt County Representative Brian Farkas wants his constituents to know he is staying busy in Raleigh.
Greenville Utilities will temporarily use chlorine in it water treatment process starting Monday through Aug. 1, the utility announced.
Greenville’s law enforcement community bid farewell to a fellow officer and a friend Thursday.
D.H. Conley head baseball coach Jason Mills removed his cap to show how little hair he has on top Thursday night.
East Carolina athletics director Jon Gilbert said Wednesday he has been in daily contact with baseball coach Cliff Godwin and wants him to remain with the Pirates, but he also understands the process for Godwin after the coach was linked late last week to the LSU coaching vacancy.
Pradnya Akula, a junior tennis player at South Central High School, will be competing in the Class 4A Eastern Regional Tournament on Friday at Millbrook Exchange Park in Raleigh.
Shane Winkler is the East Carolina softball team’s first-ever male head coach (fifth overall), and he wants his first season to be impactful.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The East Carolina baseball team’s performance during NCAA super regional weekend would have been good enough at a lot of other places, but not at Vanderbilt. Not against the Commodores’ pitching tandem of Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter, who as many predicted, pitched like th…
GREENVILLE – The Vikings are moving on in the Class 3A state baseball playoffs.
June is National Dairy Month. Time to review the financial, ethical and nutritional burden created by the dairy industry.
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For sure, Democrats rejoiced as they watched Republicans painfully twist in the wind at the beginning of LGBTQ Pride Month, trying to figure out how to position their party on this issue.
Surf the latest U.S. headlines on immigration, and you’ll read plenty of criticisms from Republicans against Vice President Kamala Harris for not visiting the southern border and plenty of frustrations from Democrats that she needs to focus more on the root causes of migration out of Central…
BYH to the ECU baseball team. Not an ECU fan but they played great against some top major league prospects. Good bunch of kids and I’m sure Coach Godwin could not be more proud of them!
BYH Ayden Collard Festival Committee and volunteers for having the festival this year. My family and neighbors and children are looking forward to going. Good call for the Embers to perform on Saturday night. Save me a seat at the collard eating contest. Love me some collard greens!
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EDEN, N.C. (AP) — A search resumed Friday on a North Carolina river for two missing tubers after three others were found dead and four were pulled from the water, authorities said.
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PARIS (AP) — The double-cheeked embrace that was a customary greeting in France before the coronavirus pandemic saw it largely abandoned as a potential kiss of death is back with a presidential seal of approval.
NEW YORK (AP) — Voters will likely pick the next mayor of New York City next week in a Democratic primary that will also be a major test of ranked choice voting, a system that lets voters rank several candidates in order of preference instead of choosing just one.
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As the nation this week made Juneteenth a federal holiday, honoring when the last enslaved Black people learned they were free, lawmakers are reviving calls to end a loophole in the Constitution that allowed another form of slavery — forced labor for convicted felons — to thrive.
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EDEN, N.C. (AP) — A search resumed Friday on a North Carolina river for two missing tubers after three others were found dead and four were pulled from the water, authorities said.
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