New leadership and efforts to address months of poor delivery by the U.S. Postal Service are in motion to ease a mountain of complaints from Greenville residents who are not getting their mail.
Pitt County Schools reported a sharp decline in the number of COVID-19 cases reported on campus this week after two weeks of record numbers.
Advocates promoting the use of backyard accessory dwellings to meet the need for affordable senior housing this week focused on an obstacle they face often: city zoning.
A higher percentage of virtual learners in the county’s public schools are passing courses this school year than last year, according to a Pitt County Virtual Academy progress report.
Special-use permits allowing outdoor seating at a restaurant and two storage facilities were approved, with conditions, by the Greenville Board of Adjustment.
The PCC Foundation is encouraging prospective fall students, including high school seniors and current Pitt students, to apply for scholarships starting Tuesday.
Combating human trafficking in North Carolina requires collaboration among agencies, educating the public and providing services to survivors, experts said during a panel discussion last week.
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center and a statewide coalition of public and private partner organizations and institutions that includes East Carolina University are a Phase 1 recipient of up to $500,000 in the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s $1 billion Build Back Better Regio…
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Law enforcement officers chased and arrested a Washington man who was under surveillance for allegedly threatening to use bombs and mass violence in multiple jurisdictions over several weeks, the Greenville Police Department reported.
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I Believe Basketball, a non-profit organization, is having an open gym/tryout on Sunday, Feb. 13 from 2-4 p.m. at Farmville Central High School for middle school boys and any middle school and/or high school girls.
The East Carolina men’s basketball team has lost three straight games following Thursday’s 71-54 defeat at Memphis.
The magic that helped create a court-storming comeback win over Memphis 12 days ago couldn’t be recreated on Thursday as the East Carolina men’s basketball team never led in the second half of a 71-54 road loss to the Tigers.
BETHEL — Greene Central and North Pitt split a pair of games Thursday night, with the host Panthers winning the girls’ game before the visiting Rams came away with a victory in the boys’ game.
The East Carolina football team hired Justin Anderson as director of player personnel and recruiting, according to an announcement from head football coach Mike Houston on Thursday.
The East Carolina baseball team has found its new play-by-play voice for the 2022 season.
Virginia’s new Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, raced into office bearing two culture war baubles. One was a ban on teaching critical race theory. The other was a prohibition on mask mandates in public schools.
I’ve been bemused by what I’ve called the Cult of the Presidency since long before it became my job to write about it. To an awful lot of people, the president of the United States is held personally responsible for things he can’t do a blessed thing about, from the price of Cocoa Puffs to t…
“The public doesn’t want me to be the ‘president senator.’ They want me to be the president and let senators be senators,” President Biden said at his recent press conference. “If I made a mistake, I’m used to negotiating to get things done, and I’ve been, in the past, relatively successful …
By restricting competition among hospitals and other medical providers, North Carolina keeps the cost of health care down while maintaining or even enhancing the quality of services provided.
I read them. All three. Front to back. It is my hope that those with an opinion of the books in contention by the Pitt County Board of Education have done the same. At least read a reputable, thorough, and most importantly, non-biased summary.
BYH Biden. What ever happened to nominating a Supreme Court justice based on qualifications and experience, not skin color or gender?
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Among a population that has sadly faded into the everyday background in a growing cityscape, Spencer Parks stands out for one big reason when he panhandles near busy intersections.
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — When Markicia Horton graduates this spring from the Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston and takes the bar, she'll be stepping into a world where a Black woman is set to be on the U.S. Supreme Court for the first time in its 232-year history.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge resentenced “Tiger King” Joe Exotic to 21 years in prison on Friday, reducing his punishment by just a year despite pleas from the former zookeeper for leniency as he begins treatment for cancer.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Former North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker said Thursday that he’s staying in the Republican race for U.S. Senate, despite falling behind top rivals in fundraising and lacking former President Donald Trump’s endorsement for the seat.
RALEIGH — North Carolina nonprofit hospitals too often are billing poor people for medical care when they should write the expenses off as a result of their tax-exempt status, according to a report released Wednesday by the state treasurer’s office.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to review a challenge to the consideration of race in college admission decisions, often known as affirmative action. With three new conservative justices on the court since its last review, the practice may be facing its greatest threat yet.
The conservative-dominated Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the consideration of race in college admissions, adding affirmative action to major cases on abortion, guns, religion and COVID-19 already on the agenda.
NEW YORK (AP) — André Leon Talley, a towering and highly visible figure of the fashion world who made history as a rare Black editor in an overwhelmingly white industry, has died. He was 73.
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BOSTON (AP) — People from New York City to Maine were awakening Saturday to half a foot (15 centimeters) of snow, and forecasters warned that could more than quadruple as a powerful nor’easter kicked up blinding blizzard conditions with the potential for widespread power outages and coastal …
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon authorities have blamed a deadly stadium crush at the African Cup of Nations tournament on a “massive” influx of ticketless fans who arrived late to a game involving the host team and tried to force their way in to avoid security checks and COVID-19 screening.
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A funeral was held Saturday for the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, a week after the renowned Zen master and peace activist died at the age of 95 in Hue in central Vietnam.
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese voters go to the polls Sunday, two years earlier than scheduled, after a political crisis over a blocked spending bill brought down the minority Socialist government and triggered a snap election.
CAIRO (AP) — A Lebanese father tells his teenage daughter she is free to choose whether to have sex with her boyfriend despite his reservations.
MIAMI (AP) — A retired Venezuelan army general says U.S. officials at the highest levels of the CIA and other federal agencies were aware of his efforts to oust Nicolás Maduro — a role he says should immediately debunk criminal charges that he worked alongside the socialist leader to flood t…
BOSTON (AP) — Last-minute shoppers cleared grocery shelves and raided snowblower dealers Friday along the East Coast ahead of a storm that could drop 2 feet or more of fast-falling snow on some of the nation's biggest metro areas, including Philadelphia, New York and Boston.
ZOLOTE, Ukraine (AP) — In the Ukrainian village of Zolote, Olga Berezhna cradles one of the rabbits she raises, feeds her chickens and gets an eager greeting from her shaggy dog when she walks into her yard. But this is not placid rural life — it’s a grinding wait to find out if there will be war.
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