The Pitt County Board of Commissioners decided to continue until Nov. 1 a public hearing on a special use permit to allow a cryptocurrency mining operation in Belvoir following more than 2½ hours of testimony from company officials and community advocates.
Substitute teachers and school bus staff members will get a raise under a plan approved by the Pitt County Board of Education on Monday.
Democrats converged in Greenville on Monday to kick off a statewide tour to demonstrate how President Joe Biden’s proposed $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill will benefit North Carolina and point the finger at Republicans they say are obstructing aid.
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Virginia Scales was remembered as a champion for the homeless on Monday, with family and friends sharing memories of her work with the Community Crossroads Center in Greenville and her lasting impact on its continued expansion.
A bail bondsman was shot outside Greenville on Sunday afternoon while trying to revoke a bond, the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office reported.
The J.H. Rose High School women's tennis team will hold the annual Liz Upton Ball Drop fundraiser from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday at the school's tennis courts, 600 W. Arlington Blvd.
Not every Greenville birthday party includes the mayor on its guest list and features greetings from state and national leaders.
Vidant Health hospitals have received several American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Get With The Guidelines achievement awards for their work in treating stroke, diabetes, cardiac arrest, heart attack and heart failure.
The N.C. Department of Labor recognized area employers and employees at the agency’s annual safety awards banquet held on Sept. 21 at the Greenville Country Club.
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Local athletes fared well in the annual Bo Run Saturday at the Boyd Lee Park Cross Country Course.
A smattering of New Bern football fans walked out of the stadium at J.H. Rose in shock Friday night.
The girls’ tennis team from J.H. Rose will hold its annual Ball Drop again this year after being forced to cancel last year.
From the outside, it can seem like the new freedom to transfer at will has created chaos in college basketball.
The Big Carolina 3A/4A Conference Tennis Tournament proved to be a success for the three Pitt County teams.
Week 10 of the high school football season features a pair of big games in the Big Carolina 3A/4A Conference and the Eastern Plains 2A Conference as teams begin jockeying for possible playoff position.
Rising gas prices will reduce driving thus helping to defeat global warming. Higher costs for home heating will cause us to buy more sweaters thus helping wool producers. It is all good. Higher prices have a silver lining if you look hard enough and do not think much.
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A few weeks ago, the Associated Press and a nonprofit journalism outfit called The Markup released a dataset and news stories purporting to prove the existence of pervasive discrimination against racial minorities by mortgage lenders. The McClatchy newspapers in North Carolina (The Charlotte…
When the North Carolina Supreme Court renders judgement, it should generally be the last word on the matter. That decision rendered by the state’s seven justices — regardless of how it might come down — should be above reproach or question of impartiality.
BYH how much of our tax money has been wasted on commercials for vaccines? Unless you have been living in a cave in Afghanistan you know about the vaccine and that it is available. The commercials will not change any one's mind that has not gotten one. So the government is now resorting to u…
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders sent another negotiating offer to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday as top government officials still attempt to enact a long-overdue two year budget.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that North Carolina’s flagship public university can continue to consider race as a factor in its undergraduate admissions, rebuffing a conservative group's argument that affirmative action disadvantages white and Asian students.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two longtime Democratic congressmen with a combined six decades of experience announced Monday that they plan to retire at the end of their terms, another worrying sign for the party's uphill climb to keep control of the House in next year's midterm elections.
Some college towns plan to challenge the results of the 2020 census, claiming they were shortchanged because the pandemic forced students to leave campuses and complaining that the undercount could cost them federal money and prestige.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Four years ago, Chrishonda Benson’s daughter told her that she didn’t like her brown skin “because it wasn’t pretty.”
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The 1963 Ford Galaxy looked pristine, a down-to-the-last-detail replica of Sheriff Andy Taylor’s squad car on the “Andy Griffith Show.”
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley was the top third-quarter fundraiser for candidates in next year’s U.S. Senate race in North Carolina, according to documents filed at Friday’s financial reporting deadline.
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
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Dawn Staley and South Carolina are back in a familiar spot: No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a U,S.-based missionary group is demanding $1 million ransom per person, although authorities are not clear whether that includes the five children being held, a top Haitian official told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge denied bond Tuesday for Alex Murdaugh, saying the attorney's considerable financial resources and mental instability appear for now to make it too risky to allow him to await trial outside of jail on charges he stole $3.4 million in insurance money meant for the…
Stocks rose broadly in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday as corporate earnings reporting gets into full swing.
MOSCOW (AP) — Dr. Georgy Arbolishvili doesn’t need to see government statistics or hear about the records being broken every day for infections and deaths to know that Russia is struggling through a particularly alarming phase of the coronavirus pandemic.
PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) — Sometimes when she’s feeding her infant daughter, Amanda Harrison is overcome with emotion and has to wipe away tears of gratitude. She is lucky to be here, holding her baby.
CALAIS, France (AP) — Mohammad and Jaber spend every day looking for the right truck, and this afternoon it feels like it could happen.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Richard E. Lapchick shares some of the backlash his family felt that was directed at his father, former Knicks coach Joe Lapchick, for signing the first Black player to an NBA contract in 1950. The experience led him to his work today; Richard directs the Institute for Divers…
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