AYDEN — A journey to find more natural products led Dancia Carter to open Yellow Flower Boutique in Ayden. On June 18, the Ayden Chamber of Commerce celebrated the new business.
Between the Wright and Graham buildings, protected by a ring of holly bushes, stands an overlooked landmark older than any building on East Carolina University’s campus.
NEW BERN — Despite being surrounded by more than 300 years of American history, what first-time visitors to this colonial town often ask about is barely older than a decade.
A Greenville man who attempted to flee police has been arrested for driving while impaired and assaulting an officer, according to a report by the Greenville Police Department.
A compound developed by an associate professor at East Carolina University could lead to more effective skin cancer treatments.
East Carolina University’s fall freshmen enrollment is expected to remain stable but administrators said increasing challenges are on the horizon as the nation’s crop of high school graduates decreases.
A break-in that led to the theft of $2,900 worth of mechanical equipment is being investigated by the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office.
Another Sheetz location in Greenville will be getting a new look in the coming months.
Pitt County Schools is asking parents to weigh in on whether or not masks should be required in the new school year.
Washington, a quaint, historic waterfront town, is place to find art, history, education, good food and beauty all wrapped up in one location, held together by Pamlico River.
One of the final moments for Alexis Hastings as a multi-sport standout at South Central High School was one of her most significant, when she won the triple jump event at the 4A track and field state championship meet. She took first place with a mark of 37 feet, 9 inches.
Moses Tufts was the leading scorer and go-to player for the South Central High School boys’ basketball team, which enjoyed a clean 13-0 regular season before COVID-19 protocols caused the team to forfeit in the first round of the state playoffs.
CARY -- Check out a photo gallery from our Ronnie Woodward at the 18th annual Bill Dooley Pigskin Preview featuring in-state college football coaches and Ayden-Grifton's Alphonso Boyd as a $10,000 scholarship recipient.
A 10-6 elimination game win Thursday night over Kinston advanced the Pitt County Post 39 baseball team in this week's double-elimination Area 1 East tournament.
A 10-6 elimination game win Thursday night over Kinston advanced the Pitt County Post 39 baseball team in this week’s double-elimination Area 1 East tournament.
After winning 3A state championship most outstanding female swimmer as a sophomore and most recently securing two more state titles her junior year, Madeline Smith has one more school year to rack up medals and records as a J.H. Rose High School swimmer.
Recently, I was considering the process of initiating a petition to drive a statewide ballot Initiative. I am aware that this process exists in other states so I just assumed we as citizens of North Carolina have that same process in place.
Did you know that three countries on Earth refused to allow the COVID-19 vaccine to be distributed within their countries? Did you also know that the Haiti president, the Tanzania president and the Burundi president are all now dead!
Bless your heart, City of Greenville. What has happened to grass mowing in the city? Just look around at all of the nearly knee-high grass on city property and roadsides. Tacky!
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The richest man on Earth briefly lost that title Tuesday morning, but only because for a few floaty minutes he was no longer on Earth. Jeff Bezos has spent two decades using his Amazon wealth to underwrite a rocket venture, Blue Origin. On Tuesday the company launched its first manned flight…
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MARSHALL, N.C. (AP) — Madison County resident William D. Auman worked 30 years of trial practice, including 10 death penalty cases and roughly 70 murder cases, but maybe no case was as memorable as the Gahagan homicides.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Healthcare Association announced on Thursday that several of the state's largest hospital systems will require employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine in order to continue working at their facilities.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said on Thursday that he wants to participate in three televised debates ahead of the 2022 primaries, including one in late fall and two early next year.
NEW YORK (AP) — Time is finally on their side.
As a $26 billion settlement over the toll of opioids looms, some public health experts are citing the 1998 agreement with tobacco companies as a cautionary tale of runaway government spending and missed opportunities for saving more lives.
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LONDON (AP) — After 16 months of solo jogging, Saturday's return of the weekly 5-kilometer mass runs in England's parks was met with widespread jubilation.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Several states scaled back their reporting of COVID-19 statistics this month just as cases across the country started to skyrocket, depriving the public of real-time information on outbreaks, cases, hospitalizations and deaths in their communities.
TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:
PARIS (AP) — Far-right activists and members of France’s yellow vest movement protested Saturday against a bill requiring everyone to have a special virus pass to enter restaurants and other venues and mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all health care workers.
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Tanzania has received its first batch of 1 million Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines donated by the U.S. government.
LONDON (AP) — With all British schools now closed for the summer, airports and airlines were looking a tad more normal on Saturday, although the number of families heading off for warmer climes remains way down from before the coronavirus pandemic.
TOKYO (AP) — Daiya Seto was so confident of advancing to the 400-meter individual medley final in his home Olympics, the Japanese star made a costly mistake.
TOKYO (AP) — Hardly half a day passed before politics, the pandemic and blistering heat impacted events across the Tokyo Olympics.
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